>Yes, I set the default font to a printer fixed-width font. Help even says that when selecting a fixed-width font, the nearest Windows proportional font will be used

Did you set the default font before or after you designed report? The controls on report pick up default font only when there'are created. Changing the default font doesn't affect existing controls.

>In design mode, nothing lines up, but in preview it looks ok.

It's strange. It should look aligned in development too.

>The only problem it's causing is when getting close to the right margin. In design mode you can't add anything because it goes past the right edge of the page width, but when you preview it there's plenty of space left.

Check Page Setup, particulaly Columns With. It will give you an idea what margins are.

> I'm just hoping that if preview looks ok, it will come out on the printer ok.
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>>Did you try setting the default font for the report to a fixed-width font? (Report | Default Font...) Mine show WISIWIG. Also, the Layout toolbar is pretty helpful, allowing you to align a bunch of controls.
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