Delimited output in reports

I am building a simple report for address labels. I also want to to produce the address list in delimited format.
The generation of the report into PDF works fine, however delimited output does not include all of the fields of the report.
The approximate field layout is
Name
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Experimenting a little, it seems that the fields only generate in delimited format if they don't overlap vertically.
ie Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2
This produces the correct delimited output, but of course is nothing like what I want for an address label.
Version: Report Builder 6.0.8.8.3
I have seen some references to a patchset in other discussions. Where can I obtain these patches from?
thanks, evnafets

I'm sorry I guess I didn't make my problem clear.
I am generating delimited output from the menu: File:Generate To File: Delimited
The generated file does NOT include all the fields from the Layout view, unless they don't overlap vertically.
So if my layout view looks like
Name AddressLine1 AddressLine2
(all fields on same line)
The delimited file produces correctly.
ie Name,AddressLine1,AddressLine2
(using comma as delimiter)
If my layout view is
Name
AddressLine1
AddressLine2
(Three vertically overlapping fields)
It only produces:
Name
Somewhere along the way, the address lines get lost.
If the Layout view is
Name AddressLine1
AddressLine2
It produces
Name, AddressLine1
And (Last example)
Name AddressLine1
AddressLine2
Produces Correctly (note no vertical overlapping)
I can't pretend to understand WHY it is performing like this, but thats what happens on my machine.
Thanks for the information on the patches - I'll upgrade and see if the issue goes away.
I did read and understand earlier posts about the labels printing, and I think its worth patching up just to get the feature to switch them off.
Thanks, evnafets

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