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In article <DRAHNIER.90Oct18105339@prosun.first.gmd.de> drahnier@gmdtub (Reinhard Rasche) writes:
>
>Just, if you want to reproduce the phenomenon: Here's the necessary
>information: 
>	- 2-column document
>	- paragraph format: 
>		default font: AvantGarde 10pt regular book regular
>		space above: 0pt, below 0pt, leading 2pt
>		line spacing: Default (or whatever you want)
>	- problem:	
>		paragraph continuing from botton of left column
>		on top of right column right after the anchored frame
>		(placed on top of right column) 
>
>My first explanation was that FM simply forgets to add the line-spacing
>information when there is no line above in the same column. 

It is true that Frame does not apply the "Space Above" value to the first
paragraph in a text column, and it is true that Frame does not put
any "leading" above the top line in a column. However it is not the case
that the "Line Spacing" setting is ignored.

I set up what you described as best I could.  You did not describe
the anchored frame, but the only set-up that could be a problem is
"Anchoring Position: At Insertion Point" with a baseline offset that
is zero or positive.  I used a one-inch-square frame with a baseline
offset of zero.  I added text until the line with the frame popped to
the top of the 2nd column, and indeed the anchored frame overlapped
the top of the text column.  Most of the frame was outside the column.

Then I changed Line Spacing for that paragraph from "Default Font Size"
to "Largest Ascender."  And instantly, the line moved down so that
the top of the frame was exactly colinear with the top of the column.
So the Line Spacing choice definitely makes a difference at top of column.

I have had problems with Frame when I applied a visible border to a
text column.  That is, select the text column as an object and with the
Tools palette, assign a Pen value other than "None."  Depending on the
line thickness you use, the border will merge with the top edge of the
capitals in the top line.  Here again, choosing Line Spacing of Largest
Ascender makes a difference that can clearly be seen at 400% zoom,
although it does not cure the problem when the border is thicker than
one point.  In my opinion Frame should draw the border of a text column
completely outside the text area; however that does not sound like the
basis of your complaint.