Export to Word loses tab setting

Post Author: HmCody
CA Forum: .NET
I am very new to Crystal Reports with VS.net and have run into a problem that I hope isn't a bug.
I am creating a report that needs to be able to be exported to Word (it gets sent to the printer for inclusion in a program). Several of the text objects are formatted with right tabs set at the right edge of the object. Everything lines up perfectly when the report is viewed in the Report viewer and when I export to a pdf, but when I export to Word the right tabs are converted to left tabs and the text aligned to them is out of view.
Anyone have a clue as to why this is happening and if there is a way to fix it?
Thanks for your help.
Helenmary

Sorry - no pointers. Other than patience - this is a known issue, probably to be addressed in Service Pack 3 of Crystal reports. See Kb [1643979 - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 does not look for ForceLargerFonts registry key|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333633343333333933373339%7D.do]
I have seen one or two reports of people using the below KBase with success (you'll have to modify the reg key to reflect CRVS2010). But most have no success. Testing this I did not have any success either, nor did I see the CRVS2010 engine looking for any of the keys noted in the KB....
[1644563 - How to create the ForceLargerFonts registry key when using Crystal Reports 2008 (12.x)|http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes_boj/sdn_oss_boj_bi/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/scn_bosap/notes%7B6163636573733d36393736354636443646363436353344333933393338323636393736354637333631373036453646373436353733354636453735364436323635373233443330333033303331333633343334333533363333%7D.do]
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Edited by: Ludek Uher on Jan 19, 2012 6:37 AM

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