"Constrain Crop" in presets

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but does anybody know how I save a preset that includes a manual lens transform (specifically lens barrel distortion) and also retains the checkbox "Constrain Crop"?
I can create a preset, which applies the distortion correction, but nothing I've tried will retain and apply 'constrain crop', which means I end up with grey curved edges to my photos.
Any suggestions on how to resolve this? Any 4.1 users able to confirm whether this has been fixed in the update?
Basic details: 64bit LR4.0 on Windows 7, upgraded from 3.6 (or 3.5, I can't really remember).

When you crop iPhotos provides you with predetermined Constrain or aspect ratio options.  The workflow is:
1 - in the edit mode click on the Crop button.
2 - select the Constrain aspect ratio in the drop down menu.
3 - adjust the constrain window in the edit mode to fit your needs.
4 - clik the Done button.
If you plan on having multiple sizes of an image printed you should make multiple copies and provide a properly cropped image for each size. One way to to that is:
1 - crop to size A.
2 - export to a folder on the Desktop via File ➙ Export ➙ File Export  with Size=Current and Quality=High or Max.
3 - recrop to size B.
4 - repeat step 2.
Always check the exported files with an app like Preview to make sure they are what you want before taking in to have printed.
OT

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