lgoodwin

Show as list seems to solve the problem. I can read the titles in both dark and light mode, making it possible to identify the asset I am looking for.
Thanks.

That seems to work. Thanks!

Is it possible to set a default view or default zoom value. I like to do most of my work at a zoom level which displays full page width. Can I set some preference so that the template I would start from, or the document I create,  will default to that zoom level?

Thanks for addressing this so promptly. The hidden column issue seems resolved. One issue that remains  (actually there are several but one I notice now); the place feature does not accurately address merged column formatting. I have attached an xlsx I use regularly. You will note that in row two columns a though e are formatted as  one column, centered. When the file is placed, the text is imported in column a and the text formatting does not carry forward. Elsewhere in the comments on the last beta, some observed that it would be helpful to be able to select a portion of a spreadsheet (either as a named data range or as specific columns and rows. You might want to added that to a list of updates for this feature in the future.
Board.xlsx

Here is a solution I use:
1. I created an asset consisting of a text box with two line of text: "continued on Page" and "continued from Page ".
2. Create text frames as needed, and link them so text flows through.
3. At the lower right corner just below the initial frame for a text, place the asset I created.
4. Create a link from the asset to a new very small text frame placed just above the upper left corner of the next frame with text.
5. Go back to the frame of the asset and shrink it vertically so that only one line of text (the "continued on Page" text) is displayed.
6. The second linked small frame will now show the second line of text in the asset ( "continued from Page")
7. In each of the two small frames insert the appropriate field (i.e., next frame or previous frame)
8. Resize each of the small frames to fit as needed.
 
 

I've been using publisher for several months now. IN the earlier beta stages it was not as functional as PP. Now, the latest release beta, which is, I think, similar to the release candidate, is clearly superior to PP9. It still does NOT open PP files, I believe, so you would need to start a fresh file, but I can now do everything I could with PP 9, and more, as efficiently, if not more so.
Len G
Oregon

Is it possible to set a default view or default zoom value. I like to do most of my work at a zoom level which displays full page width. Can I set some preference so that the template I would start from, or the document I create,  will default to that zoom level?

Thanks. That does work.