>I'm a bit confused about this. Each header starts on a new page, so I'm not sure how this would help... Maybe I'm misunderstanding?

No, misunderstanding on my part, I didnt realize you having each header start new page in this scenario.

>What it does is this:
>
>--------Top of page------
>Header
>
>record 1
>.
>.
>.
>record N
>--------Bottom of page-----
>
>--------Top of page-------
>footer
>(lots of blank space)
>-------Bottom of page-----
>
>For some reason it doesn't put the header on the page with the footer when all that's on the page is the footer. If there are records on that page, though, it will put the header.
>
>Thanks,

Hmmm... go into group info dialog for header/footer in question and see if you have "Reprint Header on Subsequent Pages" turned on.