Text getting cutoff in a varchar2

Question

I am running Reports 6.0.8.24.0 32 bit on Oracle 9i.
I am having a problem with a large varchar2 field not staying within the layout, on the right hand side of the layout.
The text gets cutoff on the right side. On the preview it all looks ok, but on paper 1 to 4 letters are cutoff.
I have tried 4 different laser printers and an inkjet printer, but all have the same result.
I have played around with fonts and font size with limited success, but still cutting off text.
Is there a best font and font size for a varchar2 field within Oracle reports?
I have played around with the margins with limited success, but still text getting cutoff.
I have tried changing the elasticity settings and layout size, but no change with text getting cutoff.
The varchar2 receives its text from a MS word document. I have a button trigger that opens the MS word document and kicks off a macro in MS word.
The macro in MS word does a select and copy of the needed text. The trigger then closes MS word and paste into the varchar2 field.
The varchar2 is size 4000.
(I wish MS word had a character for soft returns, then this would have been fixed months ago.)
Thank you,

Answer 1

I think I have found the answer on my own.
I developed my own algorithim for when the word wrap occurs.
See code below.
I added this code to the button trigger on my Oracle Form the copies in the text from MS Word.
tmp_file := :query_recv_accessions.diag_summary; --get the text from the field on the form
string_length := LENGTH(tmp_file);
clear_field; -- clear :query_recv_accessions.diag_summary
current_char := SUBSTR(tmp_file, current_pos, 1);
WHILE current_char IS NOT NULL
LOOP
IF current_char = lf THEN --lf is a variable that contans the ascii value for a line feed.  if a line feed is found then resest the character count to zero.
     char_count := 0;
ELSE
     IF current_char = ' ' THEN
     last_space_pos := current_pos; -- remember the position most recent space
     END IF;
     char_count := char_count + 1;
     IF char_count = 102 THEN --102 is as many characters that will fit on the paper across.
     tmp_file := substr(tmp_file, 1, last_space_pos)||lf||substr(tmp_file, last_space_pos + 1, string_length - last_space_pos); --insert a line feed
     current_pos := last_space_pos;
     char_count := 0;
     END IF;
END IF;
     current_pos := current_pos + 1;
current_char := SUBSTR(tmp_file, current_pos, 1);
END LOOP;
:query_recv_accessions.diag_summary := tmp_file;