3 pts at top of col. 1 ... gone

[Richard Doll]

Windows XP - SP 2
Dell 490 WorkStation, 2-meg mem, 2 80-meg disks, dual monitors
FrameMaker 7.2p158, Acrobat 7.1.0, GhostScript 8.60,  Publi PDF 1.50.0292

SGML 2-column Catalog with Foredge aligned running heads (2/pg) and foredge 
bleed Section numbers in one col. table-12rows deep.

1. Running Head A - 15pt, aligned to the foredge "SECTION NAME" - text from 
Element A attribute - on Master Pg
2. Running Head B - 28pt, aligned to the foreedge "Product Name" - text from 
Element B attribute - on Master Pg
3. Top of Page - The Element after/adjacent to the Head B Element is called 
<top>, in 2pt (can't be made less) type on 0 line space, only function is to 
cause a "Top of Next Page".
4. First text line - contains 2 Elements (Run-in Paragraph) for indexing 
only.- 6pt on 7, white
5. Second text line - contains 3 Elements (Rin-in-Paragraphs) for indexing 
only - 6pt on2 - white
6. Product Title - Element is 1st visable "black type" in a 1-col. table 
with a 35% of color tint background

ISSUE: Upon the1st page and every following page (R or L) when the next RH-B 
Element occures, the main/general text flow, has (only in col. 1), the 1st 
line of text printing 3pts higher, which is the first line of visable text 
(6.) after the Running head B Element (2.).

At 400%; a 6pt straight-line rule drawn (with its + cursor exactly on the 
top edge of . . .) from a "left" offending table across the col. margin to 
the adjacent/right col. Product Title table has the "thick" rule lay exactly 
on the tables "top" edge. Thus I say the dif. betw. the cols. is 3pts.

I have looked at the 4 MasterPage format definitions at font sizes, line 
spacing and space around this text ... both A's and B's  are identical.
NO format definitions from 1 through 6 - which is 9 formats have [negative 
(above)] spacing and all spacing is the same.

SECTION                                                SECTION    <--- A 
Head
OldProdName                                   NewProdName    <--- B Head
|-----------|  |-----------|       |-----------|  |-----------|   <--- Top 
of Col Boundary
                                             TextTextTe
TextTextTe  TextTextTe                ^           TextTextTe
                                                      |
                                                      |_________________________ 
LIKE THIS!!!!!!! WITH THE TEXT BLEEDING
                                                                             
                              above the Master Page boundary ???  ?? ?
What else might I look for to correct the problem?

best to all,

dick doll
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sgmlindy at tds.net