Overset text error

I have been working on a document... which has been passed to another designer and now come back to me. Now I can no longer edit text boxes how I would like or even move text around. For example if i have a paragraph of text and i want to move one line down by clicking enter the text below dissapears and i get an over set text error.... i click on the little red box on the bottom right of the test box ans paste this missing text elsewhere... but i dont want to do that. Can anyone help? Or udnerstand what I mean? I just want to be able to break up my paragraphs in one text box... I am stuck for ideas here of whats gone wrong. Even if I open a new document and make a text box... type in a word and click return for a new line... it gets an overset text error... so i cant type a new line of text. I have looked at rezing boxes... the font size...
see attached image for more of an idea.
anyone any ideas?
thanks

sounds like column break... check this out:
http://indesignsecrets.com/free-guide-to-indesign-special-characters.php
Theres also a link to pdf....

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