Blank first page in reporting services

I have an SSRS 2008R2 report that displays a blank page in Report Manager but not in the PDF export. I have tried all of the online solutions I have seen but still haven't found the cause. About my setup is I have one rectangle overlapping
3 tablixes. I understand that I really need to have these 3 tablices contained within this rectangle, but I can't figure out how to do this for already existing tablices. Is this possible? And is this the cause of the extra blank page?
Ryan D

Hi ironryan77,
According to your description, you get an extra blank page in your report when viewing in Report Manager. But it works properly when exporting into PDF file. Right?
In this scenario, how does your report looks like in SSDT(developing environment)? Please check if you add any page break before the rectangle. Also please check a page size of the report. Make sure "Page Width >= Body Width + Left Margin +
Right Margin".
I have also seen this kind of strange issue, please see a similar thread below:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a3633629-74dd-437d-bec9-131285f83f35/report-viewer-shows-blank-page-but-the-blank-page-is-skipped-when-exported-to-pdf?forum=sqlreportingservices
If possible, please share some screenshots about the report design and report view in Report Manager and PDF. That may help us figure out the reason. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou

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