Blank Space on Page 1 - Report Header Section

[skystar70]

Hello. I am using Crystal 9 with SQL Server/DB.
I have a report that is displaying the Report Header section on the first page and the Report Footer at the bottom. There is no other data on the first page, leaving a bunch of blank space. It appears that the Report Header takes up most of the page based on the section listed to the right of the page, but the text in the Report Header is not that lengthy. The design tab of the report has been sized so that there is no blank space in the Report header section.
The second page then starts displaying the Page Header and Group Headers, Detail, etc. I want the blank space on the first page GONE.
I have looked at the section experts. The Report Header shows Free-Form placement only checked. The Page Header shows Free-Form placement only checked. None of the sections have the "blank page before" or "blank page after" checked. If I suppress the Report Header, the Blank section of page 1 goes away, but so does my Report Header! Any ideas? Thank you.

 

[almaragni]

its got to be the header.

check the fields in the header and format to assure not lengthy

also - check the page size itself. is it possible the page size is very undersized

or is there a blank image on the page.

 

[skystar70]

Thanks almaragni. This is not the case, however, after messing with it a bit more, I found the problem. When I went into the "Change Group" on the first group, the check box for "Keep group together" was checked. So, even though the Section Expert "Keep group together" was NOT checked, apparently, the set up of the Group itself overrides that? Once unchecking this box in the "Change Group" box, it works now! The blank space is gone. Thanks again for your ideas though!

 

[almaragni]

ok - sorry i wasnt helpful

but - i learned something new from your answer

so thank you