Page Break in Middle of Body

[Scott Pon]

I have a report with a header, body and footer. Header and footer work correctly. The body has a long text box and 2 picture containers at the bottom. The pictures slide up to adjust to the size of the text.

The problem is that the pictures are sometimes split accross 2 pages. The user usually has to insert carriage returns to put the pictures on to the second page. Is there a way to put a page break right before the pictures so that the picutres show on the next page?

Thanks. I'm using Windows 2000 with FM5.

[BrentHedden]

This can be quite tricky. I've had to deal with a problem simular to this. Since each printer prints just a bit different, there is no way I can guarantee this will work, but it'll help -

Set the layout to have fixed margins. I like to use 1/4 inch ones, as this is a good minimum that most any new printer can handle. This way, you'll have a good idea exactly what the top-bottom margins are, and can figure out where to place things.

Using the sliding option is OK, but it causes problems like what you described. I personally like to use sliding only when there is text involved.

If you know within a good aproximation how long the text is going to be, set the images to a fixed location, without the sliding option.

Hopefully these few bits help.