DESFORMAT=SpreadSheet mutates output

DESFORMAT=SpreadSheet
PRODUCED OUTPUT WITH VERY BAD FORMATING
(1)DATA IN ROWS ARE NOT ALIGNED
Data is in cell c12 and the adjacent column has data in cell d13
(2)COLUMN HEADINGS SKEWED
Data is in column C and the column heading is in column G
(3)LOTS OF BLANK ROWS
The first 10 or 20 are empty rows
(4)LOTS OF BLANK COLUMNS
First data item is in b25 the next one is in g25, etc
Any suggestions?

I also tried DESFORMAT=XML
This formats within each cell properly
When ouput appears in browser windos I did FILE=>SAVE AS and put .xls as fine name extension to get EXCEL ouput
Just the column headings are not EXACTLY right
It may be possible to modify XML tag in Data Model Group to have proper column headings....
For report level Place Holder that you do not wish to appear in report
set XML Output = NO
Let me know

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