Hi Tony,
Although I amn't experienced with Report Writer tool, but try to check the "Absolute Position" section property on the Advanced tab of Section Properties. It's help is the following:
"A default object property. All objects within the section print based on the display length, without wrapping text. NOTE: Column width is not visible and must be adjusted accordingly by stretching the column.
(RDA056)"
on the left gray side when you select this property on the left.
Please, keep us informed if you tried it. Thanks.
Good luck,
Zoltán
B7332 SP11, ESU 4116422, Intel NT4, SQL 7 SP1
(working with B7321, B7331, XE too)