Header in Word 2003 does not align

hi,
I try to generate a very simple report to Ms Word. It contains a header with a table and a body with another table. Both have width=100%, a border and a simple label in it. Now the report looks great in PDF and HTML but in MS Word 2003 (also in 2010) the table in the header is slightly moved to the right.
After some research I found out that there seems to be needless paragraph inserted by BIRT, which causes the shift. I want both tables aligned the same way (see pictures), how can I do this?
I atteched some pictures and the xml source of the report to show my problem.
Im using Eclipse BIRT Designer Version 2.6.0.v20100531
Thanks for any help,
regards Antje

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mwilliams

Hi Antje,

Can you recrete this issue with the sample database and attach the report so I can run it. Thanks!

anubanu

Thanks for your response. I'm not using any database, just plain labels etc (to avoid any side affects that would be coursed by the data source / datas set).

I found out a solution to my problem:
The grid in the header needs Text alignment set to "Center"
The table in the body must not have a value for Text alignment (set it to "Auto").

Now the table in the body gets the same "needless" paragraph and is slightly moved to the right too.
Result: Both tables are aligned the same.

mwilliams

Antje,

You could probably also just add a grid around the top table to take care of this issue. I also checked in 2.6.1 and this is still an issue. Please file a bug for this at http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/resources/bug-reporting/. Thanks!