Text jumping around in text box. NOT related to text wrap.

[miwvawy]

We are having an issue with some of the text jumping around in the text block while we are making edits to the text. It is not related to text wrap.

We hadn't seen this problem until we converted from CS4 to CS5.5.

The background:

We use a proprietary page generation system. This generates IDML, which we open in InDesign. We then pull this information into our CS5 templates. This system has always worked fine in the past. Now, however, we are having this odd problem. The only thing that has changed is the version of InDesign.

What happens:

In some cases we are editing a word, changing punctuation, moving something within a table, or even just changing the color of a letter. When it is triggered, the text from the body of the text block jumps around in the box (many times ABOVE the headline information). Normally the movement is upward, but it makes longer edits very tricky as the lines are moving around within the text block.

What we do when it happens:

Usually, if we find a safe place within the text to type a return we do that, then delete that return. This solves the problem, but only temporarily. If the file is opened and closed, it goes back to jumping.

Why this is a big issue for us:

We are working on catalogs, some with more than 400 pages. There are large amounts of items. Much of the time we have to make global changes with find/replace and GREP replace. This often causes situations where the text jumps and we don't notice. It can even happen when we are checklisting our files (right before it goes to the printer). This makes us very nervous.

Does anyone have any knowledge that might be able to help us?

Thanks!

[Peter Spier]

baseline grids are tricky, and not always appropriate. the general rule is the spacing on the grid needs to be set to the leading, or half the leading, of the main body text that you are using (I don't advocate the half-leading increment because it can result in adjacent columns bing misaligned by a half line).

Looking back at the problem description, I don't think a grid is going to help, anyway.

[JacobtheWells]

That did it!

[Cullyfodento]

Thank you! You've saved me from a heart attack.

[on247]

T H A N K   Y O U  !

This was driving me crazy!

[Markuslabuschagne]

Damn! I was really excited about my "discovery". Is there any way you can

send a page from the document to me to play around with?

[ickledotuk]

Your custom baseline thing worked for me.So grateful. Thank you!

[nszcz]

you saved my career. thank you.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

I'm just curious, was the OP's problem solved by this answer? The only posts I see is where it says it did not work for the OP (even if it worked for others). Did I miss it?

[francoisl97603561]

Worked for me, thank you!

[Liz Sob]

10 Years later and this solution worked for me lol. Thanks from the future!

[Michael275613950l9x]

That did the trick for me, Thank you!

[Dhaivat Chhaya]

This worked!

But I haven't come across this issue ever since I started using InDesign from the day it was introduced. 

This started happening the day I updated it to the latest version 18.5.1. 

[lmbogus]

I have been having the same problem and it was making me NUTS!  Finally I found a work around...I copied/pasted my text from ID into Word (or really any program) and then copied/pasted again and back into ID and no more crazy text wrap.  I know it does not make sense but at least it works now.

[Stephierika]

Hi miwvawy,

I had the exact same problem and it was fixed by the baseline option that Markuslabuschangne suggested.

I wish it would work for you too.

[CHC2024]

This solved the problem for me. Thank you!!

[nailbreak]

Indesign 5.5 - Found under "Object/Text Frame Options/Baseline Options (tab)"

[Jude@Esther]

I found I had a similar issue but it was a hidden layer I had underneath that had an object with Text Wrap set (despite having hid that layer). What I did to fix this was, right-click on the layer for layer options, and selcted "supress text layer when layer is hidden", and it solved the issue of the text jumping around.

[MarkiMark]

Fantastic, thank you Markus.

[Filip Yellow Submarine]

Reinstall the fonts you are working with in the file were you have the problem. I had the same problem, tried everything: reinstalled indesign, reinstalledcreative suite. It kept comming back, even on a brand new computer (The new computer was installed from a timemachine backup). A collegue suggested a font problem. It was the Roboto font. Deleted it and reinstalled a new set of the font from another mac who didn't had the problem. Problem solved - Finally

[NicoleDuGuay]

Had the same issue!! Thank you so much for solving this for me too!

[Joseph-C]

Thank you!!!!

[Juliecravens]

JUMPING TEXT WITH TEXT BLOCKS

I have been having this same problem happen for about 2 months on multiple documents, spent hours on the phone with Adobe reps. The problem got escalated and the third rep "fixed it" by clearing any overrides that existed within Paragraph Style, but then any text with tiny changes reverts to original style. The jumping stopped, but that is not a solution! This is a BUG that needs to be remedied. have never had to create character styles for every single tiny change I want to make to text. 

Examples:

• a few words in a paragraph to be italizied, bolded or underlined
• tighten the kerning to remove a widow at the end of a parapgrah
• reducing the size of a ©, ®, ™

Note per other answers in the community:

• These issues have not been just within TABLES, so that's not issue
• I have always used magic mouse and that cannot be the problem

[Juliecravens]

LEADING NOT CHANGING FOR SEVERAL POINTS AT A TIME.

related to the text jumping?

I'm also having issues with changing leading, where I will reduce it manually one point at a time and it will not change (decrease or increase) for several points, and then it will final work, but it's way too tight or open. Again, these issues happened at about the same time and have never happened before EVER. And I have been using this program since it was created. 

Again when the Adobe rep removed any Paragraph or Character Styles it stopped. 

 I've always been able to stray from the applied Paragragh or Character style before without issue. If I remove the style, the text changes to defalt font & size... NOT what I want. ?????

HELP Please as this seems like a BUG to me.

[jmlevy]

It seems that your text is aligned on the baseline grid.

[Juliecravens]

I'll take a look at that again. The online Adobe support looked at that, but maybe they missed something.

Thanks!