from JasperReports 3.5.0 Change Log: - the "net.sf.jasperreports.allow.element.overlap" property can be used globally, at report or element level to specify whether element overlapping verifications are performed at report compilation time; this is useful when designing reports that are to be exported using grid exporters such as HTML and XLS, where overlapping elements do not show up; I made it to work for globall and report level, but how can I use it for element level? I tried <reportElement x="75" y="29" width="100" height="20"> <property name="net.sf.jasperreports.allow.element.overlap" value="false"/> </reportElement> with no luck.... Thanks!