Depending on your version, there was an issue (APAR IJ21591 IJ21591: TABLE FIELDS DO NOT WRAP IN ALL APPLICATIONS AFTER APPLYING 7611 IFIX 002 (ibm.com)) where fields didn't wrap properly. If you're on 7.6.1.1 for example, you need to be on IFIX 05 or later to have the fix.
You also mentioned long description fields. I'm not sure if you were trying to reference long as in length or the actual "long description" fields. I would definitely avoid displaying the actual "long description" fields on a result set. With the HTML formatting and how that gets stripped out in this view, it's more clutter than usable.
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Steven Shull
Director of Development
Projetech Inc
Cincinnati OH
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