How do I remove the spaces created by empty text frames in indesign

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

 Goodday. 

I have been trying to remove the spacing between these text frames but I have not  been able to. 

I tried backspacing, deleting and the text is not moving into the blank text frame.

I tried the Grep style that allows to change Multiple spacing into single spacing but it doesn't highlight this space when I click on Find.

I even tried Multiple Return to Single return using Grep but it still doesn't find it. 

I believe this extra spacing format came in from the Microsoft word document I imported the text from.

I have more of this unneccessary spacing that refuses to budge.

Note: Smart text reflow is turned on. 

Allow Pages to shuffle is also turned on. 

[Manan Joshi]

It could be a column break character that is causing the issue. Switch on the "Show Hidden Characters" option and then share the screenshot here or if you could share a sample INDD document that would be great as well.

-Manan

[Eugene Tyson · Accepted solution]

Keep Options can also push a paragraph to a new page/column

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/indesign/using/formatting-paragraphs.html#:~:text=Control%20paragraph%20b...

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

I tweaked the Keep options and they are not working for it.

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

Here it is Manan.

[Eugene Tyson]

The text frames are not threaded.

You see the endo of story invisible character on the left page right column indicated by # symbol

Select the text tool and the text frame and click the out port on the left page text frame and then click the in port of the text frame on the right page.

Plenty of tutorials online on threading text frames.

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

They are all threaded actually. 

[Eugene Tyson]

Can you share the document please?

[Peter Spier · Accepted solution]

Quite odd...

It certainly looks like the frames are threaded, but perhaps you have two sets of frames since the end-of-story marker is there.

The other possibility is the paragraph style assigned to the E is set to start on next page.

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

Yes. The paragraph style assigned to E was assigned to start on another page. When I changed that to anywhere I was able to move it. Thank you. 

[Eugene Tyson]

So it was the keep options?

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

Yes it was.

[Ebere Vivian27470795a4rs]

I remember that you mentioned Keep Options. Apparently the Keep at Next page was applied to only the heading E. As such it affected the whole page.

[Willi Adelberger]

Break options in the paragraph styles will help you.

Consider to make the letter to spann all colummns without a page or column break.