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    beast got a reaction from yamyest in Baseline Grid – multiple and misaligned   
    I have been attempting to reproduce InDesign typesetting prior to migration. Latest problem is with the baseline grid. I hope we all agree there should be only one such grid in any single document. Publisher seems to create more than one and then misalign them, on each side of a spread. (MacOS 10.9.5 + Publisher 1.7.1)
    Having auto flowed text into my new document, I noticed misalignment at the base of the third page (RHS of first spread after a single page starting a chapter). I was then astonished to see a second baseline grid appear within the RHS text frame, misaligned with the document one. Screenshot attached.
    Have to say also that 1) it is far from clear to what entity the grid belongs (it appears as an optional attribute, with setup, to document and text frame), and 2) display is similarly confusing since it appears covering whole page when start from Top Margin is selected.
    I'm afraid this is damning. It renders the package unusable for the typesetting of any book. If it is down to an older version of operating system then fine, but please don't claim to support it. I cannot upgrade the system, losing InDesign, unless I know issues like this, and the other two I've posted (failure of Insert Section Name, odd behaviour of tab) are resolved in the later version.
    You guys at Infinity should know there's a lot of people looking over our shoulders out here, as early adopters. Speedy resolution at least of the fatal flaws will make a huge difference to take up.
    Affinity_Baseline_Grid_Problem.tiff
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    beast got a reaction from deebz in Dictionary failure   
    I agree wholeheartedly.
    UK English should mean the OED (the number or choice of volumes is irrelevant).
    At the very least, this should be an option, especially from a British company (of which we can otherwise be very proud).
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    beast got a reaction from deebz in Dictionary failure   
    Thank you for your help.
    Wrong is wrong and the 'ise' spellings are wrong. It should at least be possible to choose which to use from the top. If the underlying system gets it wrong, or provides no easy way to choose (remember, at least two hundred verbs plus the various tenses and associated nouns) then a publishing app must offer an alternative.
    I have already hit the 'Learn' button more often than I can count, and face the likelihood that I've missed a few, having been denied the benefit of automation.
    Despite being a former systems programmer, I have no intention of editing a hunspell library, which again exposes me to the risk of missing things.
    I disagree. To serve the publishing community, it is definitely incumbent on the producer of a publishing app to get the automation of spelling checks right.
    Sadly, I don't expect this to happen.
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    beast got a reaction from Clayton King in Tables within text frames   
    There are many occasions when one needs to introduce a multicolumn segment within text, or indeed a full blown table. This is currently (1.7.3) very badly supported.
    After pasting a table into the text, I'm left with no way to flow or wrap text around it, nor can I assign space above or below it. Am left with a dead paragraph.
    This is basic guys, and needs fixing with a high priority.
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    beast got a reaction from walt.farrell in Insert Field not working   
    Interesting. Will try this with a new document, but problem originally emerged in a document with many pages, frames and much text.
    Thanks again.
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    beast got a reaction from quark67 in Math support   
    Like all technical writers, I must have a way to include mathematics – your chance to improve on ID!
    Ideally, this would mean typesetting from LateX source but inclusion of PDF/postscript insertions inline is all I get with ID CS3. Some integration with MathType would be great.
    Whatever, you need to be very clear right now what kind of support you offer. I have a diminishing list of requirements to move over from ID.  This is topmost.
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