Reports and flaky text wrapping

Hi There, we have a 10g pdf report running that does some strange things with text wrapping.
If a person were to enter a big long string of "UUUUUU" or "SSSSSSS" or "TTTTTTTTT" or "RRRRRRRR", they would break differently at the edge of the field. The "S"s break at the edge, which is good, the "R"s and "U"s break a little past the edge, which is not so good, and the "T"s break even farther out of the field.
Is this a known issue with Reports? Any suggestions on how to fix? We're stuck with the client's template, so changing the font isn't an option.
TIA,
J

Post Author: SKodidine
CA Forum: Exporting
Instead of drawing boxes around the text fields, try right clicking on the text field and under the border tab choose single for all four sides and then export and see if that works for you. Just a thought.

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