Text Overlap on Single line

[Dana G]

I am new to Macs and I want to know if there is a way to correct the overlapping of text.  In Windows, when the end of a field label, text box, etc. was reached, the text would wrap to the next line like a normal document does.  Since I started using a Mac I am getting overlapping instead of wrapping.  Is this a Mac issue or a FM issue?  Is there any way to fix it?

Overlap.tiff

[Lee Smith]

I think we need to see the file or at least find our more about it.

 

Your data looks like a formula? Is this a calculation field?

 

Is this a file your are creating on a Mac? or one that you created in windows? Was it created in an earlier version and are migrating?

 

and NO, its not a Mac thing or a FileMaker thing.

Edited May 14, 2013 by Lee Smith
added some info

[Dana G]

That was a Merge field in Layout mode.

 

The file has existed for some time and was created on a Mac.  It appears to have been around since 2008.  I am using FMA 11 and am not migrating.  Unfortunately I have not received permission to upload the file.

 

 

It does it when I just create at text box and start typing.  This only happens in FileMaker (so far).  I have to push Enter 18 times to get the next line to move down far enough to look normal.  The entire text box is formatted to 18 pt. font & plain text.

 

I created a new local file and the text wrapping performs fine.  Could there be something corrupt in the hosted file that would cause the overlapping?

[Lee Smith]

IIUC, either the field isn' large enough, or the text needs to be resized. 

 

To resize the text box, just grab a handle in layout mode. To resize the text, select the lead < or the whole block and select he desired font size.

[Lee Smith]

Can you recreate this in a different file, i.e. make a mock up of your file, and then attach that to a reply?

[Dana G]

A coworker figured it out for me.

Inspector>Appearance Tab>Paragraph>Line Spacing

 

Height of line units was set to 0.  Changed to 1 and it fixed it.

 

I can't believe I've never run into this before.

 

Thanks for your help.