HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 306)

Keep in mind the width of your paper when deciding your column width.
For example, if you have three fields in your Details section, and they
take up four inches of space, limit the width of the column to under four
and a half inches so that all the field information can be seen.
5. Set the Horizontal and/or Vertical gap you want to maintain between
each record in your column.
6. In the Printing Direction area, choose a direction.
7. If the report you're formatting contains grouping, select Format Groups
with multiple column.
8. Click OK.
When you preview the report, you'll see that the field headers appear only
for the first column. To have field headers for the second column, insert a
text object.
Hiding report sections
Crystal Reports has three properties you can set in the Section Expert to
hide report sections.
Hide (Drill-Down OK)
The Hide property hides a section whenever you run the report. For example,
in a summary report, the Hide property can be used to display only the
summaries, but not the details behind the summaries. When the Hide property
is applied to a section, it becomes visible when the Drill-down cursor is used
to drill down on the section contents. This property is absolute; it cannot be
conditionally applied using a formula.
Suppress (No Drill-Down)
The Suppress property also hides a section when you run the report. Unlike
the Hide property, however, you cannot apply the Suppress property, then
drill down to reveal the section contents. This property can be applied
absolutely, or conditionally using a formula. This is useful for writing form
letters. For example, in a form letter, you might create two Details sections:
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Using the Report Design Environment