Marathon1908

I think I have discovered what the problem is. When I transferred files to this computer a large number in one folder transferred across with zero bites. I have been trying to open some of these without realising they had been corrupted. I have now successfully opened other V1 files, which is a big relief!

I have tried quite a number of files and all have failed. I had no problems in previous versions - it simply asked me to agree to conversion. I have tried to attach an aphotofile but the system does not seem to want to accept it, sorry

I have version 2.4.2 for Mac and now it will not open my V1 files - they are not recognised. This is a serious issue for me. Help please!

Ken, this is a helpful reply, but doesn't solve my problems and raises some serious issues. Calibri is the default font in MS365. I find it astonishing that it is not automatically in APub. Affinity advertises the program as able to import Word documents yet it cannot import documents in Word's default font. Something is seriously wrong. I presume it has it in the Windows version. Affinity's guide on fonts is all very technical but I was able to work out from it how to import Calibri, Cambria (etc) from the Word font library into the Mac font library, and I now have it in Apub. I should not have had to do this! I've also found a method of successfully importing Word files. I have done it by reformatting the Master pages with the styles I use in Word before placing the Word file. I also imported the missing fonts. Then it was almost painless. Pre-flight check is useful in detecting any issues. (I had 6 words that Word called "inserted" font, which is not a font at all. Easy enough to sort out, but weird.) Mike, do you think there should be something in your guide to clarify how to import Word files, without the hassle I've had? Is it also worth a mention it cannot import Pages files, given that Mac users will often be using Pages? (It would not let me place a Pages file, but maybe copy and paste will work, I haven't tried)

Mike, Walt, you'll be pleased to know I'm making it work, but there do seem to be limitations in APub. It gives imported styles that are different names with a + - Heading 1+ etc. However it will not allow such styles to be used for the TOC. I'm still struggling a bit with formatting, and I haven't been able to make the page numbers in TOC to link to the pages, even with the help of the guide. I'm probably missing something, but hopefully will work it out. It's not vital - I shall be removing chapter TOCs and putting a book TOC once I'm near publication.

I'm new to APub but cannot get started properly because of the bugs. I have a publication deadline and it looks as if I shall have to find another program. I'm using Mac OS Ventura 13.5.1 with M1 chip and Affinity Publisher 2.2.0 This problem is that I cannot get it to create a table of contents. I add 2 pages at the beginning of the document as per instructions, select insert TOC click on the new first page and it bizarrely inserts "Endnotes 25" in the middle of a word on p.1 of the text (see screen print). This doesn't go away if I undo last action, nor if I close the file without saving changes. I have to manually remove it. Help please.

Mike, I have been using text styles for years, and work with document maps and tables of contents - I could not have created a 400 page bok in any other way. Styles is not the issue here

Mike, I imported Cambria (and Calibri) into the Mac font library and Publisher accepts them. However it still messes up the paragraph formatting and insists on putting the endnote text as superscript (as well as the number format issue) and spacing the notes wide apart. I'm an author not an editor, and I just want to create the pdfs for publishing with the minimum of hassle and technical knowledge. Everyone who has replied is trying to be helpful, I appreciate that, but there is still the fundamental question as to why Publisher does not seem to want to import (paste or place) Word cleanly as it is - it may be importing all the text, but it does not seem to be importing all the settings. Is this a wider issue to be reviewed?

Bruce, out of curiosity I opened a Word document in Pages, and it made quite a good job of it. There was a slight change in the text area, and one missing font (which I can easily put right). I then tried to place the Pages file into Publisher, and it won't accept it at all - it was greyed out. Interesting. That said, if Pages can now reasonably faithfully open a Word document, what is the problem with Publisher?

Bruce, I simply select the style from the menu. If it has a host of over-rides that is down to Microsoft, not me. you mention that you use Pages to read Word. My experience of Pages is that it is not good at reproducing Word, which is why I gave up using it. It could be that it has introduced issues on your machine which then affect Publisher for you, I don't know.

Bruce, I used word's standard pre-set first line indented from the styles menu. My basic point is that I would not expect a placed file to be changed. I would expect it to arrive as it left, with all its attributes carried over. Copy and paste I can understand that the default might be for the pasted text to adopt the destination format on the Publisher page. When you paste in Word you get a choice of source or destination format. Is there such a choice mechanism in Publisher? That's what my question is about. I hope someone can help.

Walt, yes. I had other problems with copy & paste, so am trying placing.

Walt I've managed to sort out the font settings, thank you. I guess I'm going to have to set it all up in a Master, otherwise I'll drive myself mad having to manually change every chapter Placed.

Walt, 2 specimens attached Mac OS Ventura 13.5.1; Word 365 v. 16.74 Publisher 2.2. Interestingly the specimen creation did take Cambria, although it changed the paragraph settings (unattractively). Endnotes came across Ok (no hyperlinks) but I would still have to reformat them to clear the superscript text; Word's formatting for them was not followed. I don't know why the 2 exercises are different. I attach a screen print of the first page from the long document placed. I do know that in Word you have various paste options, including keep source formatting or use destination formatting. For the purposes of the book I would want to move my Word documents into Publisher with source formatting. Specimen re Word placing.afpub Specimen from MS Word re Placing.docx

I'm a new user and am not sure if this is a bug or I'm missing something. I cannot find a tutorial on Placing a text document. I Placed a Word document where the principal text was in Calibri 11, first line indented. I have imported the Calibri fonts into my Mac font library and Publisher shows them. However the whole document has been converted into Times New Roman and the first line indentation is gone, although the font style is described as first line indent+ Is this a bug in the Placing process or am I obliged to pre-set the fonts and styles before Placing?