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Changing a paragraph to make it Span Columns causes the paragraph to jump to the top of next page

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May 18, 2020
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I have a span columns all header paragraph style. It works fine a few times, then it causes the paragraph to jump to the top of the next page.

On the left page (above), the text "Crew Vigilance" and "Dimensional Portals" is "span all columns" and it's working fine. The table "Crew Vigilance Chart" also spans columns and is working fine.

On the right page (above), I had to set the text "The Emerald Dimension" to "single column" to get it to stay on the page. Otherwise it jumps to the next page:

At first I thought it was the paragraph style in question. So I inserted some XXs in both my normal paragraph style and [Basic Paragraph]. If I set any paragraph on the right hand page to "span columns" it jumps to the next page.

I'm kind of stumped here. Any ideas?

Span_Columns_How_the_Light_Gets_In.zip

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi John,

As far as I can see, the cause of this issue is on page 26:

A placed image with a frame that is set to text wrap.

I see two solutions:

[1] Remove the text frame stacked below the graphic frame on page 26.

[2] Anchor the graphic frame on page 26 to the main text flow.

Solution [1] in screenshots:

Text frame on page 26 removed, text flows from page 25 to 27:

Span Columns changed to Span All on page 25:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi John,

I assume the reason for this is the complexity of the task.

To really know why InDesign is behaving this way we have to ask the developers.

Best do a feature request at InDesign UserVoice:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/

Please come back when done and post the link so that we can vote for it.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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Laubender

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi John,

As far as I can see, the cause of this issue is on page 26:

A placed image with a frame that is set to text wrap.

I see two solutions:

[1] Remove the text frame stacked below the graphic frame on page 26.

[2] Anchor the graphic frame on page 26 to the main text flow.

Solution [1] in screenshots:

Text frame on page 26 removed, text flows from page 25 to 27:

Span Columns changed to Span All on page 25:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

J

JohnWSMarvinAuthor

Participant

Thank you so much.

Just so I know how to deal with such problems in the future, what is the reason for this? Is it because the entire page is covered by the image with text wrap?

In any case, thank you again!!!

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hi John,

downloaded your attached InDesign document and can see your issue.

If I change the formatting of paragraph "The Emerald Dimension" to span all columns that paragraph will jump to the next available page. First, I was irritated that "Dimension Walker…" stayed in the same corner, but then realised that this frame is stand-alone and not anchored to the main text flow.

Doing some tests right now, but InDesign is hardly reacting.

Maybe I have to zap it from my Task-Manager.