Need a detail section which runs horizontally

I'm make a report which has a detail section that runs left to right (records 1 to 3) then to the next line down etc... so line 2 will have records 4 to 5.

Traditionally detail sections run top to bottom and this is very easy to design but I'm at a complete loss as to how to do it with the records running left to right as well. Perhaps you'd need to somehow manual increment the record pointer ??

Crystal reports v9

Thanks for the helpDoes CR9 have a 'Format with multiple columns' checkbox in the section expert?
If so, check it and then choose the 'Layout' tab that appears. You'll then need to experiment with the values in that tab - see help on 'Layout tab (Section Expert)'.