What you describe is the way Frame works. Space above is always ignored for a paragraph that falls at the top of a frame.
The best approach is to add a special master page for the first page of a chapter that has a text frame that starts lower on the page. Inserting blank paragraphs is almost never an optimal solution for vertical spacing issues. The only time I use a paragraph that contains no text is to hold the anchor for an inserted object (e.g. a table, an anchored frame, a text inset). -FR ________________________________ From: Framers <framers-bounces+docudoc=hotmail....@lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of Peter Kelly <peter.ke...@qio.io> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2019 3:21 To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: [Framers] Leading white space for paragraph formats at the beginning of a text flow Hi everyone, I've come across this strange behavior of Frame where if I insert a paragraph at the beginning of a text flow, Space Before does not seem to be taken into account. I have to use empty carriage returns to create white space before a major heading at the beginning of a flow, for example. Am I missing something? As always grateful for any help received. Best, Peter _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.frameusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0842401689834aae91d508d6fd9035fb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636975193147903806&sdata=GyL%2BD0wxkOZ5S%2BmGZSZSpYiFQwirQfvoAxcbsB7oUiY%3D&reserved=0 Archives located at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mail-archive.com%2Fframers%2540lists.frameusers.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0842401689834aae91d508d6fd9035fb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636975193147903806&sdata=aX1DED9i8TTcv4qZqZjqSOGb0ZWU2t8F5e%2BoAXPY2J8%3D&reserved=0 Subscribe and unsubscribe at https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.frameusers.com%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fframers-frameusers.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C0842401689834aae91d508d6fd9035fb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636975193147903806&sdata=K0FTn4nnvuM7JDyMHZatTVKcT6z5p3V39dcgvYJ1jp4%3D&reserved=0 Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
