Changing Text field sizes

[Louise]

I am generating reports that include individual name and address fields (ie. Salutation, Fname, Lname etc). What I wind up with however is a large space after the first name before the last name if the first name is small.

Are there any variations or alternatives to the Gan Grow/Shrink properties that would allow a text field to grow horizontally rather than vertically if necessary and subsequently push the neighbouring field(s) along?

 

[Axis]

What about combining more than one field name in a single text box? For example instead of 2 boxes FName & LName, just put one box with the control source set to:
=[FName] & " " & [LName]. You can do the same with address info: =[Address] & ", " & [City] & ", " & [State] & " " & [Zip].