Frame Text Gaps

[Josh H]

Occasionally, I encounter a problem where I have massive spacing issues within my frame text. For the life of me, I cannot get it fixed. I tried turning off the baseline grid, checked insets, paragraph spacing, etc. Help would be great!

[Oufti]

It would be easier for us to answer if you showed Text > Special paragraphs [Edit: read 'Special characters'] and the various [paragraphs] settings that could relate to what you show… 

Or possibly a simplified example file presenting the problem?

 

[thomaso]

... and a screenshot including the entire screen, with the Context Toolbar for specific text selected with Text Tool, and including the Layers panel to see a possible influencing other object.

[kenmcd]

Check the Paragraph > Flow Options -
Keep paragraph together and Keep with previous paragraph can cause some bizarre format issues.

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, Oufti said:

It would be easier for us to answer if you showed Text > Special paragraphs and the various settings that could relate to what you show… 

That's probably meant to say Text > Special Characters.

[MikeTO]

In addition to turning on special characters, check for objects with text wrap. And check the Text Frame > Vertical Position settings. It should be like this: