Can't scroll all the way to the bottom of the chapter in FrameMaker-items are hidden

Question

I am trying to scroll to the bottom of a chapter in FrameMaker but it will not let me. At the bottom of the last visible page, there is the beginning of a bulleted list. There are many items in this list but only a few are visible. The rest of the list is hidden. If I go to the end of one of the bullet points and hit Enter, FM does not advance to the next page. The cursor goes below the bottom margin line and eventually stops and will not move down any more.

If I go to the end of the last visible bullet point and hit Delete, the next (non-visible) bullet in the list moves up to the end of that bullet's text. If I continue to hit delete, more of the hidden bullets (bold text below) appear. It still will not advance to the next page.

So it seems that the bulleted text is there, but for some reason is being hidden from view. I noticed that the bottom margin is a solid line instead of a dotted line. Could the issue be related to this? I don't know why the margin line isn't dotted or how to change it. I tried restarting FM and when I opened the document, even fewer of the bullets were visible and the rest were still hidden.

I'm stumped...Anyone have any ideas on what is causing this or how to fix it?

Stefan Gentz · Answer

Look at the text frame: The bottom border has a black line (vs. the other dotted lines). That black line indicates that there is “text overflow.” – which is exactly what you are experiencing: There is more text than fitting into the text frame.

I guess there is a problem with the flow setup. Is this a “single” (disconnected) text frame? Or a text frame on a disconnected page? Which flow is it (see status bar at the very left – does it say “Flow: A”?)?

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