[Page navigation not working]

37 minutes ago, trajanmcgill said:

Okay...but then what's the point of the blue highlighting square that goes around the page you select with a single-click?

Good question. I've no idea.

[Page navigation not working]

Just a guess...

You need to click on a page in the Pages panel twice to select it. You probably only clicked once.

I've found that confusing at times.

[text frame over a text frame]

I haven't tried it with a multi-column text frame, but Publisher already supports placing one text frame on top of another and having the lower one week around the upper one.

You need to start drawing the upper text frame outside of the lower one, add the text to it, then move it over the lower frame with the Move tool.

Then, with the upper frame selected, specify the wrap options, which will apply to the lower frame.

But I haven't tried it with a multi-column lower frame.

[Cropping]

8 hours ago, debbru said:

Thank you for the video tutorial. If you put in preset, like I want a 15 x 10, does it keep the same Ratio or does it change the dimensions.

A size like 15 cm x 10 cm is an absolute size. A ratio would show as 15 : 10, and with that one you could change the size of the cropped selection but it would maintain that aspect ratio.

[need more contrast]

6 hours ago, Fixx said:

Ummm.. I think that is just what is happening. Using a menu command without being sure which tab is selected. Safer would be to use the close box in the tab (or window).

I think it is more likely to be an issue with clicking the button on the tab, as you can't be sure (with the low contrast) that the tab you've chosen is for the image that's currently displayed. But the menu-based options will always close the document that is currently visible.

They could only have a conflict if you have floated image windows, but in that case all you need to do is click the image you want to close first.

[Smart objects]

7 hours ago, Spinaz said:

I saw the smart shapes tool, but it's more limited than the one present in Magix SW. There you can 'bend' and adjust various types of arrows and other shapes as you want;

You can also do that in Publisher, though perhaps with more work. For example, you can use the Arrow tool to draw an arrow, then Layer > Convert to Curves, and then use the Node tool to adjust the shape.

Here's an example (not a great one, but just to show it can be done):

[need more contrast]

In the meantime, perhaps it would be safer to use File > Close or Ctrl+w to close the tabs

 

[Adding captions to figures within long text doc]

Create your caption text frame somewhere outside of the initial text box, and put your caption in it. Then use the Move tool to position it with the image. Then Group the image and caption using the Layers panel. Then with the group selected, use the Text Wrap options to give the underlying text the proper flow around the image/text object.

[Text Frame over Image Does Not Display]

53 minutes ago, MikeW said:

I also have another weirdness. That is, when opening the file it APub tells me I have Arial Black missing. But I don't. The so-called Font Manager shows all is fine, but as can be seen in the upper left, the text field shows the missing font question mark...

Interesting. I see the same behavior, Mike.

[Text Frame over Image Does Not Display]

1 hour ago, KEC said:

I looked for a way to tell this one text frame to ignore text wrap, but I don't see anything at first glance? Any ideas?

In the Text Frame panel, with that frame selected, "Ignore Text Wraps".

[Any text variables?]

10 hours ago, Tom Schülke said:

is there a way to display such fields in my text if wished in another color or with a frame , just to be able to determin where i filled in fields a bit easier ?

I'm not aware of any configurable options that would do that. I think you'd have to apply such formatting manually.
(Better answer from Aammppaa below this post.)

[REQUEST: Page / Artboard position in main window]

Interesting. It does for me. (Though I'm away from my PC at the moment so I can't recheck that right now.,)

In any case, for your original question you'd be zoomed in, and it would be bigger than the window, wouldn't it?

[Cropping]

It might be best for you to start by watching one of the tutorials. For example, Cropping: Practical.

[Is hyphenation language-dependent?]

29 minutes ago, Perfarator said:

It's sad that there is no Russian dictionary, hope it will be implemented soon. Thanks for the answer!

You can install your own dictionaries. If you search the forum for Hunspell you'll find some posts (for example, this one) that describe how to install them, and where to obtain dictionaries.

[REQUEST: Page / Artboard position in main window]

You can scroll the window by dragging the Hand tool, or by clicking in the Navigator panel and dragging there.

[Any text variables?]

3 hours ago, Tom Schülke said:

Sorry, I dont get it...

Can someone explain to me how to do this ? 

How do i insert a "Field" where do i find it..  unter Text/ insert/ field ?   and where do you copy the variables from ? 

Text > Insert > gives you access to most of the available fields. You simply place your cursor where you want the field to be inserted, and choose the one you want.

There are a few more in the Fields panel (View > Studio > Fields). Some of these fields are modifiable by the user (e.g., the name of the author). For the modifiable fields, you update the content by clicking in the field content box and providing the information. Some are not modifiable, and their content is determined by Publisher. For any of the fields in this panel, if you doube-click on the field's name then Publisher will insert the field's contents into the active text object at the text cursor location.

[Update Selection to Style?]

1 minute ago, Tom Schülke said:

they would like now to make of their hard formatted text, a style...  

how would they do that ? 

Would they create a new paragraph or textstyle....   name it,  select it and then select their text and say update the paragraph with the attributes of my hard formated text ?   is this possible ? 

There are several buttons at the bottom of the Text Style panel. The left 3 create styles. The middle 2 update existing styles.

The users can simply select some text that has the style they want to use, and use one of the "create" buttons to create their new style from that selected text.

[Odd state for text box: arrows, delete, backspace all insert squares]

Thanks, @Pauls.

I see from the history in my test file that the problem arose shortly after I removed an unexpected gradient from the newly created text in the frame, so mine is probably also related to the use of gradients in a text frame.

[Cropping]

5 hours ago, debbru said:

I thought I was cropping an image to a 15 x 10 but as you can see from the screenshot the dimensions are too big, I'm cropping in AF & I use a Mac

I'm a bit confused by that screenshot. It looks like you're in Document Setup. For cropping I would usually use the Crop Tool.

Are you trying to crop (remove part of the image) or merely to resize the existing image while keeping all of the content?

[Help needed with precise mask layer]

20 minutes ago, TPham said:

7. From Layer..Rasterize...

I think that GabrielM suggested Layer > Rasterize to Mask, not using Layer > Rasterize... or Rasterize... from the Layers panel

[Odd state for text box: arrows, delete, backspace all insert squares]

Thanks, @Pauls. Uploaded odd-characters.afpub

[Add pages automatically]

Yes, Publisher handles that. After importing your text into the frame, you'll see the overflow icon (an eye symbol) and next to it a triangle icon. Shift-click on the triangle and Publisher will add the additional pages and text frames to hold the overflow.

[Buggy Hyphenation]

As there was no mention in the change log of fixing hyphenation, I would not expect it to work any differently in .128 than it did in the earlier betas.

[Font Manager]

Thanks, @αℓƒяє∂.

Have you verified that Font Manager still shows that there are missing fonts in that document?

[Why blending?]

Can you share the original jpg file?