Centred Scrolling Credits NOT IN CENTRE? WHY?

Using Widescreen format but
Scrolling Credits NOT IN CENTRE.
Have centered them and they are nearly centred but lie just a little to the left side.
WHY?

I have the same problem. iMovie 7.1.1 in a 4:3 project attempting to use the "Scrolling Credits" title. Here is how to reproduce the problem:
1. Create a New Project
2. Add a picture to the project.
3. Add a Scrolling Credits title to the picture.
4. Edit the title and delete everything.
5. Now type in some long phrase like, "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party and for all good people to come when they are called."
6. If you push play (triangle pointing right) in the edit window it all looks fine.
7. Now, push "Show Fonts"
8. Select all the text you typed in and set the font size to 60.
9. Press play again. The bottom part of your text will not show.
10. Click back in the text editing area.
11. Arrow down to see that all of your text is there.
12. Press play again. All the text scrolls by, but is all offset to the left when playing. It looks centered when editing.

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