spaces in record are not printing

HSMorales

I have a dataset with 3 records. one field has data such as:

' Vendor Part Number 106B'
' Vendor State Texas'
' Account Number'

I have left aligned the field in the detail section of the report.

When I print the report, the spaces are ignored and all three fields line up on the left.

If I do a 'Preview Results' in the dataset, I can see the spaces at the begining of each record.

I tried using Substr function starting at 0, but it still ignores the spaces.

What Do I need to do ???

Thanks

Birt 3.7.0