new page in Access report

I am getting a new page on an Access report after the first line of variables, even though there are more variables very close to the first line. I see nothing in Design view to indicate that there ia any blank space or new line in the report, but when I run the report a lot of stuff gets shoved onto the second page. The four controls in the first line are drop-downs copied from a form, and they themseves work as I expect.