Inconsistent Paragraph Styles Across Pages in InDesign

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Why are my paraphraph stlyes not working as it should be.

The first page is working right, but not the rest.

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Dave Creamer of IDEASCorrect answer

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My master page is set as a two column layout already, no?
and how do I use the span feature?

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Your parent page is set to two columns and the text frame on the parent page is two columns. (You only have a text frame on the left parent page, not the right.)

The problem is you are not using the parent text frame--you have a single-column frame directly on top of it.

I would:

Remove the overrides from my paragraph styles.

Cut the text from the existing text frames.

Delete (DON'T CUT) the existing single-column frames.

Paste the text into the text frame placed by the parent. (Remember, it only on the left page.)

Do all your clean up on a copy of the file, not your only copy.

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

Stephanie24157543crqg

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The second column of one page will not format my set paragraph style correctly. There is too much space between the sentences. In the screen shot you can see that the master pages are the same for all pages. I double checked and there is no charactar style applied.

How can I fix this? So frustrating.

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Stephanie24157543crqg

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I have even copied and pasted the text in a text editor as well as Word and copied it back over (cmd + shift + v) but the extra spacing still exists even though the same style applied as to the text with proper spacing.

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