Sliding over an existing object

[jtscott]

I have 3 fields which I want to slide up, reducing unused space. The text in each field is variable, but will together they always add up to a set number of lines.

The 3 sliding fields must appear above other objects/fields in the printed report, but in order to accomodate all the text that could appear in any one of the 3 fields, I have to make them so big that they extend below these objects in layout mode.

Consequently, I set them to slide up, also reducing the size of the enclosing part. However, they won't slide past/above these objects in preview mode. How do I get around this?