1. Text Wrap - Be sure there are no other objects that have text wrap applied that could be causing the overset. The easiest way to eliminate this as a cause is to Option/Alt double click on the overset frame. This opens the Text Frame Options dialog box, where you can select Ignore Text Wrap. Click OK and if the text appears, you know the cause was Text Wrap applied to a nearby object.
2. Align to Grid - In many cases, aligning text to a grid is an essential technique for creating professional quality layouts. But it can trip you up when you copy and paste a text frame from one document to another, since different documents can have different grids. And even if you just move a frame up or down on a page, you can get overset text if there isn't enough room in the frame to accommodate the text as it snaps up or down to stick to the grid. To check, look at the paragraph style options, the Paragraph panel, or if you can put your cursor in the paragraph, check the Control Panel's Align to Grid icons.
3. Keep Options - Another essential tool, especially for working with long documents, where you want headings to stick with the following text, or simply to minimize the widows and orphans you have to deal with. But, like Align to Grid, Keep Options can lead to overset. For example, if you set a paragraph style's Keep Options so that the paragraph has to start in the next column, frame, or page, and there is no next column, frame, or page for it to go to. Again, check the paragraph style options, or if you can put your cursor in the paragraph (use the Story Editor to do this when the paragraph is completely overset) and press Command+Option+K/Ctrl+Alt+K to open the Keep Options dialog box.
2. Align to Grid - In many cases, aligning text to a grid is an essential technique for creating professional quality layouts. But it can trip you up when you copy and paste a text frame from one document to another, since different documents can have different grids. And even if you just move a frame up or down on a page, you can get overset text if there isn't enough room in the frame to accommodate the text as it snaps up or down to stick to the grid. To check, look at the paragraph style options, the Paragraph panel, or if you can put your cursor in the paragraph, check the Control Panel's Align to Grid icons.
3. Keep Options - Another essential tool, especially for working with long documents, where you want headings to stick with the following text, or simply to minimize the widows and orphans you have to deal with. But, like Align to Grid, Keep Options can lead to overset. For example, if you set a paragraph style's Keep Options so that the paragraph has to start in the next column, frame, or page, and there is no next column, frame, or page for it to go to. Again, check the paragraph style options, or if you can put your cursor in the paragraph (use the Story Editor to do this when the paragraph is completely overset) and press Command+Option+K/Ctrl+Alt+K to open the Keep Options dialog box.
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