Text is cutting off in dynamic fields.

[louise]

Hi.  I am a librarian and we are using iReport to create the template for printing out closed stack requests (ie the user requests the item via our catalogue, a report is run and all the slips output using the iReport template). 

How do I get the text of a dynamic field to fill the space available?  I've tried various tests with Stretch Type and Stretch Overflow, but if there is a long title (for example) it always cuts the title after about 98 characters even though there is plenty of space left in the box for that field. 

I've searched the Forum, but don't have a java background to express this is a more technical manner! 

For your information - we have to use version 1.3.3 of iReport as this is the version our library management system suppliers use to create the basic templates which we then customize. 

Many thanks.

Louise