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Test is overset (extending beyond/behind footer

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February 6, 2026
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I discovered that the text on the third page of my document is overset (extending beyond/behind my footer). I searched online and found and tried a number of suggested fixes (such as verifying that the text frame is the correct size, and the master page has Autoconnect set in the Text Frame), but the issue persists. I'm obviously missing something. I could start from scratch, but would prefer to understand the cause so that I can better avoid it next time.

I would attach the file, but each time I try to attach it I get a message saying the portal doesn’t accept that file type (even though it is .fm).

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi @Old_Guard_1221:

Did you get this resolved? If not, you are welcome to email me the file directly or put it on a file sharing service (dropbox, onedrive) and post the link here. It’s likely a quick fix.

In the meantime, does text flow as expected from page 2 to page 3? If you add text to page 2, does it flow onto page 3?

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Old_Guard_1221Author

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Hi Barb,

Thanks. I did get it resolved in a sense, by recreating the file. As you and others had noted, there was a flow issue which became evident when using Select All in Flow. However, there are a few things I would like to understand:

Even if page 3 was disconnected, it was still using the correct (Right) Master Page, and showed Flow A with Autoconnect selected. I would have thought that once page 3 was full it would automatically generate another Left page for page 4 and keep going (even though these two pages were not connected to the rest of Flow A). What is it about being disconnected that prevented that from happening?
Both page 3 and page 4 both showed that they were in Flow A (from Text Frame Properties and from the status line at the bottom), and the Text Frame Properties both indicated they were set with Autoconnect. From that perspective things looked OK, but they weren’t. Is there another setting, besides choosing Select All in Flow, that would have shown what the problem was?

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Hi @Old_Guard_1221 :

I’m still happy to look at the file to remove all guesswork, but until then…

I see three potential culprits, and it was likely a combination:

We can have more than one Flow A in a document
We can override a frame on a body page so you might think page 3 is using Master Page Right but it has an override
We can turn off auto-connect properties as a override

Like Matt, my best guess is someone added a disconnected page and then some of the issues manifested themselves in that text frame. I’ve seen so many disconnected page issues lately that I'm starting my next webinar with that topic. It’s scheduled for March 25 at 9am Pacific if you have time to attend.

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

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Winfried Reng

Community Expert

Hi,

You cannot append FrameMaker files *.fm. You could put the file into a zip file and upload it here.

I had this issue as well years ago, but cannot remember what I did.

In your case I would do this:

MIF wash, save as MIF, open the MIF file and save again as *.fm. Did this help?

Apply the master page of this page and the following page again.

Import all formats and remove any page breaks and format overrides.

Copy everything and paste into a new file.

Best regards, Winfried

Matt-Tech Comm Tools

Community Expert

It sounds like someone may have added a disconnected page. If you do a Select All, does the text on the first two pages get selected?

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant

Matt-Tech Comm Tools

Community Expert

It does seem odd that disconnected pages don’t create their own autoflows, but just remember that disconnected means exactly that...they don’t connect to other pages.

For that reason, I advise against using them. As Barb pointed out, the autoconnect and flow issues can make your head spin.

If you feel like trying a 2-minute test, in your original offending document, you can likely select all in the disconnected flow, delete the disconnected page, then paste your content into the main document flow to remedy the issue.

-Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

Assuming everything in the file is built correctly, you have too much text to fit in the space allowed.

I would place your text cursor at the end of the visible text, then go to the Edit menu and select Edit in the Story Editor. A new window will open up showing you a text-only version of your content. Look to see how much text has a red bar next to it. This will tell you how much text is not showing. If it’s a lot, you have to more to figure out, such as adding more pages; if a little, you just have to tighten up some text.

Your options are:

Edit the text to delete some of it.
Resize any graphics that are taking up space to make more room for the content.
Tighten the tracking on paragraphs that have short last lines.
Change the document-wide type size, leading, or paragraph space. (This is much easier if you used Paragraph Styles.)

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

I can’t edit my own post (a problem with the new forums). I posted in the wrong forum. Ignore my post.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

Dave Creamer: I can’t edit my own post (a problem with the new forums).

Yep; while there is, from the lower right corner
… pulldown, an option for Edit,
if enabled & used, it throws a
Something's gone wrong ×

Is this a known problem to get fixed?

Separately, it looks like HTML edit is entirely MIA. I wasn’t even able to format this reply as desired.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Yes, the new forum change is undergoing some teething pains right now. Is this document the only one that has the issue? If so, maybe you could try importing formats from a “good” doc into the “misbehaving” doc.

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