Vertically align a field in details section.

I am new to Crystal Reports so I will do my best to explain what I am trying to achieve......
In MS Excel, it is possible to vertically align text so that it remains in the centre of the cell regardless of the cell height. I would like to do a similar thing in the details section of Crystal Reports.
I have several fields in the details section of the report. They are all in a horizontal line. I have enabled the 'Can Grow' feature for one of the fields so that it will increase in height to accomodate large text entries. I would like the other fields to adjust so that the centres of each of the fields align vertically - in the same way as they would in excel is the text was aligned vertically.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

I do not want to horizontally align the writing.
I have 5 fields in a row in the details section. One of the fields (call it field A) can grow to usually no more than 2 lines.
When field A takes up 1 line then the other fields look OK becuase the centres of all of the fields line up.
When field A grows to 2 lines, I would like writing in the other fields to move down slightly so that they align with the centre of field A.
Is this possible?

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