How to control formatting and objects in empty filler space when "Keep Group Together" is used?

I have a report where I am using colored boxes to delineate columns. To accomplish this, I've run the boxes from the Group Header开发者_运维技巧 all the way down to the Report Footer. Crystal seems to enjoy making the boxes "bleed" up and down the page so that they seem to print wherever they want in the Header and Footer.

I got the idea to use other solid white boxes to control this and it works, except when Crystal adds more filler space when "Keep Group Together" is used. For example, when the next group won't fit so is moved to the next page. This space doesn't belong to any actual Report Section. Unfortunately, if I uncheck "Keep Group Together", I get other formatting problems so that's not an option. Any ideas of how I can get this formatting under control?

The solution seems to be to not span the colored columns into the Report Footer section. For some reason, they're fine when spanning groups and details, but as soon as it hits the RF it explodes.

Instead, I just created new colored column boxes and lined them up in the RF separately. It's behaving itself now.

Try marking your whiteout box Extend to Bottom of Section when Printing.

I'm guessing here: your column boxes are marked Extend to Bottom of Section when Printing, and they're getting extended, but your whiteout box is not.