lukek

@BigStef I just retested this in Affinity Publisher v2.3.1 Mac OS and the issue is still there.

@Catshill Thanks for the comment. I've confirmed the suggested work around by deleting all of the text frames, re-pasting the text, and then setting the text style. This works. Interestingly, once I deleted all affected text frames, recreated the linked text frames, and applied the text styling, I could delete linked text frames to my hearts content, without any of the above text styling issues. @walt.farrell Thanks for your suggestion. I've played with the resize frame option. The problem with that approach is that there is no easy way to match the font size, except for doing it by eye balling it. At least as far as I can see. Also, there is no IDML data involved in this case, so I'd guess that the problem is with common code used by IDML and native Affinity text style code. @Catshill I confirmed Edit > Defaults > Revert works. Defaulting the text frame style, and then re-applying the custom style. This seems like the BEST workaround. Cheers, Luke.

MacOS Monterey Version 12.6 Affinity Publisher V2.0.3 and V1.10.5 Problem Description: When linking a new text frame the text style (in the new text frame) unexpectedly has extra attributes. This seems to happen when using custom text styles. This issue has been in both major versions of Affinity Publisher V1 and V2. How to reproduce the problem: Open Affinity Publisher Workbook project file Rootbox_brochure_04.afpub Zoom so that you can clearly see the linked text frames "Organic fruit and veg/1" and "Organic fruit and veg/2". Select FRAME TEXT TOOL and click cursor inside text frame object "Organic fruit and veg/1". Select TEXT STYLES pane and observe the text style is "Body". Select FRAME TEXT TOOL and click cursor inside text frame object "Organic fruit and veg/2". Select TEXT STYLES pane and observe the text style is "Body". Select MOVE TOOL. Select text frame object "Organic fruit and veg/2", and DELETE it. Select text frame object "Organic fruit and veg/1". It should have a red triangle to indicate the text frame cannot fit all of the text. Select the red triangle, which highlights "Organic fruit and veg/1". Drag a new text frame object. It will be named the same - "Organic fruit and veg/2". Click cursor inside text frame object "Organic fruit and veg/2". Select TEXT STYLES pane and observe the text style is "Body + Font size: 16.3pt; Scale X: 100%; Leading override: 19pt; Leading override; Space after: 12pt Default tab stops: 0.5 in." Opinion: My expectation is that after adding the new text frame, the text style in the new text frame "Organic fruit and veg/2", should be the same as "Organic fruit and veg/1" - which is "Body". This seems to be a problem that affects text frames when using custom text styles. I couldn't reproduce the bug when using default text styles. Also this issue has been observed in both major versions of Affinity Publisher (V1 & V2).