Leading does not seem to change

[gumbo23]

I wish to try closing up the leading on some text, but when I change it in the style, it does nothing. Why might this be?

Thanks

[Joachim_L]

Is there a "Leading Override" in the Character panel assigned to your text?

[gumbo23]

 

I'm not sure if this answers your question - I haven't worked with leading override before.

[Joachim_L]

It is not leading override. Is the text aligned to a baseline grid?

[gumbo23]

Yes, it is aligned to the baseline.

I attach the file so far, so you can have a proper look.

Thanks for your assistance with this. 

All I wish to do is to slightly close up the leading, to give myself a few more words per page. 

Wisdom build 1.afpub

[Joachim_L]

a) According to the Baseline Grid Manager for your document you set up a Grid Spacing of 17pt

+ b) Your body text is told to align to the baseline grid

+ c) Your body text has only a leading of 13pt

=

a) Make the grid spacing smaller in the Baseline Grid Manager or

b) define a different baseline grid for every text frame or

c) do not align your text to the baseline grid.

[gumbo23]

I found that just dialing back the baseline spacing fixed the problem. Thanks for your help Joachim!