>Well . . .
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>as fate would have it, my copy of VFP 9.0 arrived Fri. Is there an article or other instruction on how to do it with VFP 9?

Read my article on the MSDN website:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfoxgen9/html/VFP9Reports2.asp

There's a section called "Your Listener: Pagination" that talks about keeping chunks of data together, whether it's a data group or a detail band.

If you're new to using VFP 9, you should also read my other article which talks about the new features of the VFP 9 Report Writer. This article is meant to be read first and the first one I mentioned is more advanced and meant to be read second.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfoxgen9/html/VFP9Reports1.asp