I have not been able to set up our transcripts to print in two columns - I have followed directions in Knowledgebase to set this up (chosing to "Print Details in 2 Columns"). It does not work. And if I choose to "Copy Columns," it just repeats the same info. Has anyone done this? We often have 10 or more courses to list and have trouble keeping to one page....

thanks

If the problem is with the Details (course/grade) section of the transcript:
1. Select the Details tab and make sure you have selected to show the Details section in 2 columns
2. Compare the Section width of each section on the Detail tab to the available Column width listed at the top of the tab.  If your section width is in red, then the column width number is too high (making the column too wide to fit all of the information in the column).  To fix this, double click on the problem section to open it (such as Courses), select the Columns tab, and decrease the width of one or more of your columns.

If the problem is with the Student information in the header of the transcript:
1. Select the Format tab, highlight Format (under Header), and make sure you have selected to show student information in 2 columns
2. Select the correct number of fields to show in each column row

If the problem is with your Summary/Notes section of the transcript:
Select the Summary/Notes tab and follow the same recommendations made above for the Details section of the transcript.

Some other hints:
Multi-column transcripts usually work best in Landscape format, which can be selected on the General tab of the transcript.
Adjust the font size on the General tab to see if this makes a difference.

Hope this helps! 

Thanks Pam -

The problem is with the Course/Grade (Details) section andI have tried all thise things you mentioned - even the lansdscape. Everything I try, I still get most of the course info piled into column one and the academic year at the bottom is broken in half with part of the courses listed in column one and some in column two. I even tried checking "Keep Year Together Across Pages" and this does not help. I played with the Sort/Break and this did not work. Keep thinking I'm missing something simple. Our schools has both academic and arts classes so each year there are ten or more courses listed and we'd like it all on one page....If I could just get it to break the 4 years in half with two in each column, that would be teriffic.

Kimberly

Kimberly,

I know that we spoke about transcript parameter options a while back, but I wanted to be sure to share the alternative we discussed here in case it helps others.  In your scenario, you wanted all information from one year to be kept together by column, not just by page. You were printing your transcripts in Portrait format, with 2 columns, but some of your students have a lot of transfer courses and tend to end up with a large number of courses for each year.

Unfortunately, we did not have a way of forcing the information for the same academic to be kept in the same column due to the number of courses.  An option we discussed was as follows:

1. Open the transcript parameters in Mail
2. On the General tab, select Landscape for the orientation
3. On the Detail tab for the Show detail section in [ ] column(s) drop-down menu, select 4
Note: The Summary/Notes tab must have the Show the summary/notes area checkbox unmarked in order the change the number of columns on the Details tab.  It can be remarked after setting columns to 4
4. Open the last section on the Details tab
5. Mark the Include a [ ] after the section checkbox and select Column break from the drop-down menu

Others may find the 4 column format helpful.  Otherwise, a custom report created using a Student export with Crystal Reports may be a better solution to get the exact format that is needed.

Hope this helped you, and will help others, out!