diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/AreaFactory.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/AreaFactory.java
index 2e72927138..422aabfa72 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/AreaFactory.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/AreaFactory.java
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ protected AbstractArea createNewArea(ContainerArea parent, LayoutContext context
 			} else {
 				area = new BlockContainerArea(parent, context, content);
 			}
-			if (context.isFixedLayout()) {
-				area.setPageBreakInside(IStyle.AVOID_VALUE);
-			}
 			return area;
 
 		case IContent.IMAGE_CONTENT:
diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/BlockContainerArea.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/BlockContainerArea.java
index 4246a2a7b1..e872fe8716 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/BlockContainerArea.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/BlockContainerArea.java
@@ -290,45 +290,45 @@ protected SplitResult _split(int height, boolean force) throws BirtException {
 				result.add(current);
 				continue;
 			}
-				contentHeight -= ah;
-				int childSplitHeight = cheight - contentHeight;
-				SplitResult splitResult = current.split(childSplitHeight, force && !isValidResult(result));
-				if (splitResult.status == SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART) {
-					ContainerArea splitChildArea = splitResult.getResult();
-					result.add(splitChildArea);
-					status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
-					contentHeight += splitChildArea.getAllocatedHeight();
-					break;
-				} else if (splitResult.status == SplitResult.SPLIT_BEFORE_AVOID_WITH_NULL) {
-					if (force) {
-						if (result.size() > 0) {
-							status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
-						}
+			contentHeight -= ah;
+			int childSplitHeight = cheight - contentHeight;
+			SplitResult splitResult = current.split(childSplitHeight, force && !isValidResult(result));
+			if (splitResult.status == SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART) {
+				ContainerArea splitChildArea = splitResult.getResult();
+				result.add(splitChildArea);
+				status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
+				contentHeight += splitChildArea.getAllocatedHeight();
+				break;
+			} else if (splitResult.status == SplitResult.SPLIT_BEFORE_AVOID_WITH_NULL) {
+				if (force) {
+					if (result.size() > 0) {
+						status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
 					}
-					break;
-				} else if (splitResult.status == SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_NULL) {
-					if (isValidResult(result)) {
-						if (force) {
-							status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
-							break;
-						}
-						if (previous.isPageBreakAfterAvoid()) {
-							status = SplitResult.SPLIT_BEFORE_AVOID_WITH_NULL;
-							break;
-						}
+				}
+				break;
+			} else if (splitResult.status == SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_NULL) {
+				if (isValidResult(result)) {
+					if (force) {
 						status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
 						break;
-					} else if (force) {
-						// error status
-						status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
+					}
+					if (previous.isPageBreakAfterAvoid()) {
+						status = SplitResult.SPLIT_BEFORE_AVOID_WITH_NULL;
 						break;
-					} else {
-						if (isPageBreakBeforeAvoid()) {
-							return SplitResult.BEFORE_AVOID_WITH_NULL;
-						}
-						return SplitResult.SUCCEED_WITH_NULL;
 					}
+					status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
+					break;
+				} else if (force) {
+					// error status
+					status = SplitResult.SPLIT_SUCCEED_WITH_PART;
+					break;
+				} else {
+					if (isPageBreakBeforeAvoid()) {
+						return SplitResult.BEFORE_AVOID_WITH_NULL;
+					}
+					return SplitResult.SUCCEED_WITH_NULL;
 				}
+			}
 		}
 		// split height is larger than content height.(cell)
 		if (result.size() == children.size()) {
diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/ContainerArea.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/ContainerArea.java
index 10c1d61779..86a2bfcd45 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/ContainerArea.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/ContainerArea.java
@@ -617,7 +617,9 @@ public void setAllocatedHeight(int aHeight) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get content height
+	 * Get content height, that is the height available for the content.
+	 *
+	 * This is computed as allocatedHeight minus bottom/top margin/border/padding. *
 	 *
 	 * @param allocatedHeight
 	 * @return Return the content height
diff --git a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java
index 79873553a2..d5ed8e783a 100644
--- a/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java
+++ b/engine/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/nLayout/area/impl/LineArea.java
@@ -552,6 +552,13 @@ public SplitResult split(int height, boolean force) throws BirtException {
 					result.addChild(splitChildArea);
 					splitChildArea.setParent(result);
 				} else {
+					// reset the line height due to negative height caused by page break.
+					// Otherwise the first line could be rendered too far down.
+					// See (old) BIRT bug 562873 and
+					// https://github.com/eclipse-birt/birt/issues/1443.
+					if (height < 0) {
+						height = 0;
+					}
 					child.setY(Math.max(0, child.getY() - height));
 				}
 			}