"Resulting columns would be too short"

[Victor Caston <vcaston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to create a flow on the master pages, with a minimal 
height, just so that the frame is present on every body page, but I 
can choose which pages will actually display some of the flow (by 
raising the height manually on the body page).

Two questions:

1. If I draw the frame on the master page, I can get a pretty small 
height, e. g., 2 pts. But then if I use Customize Text Frame to set 
to some specified measure (not just lower, but also slightly higher), 
I get the error message "Resulting columns would be too short." Any 
way around this?

(Ideally, I'd like to set them to the minimum -- would that be .125 pts?)



2. It looks like even at the height of less than a pt, the very top 
of the ascenders of the first line of the text flow will show on the 
first body page that has this frame, and so the first line will count 
as overflow rather than shifting to the next page. What's the best 
way of forcing the first line to appear only where there is enough 
room for the whole line to be displayed?

Thanks!

Best,

Victor

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