PDF Print Settings

Hi all,
Can you please let me know where to find the settings for the following options:
1) We are on BI 7.0 and we are using Portal to run the reports. After the report is generated when we choose the Print Version (to print to PDF), the dialog box that appears shows the Margins option in mm. I would like to default it to inch. It uses the '0ANALYSIS_PATTERN' template. Can you please let me know where to find this setting.
2) I also have another problem while printing to PDF or Export to Excel. I have some column headings that show up in 2 lines. For eg: Curren Month / Actual. Here Current Month shows up in one line and Actual shows up in next line. ( There are not 2 lines, instead of showing the entire column heading too wide, we just split it). When we print, the second line is not showing up. Any idea where to do the setting for this in the template to show the 2nd line also.
Thanks for your time,
Ram.

I'm interested in the resetting of the PDF print settings too. Is there an answer to Ram's posting?
Also interested in knowing where one would go looking if the "Print Version" button in a BEx Query works in Development and Production, but not QA. QA gets a "(410) Unauthorized" with AdobeDocumentServices/Config?style=document" at the end of the URL.
Bob

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