it is not good database practice to put more than one piece of information in
a single field. On the contrary, good database design requires you to have
no more than one piece of information in a field.
A way to deal with this, if you really need to display the [Column1] and
[Column2] values separated by 7 zeros is to create a query where you create a
computed column that contains your addition statement and assigns a field
name to it. Then lock the field or control that displays this value.
Another way to do it would be to actually change the control source of
control on your form or report to: = [Column1] + 0000000 +[Column2].
Remember to lock the control so that this value cannot be changed.
Now that I think about it, are these text values? If so, then you need to
wrap the "0000000" in quotes.
Dale