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DNA0101

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  1. I am going to post this issue for the developers as a usability problem. This predicament has wasted me and others endless hours sorting this design setting that needs to be more clearly mentioned. I found one line not even highlighted that makes all the difference on the Baseline help page. "The baseline grid's Grid Spacing option overrides the leading value of frame text." No mention on the Leading page that this will constrain your layout tweaking severely...and get you thinking it's a bug or you are an idiot. ๐Ÿคจ
  2. OMG you solved a problem that was driving me looney. Baseline Grid was on and leading adjustments would seem buggy not responsive. Many thanks. How many others has this perplexed?
  3. Gabe it was the Place shortcut key I had changed it to Alt + P Don't know what it activates, but once I used it, it turns something on and kills all my hotkeys till I exit the program. ๐Ÿ˜• I tried looking in the Task Manager, ended the task on a ton of things..nothing...it's a mystery?? Any way back to producing this book. Many thanks for your input, sanity has been restored. ๐Ÿ˜‰
  4. Seriously you have no problems! Ok then that reduces my suspects ๐Ÿ™„ I am using the 1.8.3.641 version. I know what you mean there is a nefarious app running in the background interfering. How pasting a file would turn it on is a mystery. I will continue to look around for the culprit... likely a spellchecker or clipboard app hmmm?? stay tuned....
  5. Hi I went through my Win 10 keyboard menus, everything is turned off. When I start Publisher the common hotkeys to cut, paste, select all, undo work in my layout. The moment I Place or drag and drop text into a text box those hotkeys do an Insert "" thing as seen in my History screen cap. I have included a test file for someone to try this. Place the file in a layout and tell me if you keys go bonkers (as you Brits say lol) It would be hard to believe but I am willing...that my text file corrupts your program with some garbage. It is a .docx file BUT not from Word. I use Libre Office and my editor proofed it in perhaps Word. To clean it up, with the least amount of grief I also resaved it in Wordpad to strip out the extra code. I am trying to save only my bold and hyperlinks when pasting into the layout. Let me know Dan (from Canada) Carrick Tract info.JG.docx
  6. I am at a loss and wondering if this a bug. So after I start Publisher the standard Hot Keys to Select ALL, Copy and Paste stop working when I am trying to work with text. I can no longer select text or cut and paste using my keyboard. What happens instead is some weird INSERT functions that adds other characters. Have no idea where this is coming from but it's slowing me down driving me nuts. ๐Ÿฅบ Anyone have clues? Dan
  7. Very interesting and informative. I shall have to try and test a few things on my own. Anything to bring down the file size is good news. ๐Ÿ˜ Dan
  8. OMG! That it! When you Place the file into Publisher rather then Paste it in, it retains the Hyperlinks. Major victory, I shall have to test this as an PDF output to see if there are any bugs. Last year there were problems... As to whether I overlooked this a year ago or the code has matured...regardless thanks for saving me a ton of time! Dan
  9. Walt thanks for the input. I used every shortcut and hot key combo I could manage to streamline the process. Including a nice app called Ditto. Still it was (and will be again) a momentous task at 300+ links for my eBook. The links I use are already embedded on Wordpress pages. Yet there is no way to copy them into Publisher or via a go between like Word, Libre Office, Google Docs. Nothing is going to work. ๐Ÿ˜•
  10. I have to add my vote and input to this lack of a Hyperlink import feature. A year ago I made a request and still nothing has changed. I would have thought in this digital age that it is a key feature needed in Publisher. I have hundreds of hyperlinks again for my new book project. It is going to be a long and boring cut and paste for a few days to put those links all back on the book pages. Sure was hoping this time around I could avoid that pain. ๐Ÿ˜’ I have no idea what it takes to code this in but please spare us all this tedious grind...one day soon! Dan
  11. Hmmm Interesting to know and answers a few reasons why... BUT I am shocked to see my Nikon raw file ballon from 15 MB to 280MB when saved as .afphoto. As stated here and elsewhere unacceptable storage size for multiple edits, as in 100s of pictures. Solutions are needed asap to keep HD space lean. svp
  12. Hi In the process to format a Kindle ebook for Amazon I ran into a hyperlink issue that I can not solve. An exported PDF from the lastest Pub .376 is imported into Kindle Create and shows extra links area. Lines that would normally be under just the chosen words extend beyond. These red lines are in the screen cap. This is a preview Kindle page. Example: Note how red lines for Midland MTB Club extend left under Local Clubs - and to the next line under Access - Drive north of. This hyperlink should only be under Midland MTN Club. And I can not find a workaround...stuck Ideas, fixes? Dan Master page hyperlink Kindle bug.pdf Master_page_hyperlink_Kindle_bug.afpub
  13. Hi Jon I uploaded a portion of the book layout for you to test. There are enough pages to get to the problems. 1 Hyperlink Tab only some links are shown. None from child Master pages. (any of the trail reviews in the layout) And is the other bug I mentioned at the beginning of this thread were with separate hyperlink sharing adjacent links when output as a PDF. (notably on the pages with Similiar Trails) 2 Having a paragraph justification issue, not sure it is a bug or a setting I missed. Random lines have returns much too soon. Words should and could fit on the next line up but they are not placed there. To fix I would delete the space between the words and add it back. Poof word(s) move up to proper justification. Why this happens?? Was it my text import from RTF Word files that had stray editor markup?? 3 The latest version of Pub. is a memory hog with older files that I do a Save As. RAM jumps from 3GB to 7GB when this file is loaded.
  14. Thank Jon That worked but not 100%. I have been finishing a book project with ver.305... So with some hesitation, I installed.337 and it does show in the Hyperlink menu links from the master pages. But not from the child master pages built from the original master. (which is most of the book) I do not have time to test anything more than that. On another note, this current version is a memory hog for me. I have 8GB ram and it's all used up. Load the same file into the older .305 was 2 GB less. AND now this Publisher program will not let me run the older version. I am screwed!
  15. Thanks, Walt you the man... OK, so what I thought should happen actually does not, though maybe it should?? Any way saw your file, (again thanks for the effort) and will study the structure. You got me thinking of another way to make a TOC, but have yet to try. (busy with other bits) What if you made separate text boxes on the page for each section to control the layout and headings. Hmmm till later....Dan
  16. I the process of building a Table of Contents (TOC) I found either a few bugs or I am missing something to make one as would be expected. Attached is a TOC I made as a workaround to what I wished and could be done with sections My impression is once you set up in the Section Manager with numerous sections of your book, then these parts can be used to divide your TOC as seen in my example. Central, Western, Eastern and Northern Ontario. I try a few different approaches and could never get the effect. So is this a bug or undeveloped feature or ...? Dan
  17. Hi I think I nailed a problem down and now you boys can tackle this quirk. After plenty of testing, I found a few inconsistencies with the hyperlink function. 1 When using a Master page with a text box, links are not showing up on the Hyperlinks TAB list. 2 Depending on the width of a text column hyperlink text many assume other adjacent links. My example files attached would show this. The link for Rouge Waterfront uses the link for Beaches Boardwalk. Within the program, it appears OK but upon exporting a PDF it changes and the links are messed up. If you extend the text column wider and export a PDF again all is good. I'm not sure what I can do tomorrow with the 100's of links needed on my Master pages?? hmmm One last comment - for the sake of reducing the drudgery in putting links in I set up a hotkey to call up the Hyperlink Properties window. It sure would be convenient to have in this window, the Hyperlink Type: drop down window be able to default to a preselected choice. Having to pull down all day this menu every time to pick URL is no fun. Hope this was helpful feedback - Dan Hyperlink test.afpub hyper test.pdf
  18. Thanks for the clue as I was starting wonder if it was a bug. My font spacing on both font sets were too spread out. Now I can move on...
  19. I have been following the updates for months and learning and testing Publisher. All far so good ...now for some heavy lifting.... Will be layout a 150 page guide book this week with plenty of photos. Was always waiting and hoping for a improved hyperlink feature. Sure wished when I paste my text onto the pages the web links would remain. Seems I will have to put a few 100 back. That's a lot of boring work I was hoping to dodge. Dan
  20. I think his wish is to not unlock everything just parts of the page in a document that a master page controls....which would be great to have.
  21. I like this idea and would love to have page elements tied to hyperlink, not just text.
  22. Basically I copy my text from my websites into a text program then copy it into Publisher. I tested a few word doc programs to retain the bold and line formatting with hyperlinks. MS Word or LibreOffice Writer will save the content as seen on the webpage. But as you know layout in those programs is a nightmare. So I am trying to develop a workflow to get my web content in book form with the least amount steps.
  23. Hi Everyone I am new here and first want say I am thrilled to have stumbled upon this beta publishing program! Definitely will buy it when the day comes. Installed this version and tested the last one. No obvious issues yet. (Though having just updated to WIn 10 I am thinking I got lucky.) HYPERLINKS - If there is one feature I would absolutely want, it would be to retain my hyperlinks when I paste text into Publisher. Currently the link underline is there but with no path to go to a website. I am about to layout a few guide books with 100's of web links that I will have to reestablish. If this is a feature that is soon to be added, I could wait.... rather then the druggery of putting those hyperlinks all back again. Dan from Toronto
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