>If I use 'save as' to save a report file with a different name, I notice that sometimes, some of the report edit functions such as 'float' are disabled. I can't enable them. Is this a report designer bug or am I doing something daft? Thanks.

It looks like you're hunting this one down for quite a while :)
Can you email one such report to me with program/data it req to open/run? I would like to take a look at it. Just click on envelope to get my email addres.
BTW, what version of VFP are you using?