Format output - set width of column and also two-lined column name

Hi,
I want column EMPLOYEE_ID to be printed also in two lines and also that the width of the column will be 8 like this:
EMPLOYEE
ID
(width 8)
I tried this:
column EMPLOYEE_ID HEADING EMPLOYEE|ID Format a8
but the two-line formatting didn't work (the width really was 8).
How can I combine this 2 options?
Thanks

Hi Frank,
Which version of SQL*Plus are you using?my version is:
SQL> DEFINE _sqlplus_release;
DEFINE _SQLPLUS_RELEASE = "000000000" (CHAR)
Here is the complete test script that shows the problem:
SQL> column EMPLOYEE_ID   HEADING EMPLOYEE|ID Format a12
SQL> column FIRST_NAME    HEADING FIRST|NAME Format a10
SQL> column LAST_NAME     HEADING FIRST|NAME Format a12
SQL> column EMAIL         Format a30
SQL> column PHONE_NUMBER HEADING PHONE|NUMBER Format a12
SQL> column HIRE_DATE     HEADING HIRE|DATE Format a12
SQL> column SALARY        Format a5
SQL> column JOB_ID        HEADING JOB|ID Format a6
SQL> column MANAGER_ID    HEADING MANAGER|ID Format a12
SQL> column DEPARTMENT_ID HEADING DEPARTMENT|ID Format a13
SQL> SELECT * FROM employees;
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME    EMAIL                          PHONE_NUMBER HIRE_DATE    SALAR JOB_ID   MANAGER_ID DEPARTMENT_ID
         362 Tracy      Freeman      [email protected]        0544456377   10/28/2009    8013    879          165          1100
         598 Deborah    Hutch        [email protected]          0522915345   9/11/2009     6027    927          147          2500
         282 Steve      Weber        [email protected] 0582564427   9/17/2012    17825    101          147          2600
         710 Shawn      Winans       [email protected]        0584555378   7/19/2004     7713    879          147          1100
         452 Marlon     Costa        [email protected] 0587903317   10/24/2010    9695    354          158          1500
         198 Pamela     Dalton       pamela.dalton@innovateecommerc 0525647730   11/4/2004    20890    101          171          1100
         987 Christma   Maxwell      [email protected] 0587166637   11/14/2001   18865    198          146          1700
         698 Joey       Sweet        [email protected]              0587757460   1/17/2007     8136    947          198          2100
         145 Armin      Preston      [email protected]            0575161830   3/22/2009    12772    735          839          1600
         159 Aida       Rourke       [email protected]             0574977531   8/24/2010     9779    421          453          2400
         165 Natalie    Murdock      [email protected]     0583019470   2/28/2001     8665    354          402          1700
         158 Lynette    Kravitz      [email protected]             0523285052   1/3/2009      9344    735          734          2700
12 rows selectedThe width works fine, but the two-line column name doesn't work.
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