Text jumps/oversets leaving huge white space

[nathanir]

I have a peculiar problem. At a particular point on the page, the text jumps to the next page/oversets for no rhyme or reason, leaving huge white space. There is no break that I can see, the text frame extends to the bottom of the page, there are no keep options. There is no problem with the indenting and spacing. I went through the troubleshooting steps on this page: https://indesignsecrets.com/the-case-of-the-disappearing-text.php to no avail. I can continue typing a significant amount of text beyond the trouble point without the text jumping.

Good people, I need your help. Thank you. CC 2019
The link to Google drive for the file, if you need it, Circumcision.indd - Google Drive

[Laubender]

Hi nathanir ,

can you post the document where you see this issue?

Best together with an exported PDF that is showing this.

FWIW: This should be an InDesign file with at least two pages.

The one you posted has only one page. And I cannot see any jumps or overset there.

Regards,
Uwe

[nathanir]

Sorry that may have been a different version. A link to the folder that contains the .indd and .pdf files Indesign problem - Google Drive

[nathanir]

If I add the second page, I can take the overset text on to the next page while leaving a huge white space on page 1. You can see that white space in the pdf file. Thanks for looking at the issue.

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Hi nathanir ,

your issue is caused by the special character for Column Break after "stomach.":

You may have typed an Enter on the number pad instead of a Return on the main part of your keyboard.

From my German InDesign, showing the menu doing a Column Break ( "Spaltenumbruch" ) where the keyboard shortcut is showing "Numpad Enter":

Regards,
Uwe

[nathanir]

That worked, thank you.