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Thanks for confirming! SC

Hi Hangman, I have attached the source IDML file for "Test.afpub." Thank you so much. Best, SC Test.idml

Hi Hangman, Thank you so much for your detailed replies and masterful sleuthing. I will follow your instructions in step 2 as a workaround. Hopefully a fix will be forthcoming. Thanks again. Sincerely, SC

Hi MikeTO, I took another look at the differences in font size that result from using the regular handle and the extra size handle. Using the extra handle, as you say, text is scaled. But the resultant font size depends on where one stops using the extra handle; a wider frame gives me a larger font size (say 8.8pt), a narrower frame gives me a smaller font size (say 1.7pt). Using the regular handle, as I have been doing, on the other hand, my 10pt font always changes to 4.4pt in the newly added page, regardless of the size/width of the text frame. These seem like two different issues. Best, SC

Hi Hangman, Thank you for the suggestion. I was thinking that I could also start an InDesign free trial, but I don't think it is worth the effort. Best, SC

Hi MikeTO, Thanks for taking a peek. Since you previously warned me to avoid the bottom right "extra" handle, I thought I had assiduously avoided using it before making my previous post (to be honest, I don't think I have ever used it). As an experiment and to double check, I added another page after page 2 and drew new text frames (as I have always done). But this time I did not move or resize the text frames and thus am 100% sure that I did not touch or go near the the bottom right "extra" handle. I do not doubt that scaling is somehow turned on, but I am quite sure it is not turned on in my case as you suggest. I have attached a screenshot showing the newly inserted text frames with font 10pt on p. 2 but now 4.4pt on p. 3. I also tried deleting the text frames and drawing new ones and relinking them, as you suggested, but this still results in some text at 10pt and some at 4.4pt even though the original file was all 10pt. It seems to me that deleting text frames and then drawing new ones is not dissimilar to adding new pages and then drawing new text frames. But in both cases, I am still stuck with a font size that does not behave as expected. Is there a place where one can view the content scaling factor for a text frame, even if one cannot reset it? With regard to frame defaults, by this do you mean the defaults of the text (i.e., font size, spacing, etc.), or is there a separate text "frame" default? I have attached a screenshot of the newly inserted p. 3 and the bottom of p. 2. Thanks again for your help. Sincerely, SC

Hi Hangman, Thanks again, Unfortunately, I no longer have access to InDesign to check, but dpi is not anything I ever change. I switched from inDesign to QuarkXpress initially, and then to Affinity Publisher. Some files are created new in Publisher, some are imports. Quark had similar problems with the alignment. I recall being told to change the leading from Auto to 12 pt in paragraph style for body text as a work around until it was (or would be) addressed in a new release. Thanks again, SC

Hi Hangman, Thank you again. I opened a random InDesign file in Publisher and changed the Document dpi to 165, as you suggested. The issue (or a similar/related issue) persists: now what was 10pt appears as 4.4pt in the inserted page. When I change the font to 10pt, some text stays at 10pt but some (that close to the new page's insertion point) jumps to 22.9. Screenshot and a short sample file attached. There is also, I believe, an import issue in Publisher with InDesign files. The original file was aligned so that the beginning of each paragraph in each column (different languages) were perfectly aligned. For some reason, the import throws the alignment off a line or two, meaning a huge amount of work to realign columns (esp. with some of my texts which are over 1000 pages). Thanks again for your suggestions. Sincerely, SC Test.afpub

Hi Hangman, Thank you again for your helpful post. The dpi is set to 300. I have been trying to reproduce the issue in a smaller file that I could share, but no luck. I am not sure if there is some invisible gremlin hiding in the file from a previous incarnation in InDesign … . I would be happy to share the file privately with the devs, but I have no idea how to request a private Dropbox link other than to note the issue here. Thank you again. Sincerely, SC

Hi Hangman, Thank you for your suggestion. The document dpi has never been changed (to my knowledge, and I have no need to change dpi). Sincerely, SC

Hi MikeTO, Thank you for your helpful post. I don't think I have accidentally dragged the wrong handle, but I will be sure to be careful in the future. I tried to "fix" the "broken" file that I have by following your instructions. Perhaps these need to be followed before adding pages, but I thought they might work in any case. Edit > Defaults > Revert changed the font and other settings in selected text (seemingly to Arial Regular 12pt which does not display the Chinese), but does not seem to fix the problem (when I select Hiragino Mincho ProN 10pt, the font is changed back only to 5.5pt). Please see attached screenshots. Sincerely, SC

This is not a new bug; I have experienced it in stable versions but thought I would see whether it had been addressed in beta. After adding new pages in the middle of a long multi-column document (and appropriately linking the frames so that the text flows), the font on the newly added pages changed (bizarrely) from 10 point to 5.5 point. When I select the text and try to change it all back to 10 point, some of it gets changed to 18.3 point. Simply put, inserting (adding) new pages somehow seems to introduce a bug that affects one's ability to control (or rely on specified) font size. Font size seems to be almost random (sometime smaller, sometimes larger) around the insertion point of the new page. I have attached a few screenshots. I cannot share the entire file publicly, but would be happy to send it to the developers. Please let me know if you require any further information. I am not exactly sure what the bug is or how to trigger it (other than as outlined above), but I often experience it in a number of long, multi-lingual and multi-column texts. The font used throughout the document was 10 point; I use the same size font to align texts in different columns. Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, SC Affinity Publisher, MacOS 12.6.8, MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018).

Thank you for this helpful response. I look forward to 1.9 (and eventual IDML import support for Bookmarks). Thank you.

Does Affinity Publisher (Mac) support the import of InDesign’s interactive Bookmarks? They seem not to be imported when opening an IDML file on Affinity Publisher (Mac) (trial version). I am looking for an InDesign alternative; QuarkXpress does not support Bookmarks either. Thank you.