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Unnecessary space in a report 'between' sections 1

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mick01

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I am using Crystal reports to design Pharmaceutical labels , hence the available space is very tight. I occasionally get a space that occurs 'between' sections that I cannot understand. Eg Between the detail section and page footer , there is about a 5mm-8mm forced gap. In normal reports this doesn't matter, however on a medicine label it is... ANY help?
 
I am not doing anything as critical, but I have seen the same type of thing.<br>
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I've found no way to get rid of it.
 
I do not know if that will apply...<br>
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I did some work with PROGRESS 4GL and we had the same kind of problem, except it was with the report writer included with PROGRESS.<br>
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Anyway, we found out that we had to be real careful with the font that we were using, especially if it was proportional font. <br>
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May be you could check that out.
 
mick01,<br>
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Couple of things. <br>
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First, make certain that you've formatted all sections to suppress blank space. <br>
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Second, make certain that the section has not been physically resized (via click-n-drag) larger than the font line requrements. (This last one ate me alive for a couple of weeks!)<br>
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Third (OK, _three_ things!), make certain that the 'Report Footer' section is properly suppressed/hidden.<br>
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These all come under the heading of 'Is it plugged in?" - but some plugs are smaller and harder to see than others &lt;grin!&gt; - and may be of no use at all, but worth a shot.<br>
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Make a good day . . .<br>
. . . barn<br>

 
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