Overset Text issue

[deborahm27080657]

I am trying to copy and paste a cover layout of text and images to the first page of the interior layout file, and some of the text boxes become overset (not all). Obviously, there is some conflict, but I can't identify it.

Any ideas?

[BobLevine]

Are there other objects on that page with text wrap applied to them? Screenshots might help.

To be clear, is this being copy pasted within the same document or between two docs? While we're at it; Mac or Windows? What version of InDesign?

[deborahm27080657]

Hi, Bob.

I am attaching a screenshot of the original and the pasted copy.

Regarding your questions:

• No text wrap
• Between 2 docs
• Windows 10
• InDesignCC, ME version

If you don't have a solution, then  work-around would be fine too.

Thanks for your help!

[BobLevine]

Between two docs it is very possible to have conflicting styles that could cause unpredictable results.

[deborahm27080657]

Can you recommend a work-around?

[Bill Silbert]

Have you tried simply opening up the text frames? It looks like you have the text aligning to the bottom of the frame so set the reference point icon to the lower left before opening the frame and it should stay in alignment.

[deborahm27080657]

Didn't help.

[BobLevine]

Check your object styles in both documents.

[deborahm27080657]

I didn't find a difference.

[jmlevy]

Maybe the text is locked onto the baseline grid. Check between the 2 documents if the grid values are the same.

[deborahm27080657]

Nope.

[vinny38]

Check your paragraph styles are NOT based on [Basic Paragraph].

Also, if you want to duplicate page to another document, you can choose Layout > Pages > Move Pages instead of Copy/Paste

[deborahm27080657]

I will try this option to get around the problem.

Thanks!

[Barb Binder]

Hi Deborah: Hopefully, Vinny's approach will take of this. If not, feel free to post this one page on dropbox and send a link. We can take a quick look and give you a specific answer. Sometimes that's quicker than all the guess work.

[vinny38]

All right, let us know.

Nevertheless, while looking at your screenshots, I'm very surprised you didn't find any differences between your object styles, just like Bob suggested.

My guess is that your [Basic Text Frame] object style differs between the 2 docs, and gets in conflict. This would explain that Blue rounded-corner stroke that shouldn't be there and generates the Text in excess (since your frame probably fits the content).

Moving pages instead of copy/paste might be an acceptable workaround, but definitely won't clean up the conflicts (object & paragraph styles) that I would definitely recommend you try to get rid of...

[deborahm27080657 · Accepted solution]

I gave up figuring out the problem and manually fixed each text frame.

Thanks for the invaluable lessons ... I'm still learning ...

[Amanda_Bat]

I was having the same problem. My fix was to choose Load Object Styles from the Object Styles panel and choose the file from which I was copying. This way, the object styles for both documents matched and the text pasted fine. We work mostly from templates at my office, so I also loaded the Object Styles with no document open to use these settings as my default for new documents.