Crystal 11.5 truncating column headers on export to excel

Hi,
We are currently (or finally as the case may be) upgrading our reports from Crystal 8.5 to Crystal 11.5 (which I know is a few versions behind but unfortunately the software that we integrate with is only compatible to 11.5).
However, I've been having a problem exporting to excel.
The column headers (which can be in a range of report header/page header/group header) are truncating to the the length that they display on the screen before the export.  When I view them in crystal viewer I can see that the entire text field is available.  However this does not flow through to export to excel.
I have utilised the "Can grow" formatting option however this then creates a merged field up 3 rows high in excel and the report then has problems using excel functions like sort etc. 
I also attempted to use the data only option which does export the full text in the column names but then I lose the rest of my formatting.
There were no issues exporting from v8.5
I have snapped to grid.
The actual data exports without issue it is only the column headers (text) which pose a problem.
I am unable to reduce the amount of data that we include in our report to free up space to display the entire text.
I would prefer to not reduce to a 4pt text size to ensure that it exports correctly as this will have significant impacts for those people who actually export the reports.
Is anyone able to shed some light on how to resolve this issue?   I've googled and searched these forums extensively but can't quite find a resolution to the issue and would really appreciate any assistance that anyone can offer me. 
Kind regards
Janne

Ian
It works for me whether my headers are text fields or field headers. Once I export them I expand the columns and set the cells to wrap, and I get the complete contents. Ditto for the fields themselved, and text fields containing data fields.
I always export excel(97-2003)data only with Column width based on objects in the details & checking   Export object formating, Maintain relative object position, Maintain column alignment, export page header and page footer, Simplify page headers.
Allow fields to grow is off on everything during exports.
Note: nearly all my reports are designed in Crystal 2008 without any SQL commands and all exports are done manually. Perhaps it is a XI.5 issue?
Edited by: Debi Herbert on Oct 5, 2011 10:07 AM

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