I need to produce a grouped report. Each group has a header taking up the full page width (A4 landscape), reporting material common to all the records in its group. The detail records for each individual component, basically a small image and some dimensions, require much less space. Three columns of them fit comfortably within the width of a page. The effect I need is similar to a newspaper headline spanning three columns.
I thought I could do this by using the main report set to single column and a linked sub-report, set to three columns, for the detail records. However as far as I can see that can't be made to work. The report and the sub-report seem to insist on having the same number of columns (the number set in whichever one was edited last). Could someone please suggest what I might have missed (always probable
) or some other way I might be able to achieve this?
I'm using Access 2010 and Win 7
TIA John
I thought I could do this by using the main report set to single column and a linked sub-report, set to three columns, for the detail records. However as far as I can see that can't be made to work. The report and the sub-report seem to insist on having the same number of columns (the number set in whichever one was edited last). Could someone please suggest what I might have missed (always probable
) or some other way I might be able to achieve this?I'm using Access 2010 and Win 7
TIA John
