Duplicate spread causes some text to shift within its frame

Hi,
Indesign CS5 problem:
When I duplicate the first page of my working document some text shifts vertically within its frame on the duplicate page.
The same thing happens if I copy the text box and paste in place, the shift also occurs.
This is a small grab of the file with the 1st page on the left and the duplicate page (or paste in place) on the right.
Its driving me nuts, any help much appreciated.
Cheers
Dave

Aha, you have got somewhere then! Something is causing that type to shift, why it isn't in your original doesn't matter, the idml one is "cleaner" and now the behaviour makes sense in that both frames are bahaving the same. There must be something somewhere, I assume you've checked the baseline shift in the control panel?
If you are sure it's nothing like that it's time to replace your preferences, see the link here.

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