Report pagefooter followup ?

[Mary]

This is the code I used in the Format event to try to get
the Pagefooter section to shrink (allowing for more
detail records to print):
If Me.Page = 1 Then
With Me
.Section(4).Height = 1.8
Legend.Visible = True
LegendComments.Visible = True
End With
Else
With Me
.Section(4).Height = 0.25
Legend.Visible = False
LegendComments.Visible = False
End With
End If
It still leaves a blank area where the invisible controls
reside. Is it not possible to size the section ignoring
those contols? (i.e., do they take up space even if
they're invisible?)