Remove empty space

[Dave Markey]

As shown in the above image I have an empty space between "Social - group interaction" and "Emotional - books, dramatic play". I am unable to select it. I have activated show hidden characters and I still cannot see or select the object (if there is one at all). When I backspace the emotional dot point it simply jumps over the blank space to the end of the previous line of text.

I am wanting to remove this empty space so the dot points flow from one to the next with equal spacing.

Kind Regards,

Dave.

[Peter Spier]

Check for an applied "space before" value applied to the Emotional paragraph.

[Dave Markey]

Unfortunately that does not seem to solve the issue.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

@Dave Markey 

Which one you are checking - Social or Emotional?

And select whole Paragraphs - including end of paragraph. 

[Dave Markey]

Both. I have even selected a whole section including the paragraph before the dot points and the paragraph after them. They all have the same 'Space before' setting of 0cm.
Could it be a shape that is somehow hidden? It appears to be something there as the text jumps over it. I have checked the 'layers' window and there is nothing there showing an object.

[Dave Markey]

I have also tried changing the 'space after' to 0cm and this also did not resolve the issue.

[Barb Binder]

I'd say select both paragraphs (Social and emotional), including the pilcrows ¶ at the end of each line (as per @Robert at ID-Tasker) and then set space Before, After and Space Between Paragraphs Using the Same style to 0. Anyone of them could be the issue.

~Barb

[Dave Markey · Accepted solution]

I have finally fixed the problem by deleting the page spread then adding a new blank spread to fix the associated oversized text issue.

Thank you all for your assistance.

Dave.

[Peter Spier]

At this point my guess is there was some hidden object on the page there with text wrap applied.

[Dave Markey]

Yeah, that is my guess also, but for the life of me I could not find it - not even in the layers docker.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

Yeah, that is my guess also, but for the life of me I could not find it - not even in the layers docker.

By @Dave Markey

Do you still have copy with the problem - and can you share it - can be on priv. 

[Dave Markey · Accepted solution]

I have found the issue. Text frame options --> aligh was set to center instead of top. Easily fixed.