Formatting in Text Area

I have a "customer description" text area field on my form which feeds through php to FMP, and spits out a confirmation page and email. The issue I am having is this ... as the customer types, the text wraps. Many put their own hard returns and spaces in to organize their description. It seems I can't get it to do both the wrap and show the actual formatting entered. If I format the field as physical wrap, the lines run off the page on the confirmation/printout. If I format it as virtual, then the hard returns, etc get lost. I have also tried using <PRE> on the confirmation page and email and that doesn't work either. Hmmm... scratching head! Trish ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Patricia Van Buskirk Florida State University, Office of Telecommunications 644 W. Call Street Tallahassee, FL  32306-1120 (850) 644-9247 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~