Yes, I know that this is off-topic, but I haven't been able to find info on this anywhere else, so I go to what I consider the most reliable knowledge source I know... PM.

I'm fairly new to XSLT and have a problem.

I have a page that includes the following nodes:

  <xsl:template name="deptIndex">
    <xsl:variable name="colCount" select="3"/>
    <xsl:element name="p">
      Department Index
    </xsl:element>
    <xsl:element name="table">
    <xsl:for-each select="pcr_report/info/department[position() mod $c
+olCount = 1]">
      <xsl:element name="tr">
        <xsl:apply-templates select=". | following-sibling::pcr_report
+/info/department[position() &lt; $colCount]"
            mode="deptIndexTD"/>
      </xsl:element>
    </xsl:for-each>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>

  <xsl:template match="department" mode="deptIndexTD">
    <xsl:element name="td">
      <xsl:element name="a">
        <xsl:attribute name="href">
          <xsl:value-of select="concat('#', .)"/>
        </xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:value-of select="."/>
      </xsl:element>
    </xsl:element>
  </xsl:template>
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These nodes display an index of departments at the top of a larger page.

Currently they display simply as a very long vertical list.

I need them to display in 5 columns like this:

Dept1    Dept5    Dept9     Dept13    Dept17
Dept2    Dept6    Dept10    Dept14    Dept18
Dept3    Dept7    Dept11    Dept15    Dept19
Dept4    Dept8    Dept12    Dept16    Dept20
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I've googled 'till I just can't google no more, and I've come up wish zilch.

Anyone know how to do this?

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