Hi Ray,
I cannot fathom why they would remove little things like these in what is supposed to be the 'next-gen' CR!
As you might have found out by now, arrow keys don't work, you cannot right-click a formula field on a section and click 'Edit formula' et al.
What I usually do with reports that involve heavy formatting and pixel perfect results, is to create them in the legacy CR Designer and then open it in CR for Enterprise.
-Abhilash