altsan

Thank you very much! You've saved me much hair-pulling. Indeed, I've tried this recipe with both the test file and the original document, and it seems to do the trick.

It's certainly possible - it took me a while to get the hang of. I'll try and be careful about that in the future. Thanks!

OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2 Software: Affinity Publisher v2.3.1 TL;DR: In this document, linking a new text frame at the end causes the font size and spacing to go wild and I can't seem to fix them. Details: I've run into this very strange issue with a book I'm trying to lay out in Publisher (I initially imported the text from a docx file). It started when I decided to increased the font size in my character style from 7.5 to 9pt. This caused the text in each chapter to overflow the existing text frames, of course, so I started going through chapter by chapter to add pages with text frames and link the existing frames to them. And that's when I encountered this problem. Basically, when I link the last text frame of a chapter to the newly-added frame, the overflowed text populates the new frame as it should... but the font size is all wrong (3.4 pt); the paragraphs seem to have added space between them as well. The styles tab nonetheless shows the proper paragraph and character styles selected. If I select the affected text and try to force the correct style (either by selecting "no style" and then the correct one, or by using 'Apply "Text Style" to Paragraphs and Clear Character Formatting'), the selected text assumes the correct style... but the text on the previous pages suddenly changes to 24pt size! If I then go and try to fix that, the text style on the last page goes all wrong again. I've created a small sample document (attached) by simply deleting all but one chapter and replacing the text with autogenerated text. I've confirmed the problem continues to occur with this document. Steps to Reproduce Open test_problem.pdf in Publisher 2.3.1 for Windows Go to page 4 and link the text box to the one on page 5. -> The overflow text fills page 5 but is only 3.4pt size. Using the Move tool, select the text box on page 5. Open the Text Styles pane and confirm that the style "Text Style" is selected. Select the hamburger menu next to "Text Style" and select 'Apply "Text Style" to Paragraphs and Clear Character Formatting.' -> The text on page 5 now uses the correct 9pt font. -> The text on all other pages has changed to 24pt. Edit the text (using any of the linked text boxes) and select all text. Select the text style "Text Style". -> The text on all pages _except_ page 5 changes to the correct 9pt -> The text on page 5 has reverted to 3.4pt. There appears to be no way to force all of the text to use the "Text Style" format at 9pt. No matter what I try, either pages 1-4 are correct, or page 5 is. I haven't seen this in a newly-created file, so I'm thinking it's a document-specific problem. However, I've invested enough time into this document that I really would rather not scrap it and start over; I'd much prefer to find a way to fix the problem. Thanks... test_problem.afpub