diff --git a/src/columns/ColString.cpp b/src/columns/ColString.cpp
index d5421a904..e61f2fc39 100644
--- a/src/columns/ColString.cpp
+++ b/src/columns/ColString.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#include <iostream> // TODO Remove
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <ColString.h>
 #include <text.h>
@@ -58,13 +57,17 @@ void ColumnString::setReport (const std::string& value)
 //
 void ColumnString::measure (const std::string& value, int& minimum, int& maximum)
 {
-  std::string stripped = Color::strip (value);
-  maximum = stripped.length ();
-
   if (_style == "left"  ||
       _style == "right" ||
       _style == "default")
+  {
+    std::string stripped = Color::strip (value);
+    maximum = stripped.length ();
     minimum = longestWord (stripped);
+  }
+  else if (_style == "left_fixed" ||
+           _style == "right_fixed")
+    minimum = maximum = strippedLength (value);
   else
     throw std::string ("Unrecognized column format 'string.") + _style + "'";
 }
@@ -94,6 +97,14 @@ void ColumnString::render (
     for (i = raw.begin (); i != raw.end (); ++i)
       lines.push_back (color.colorize (rightJustify (*i, width)));
   }
+  else if (_style == "left_fixed")
+  {
+    lines.push_back (leftJustify (value, width));
+  }
+  else if (_style == "right_fixed")
+  {
+    lines.push_back (rightJustify (value, width));
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/history.cpp b/src/history.cpp
index 8c8595c9d..5889b96cb 100644
--- a/src/history.cpp
+++ b/src/history.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #include <sstream>
-
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <ViewText.h>
 #include <text.h>
@@ -551,13 +550,13 @@ int handleReportGHistoryAnnual (std::string& outs)
     }
   }
 
-  int widthOfBar = context.getWidth () - 5;   // 5 == strlen ("2008 ")
+  int widthOfBar = context.getWidth () - 5;   // 5 == strlen ("YYYY ")
 
   // Now build the view.
   ViewText view;
   view.width (context.getWidth ());
   view.add (Column::factory ("string", "Year"));
-  view.add (Column::factory ("string", "Number Added/Completed/Deleted"));
+  view.add (Column::factory ("string.left_fixed", "Number Added/Completed/Deleted"));
 
   Color color_add    (context.config.get ("color.history.add"));
   Color color_done   (context.config.get ("color.history.done"));