AlanPickup

I am not sure how long this has been happening or whether it is intended, but I have only recently started to notice it lately, If I create a shape as a background then add text frames if I accidentally double click or click the shape when it is selected with the text tool, the shape changes to text shape. not noticing this I have had occasions when checking fonts through the font manager found fonts that I was not intending using listed, but locating them highlighted the text frame which contained no text, but had defaulted to the font as the default font was selected when I created the text shape by clicking. Windows 10 latest Publisher Beta build

thanks

Thanks for clarifying, it must have been the first time I have had an unfilled object or the upgrade to 1.8 may have change my preferences, again another senior moment but could you give exact location of the preference as I am not seeing anything about partial selection, should have also said I am referring to Designer and Publisher

Just checking whether it is my memory or something changed in 1.8 release. I am on windows 10 and if I create a eclipse or square that does not have any fill, but does have a stroke you can only select it on the page by clicking on the stroke, clicking on the middle does not select it. If it does not have fill or stroke you can only select in the layers panel, is this the way it has always been, apologies if previously raised.

The default paste function for text is RTF, if you go to edit >paste special and select unicode it retains the destination formatting, I would like a paste special in the right click menu to help with this

Now I get the meaning of your automatic and the answer is no. You need to do it manually. As a I very rarely use fonts that are not installed, mainly for headlines, I had not considered this. The other time is with imported pdf files which I am unlikely to have the fonts as most are premium. If I am wrong and Main Type does do that please let me know someone.

Sorry should have said main type, I used to use fontbase, but prefer Main Type

Font base activates / deactivates fonts as you tick or untick them, not quite sure what you mean by automatic. I use it on windows 10 across two machines and keep my fonts in a folder in One Drive so I can use them on either machine. I do not have any adobe programs apart from acrobat reader

I know it is not as good as a built in app but I use the free version of Main Type quite successfully for this https://www.high-logic.com/font-manager/maintype

HI Jon No I did not have Auto update images when edited externally" ticked in Preferences, did an export and the last image came out blank in a shade of Brown. Then ticked the box shut down opened the file again still the same with the last image. Shut down opened file again and embedded all images using resource manager and export came out correct. Just to note the images where not embedded in the test I did with 1.7 version which exported correctly. Also this sometimes corrects itself which makes me think it is an issue reading the networked one drive, although it is saved as a local copy also. I have had some issues recently with outlook selecting the network version rather than the local version. I am using Office 365 One Drive which seems to be causing problems with sharepoint lately.

Files uploaded, as I say this happened previously with another file done in bete with 16 pages, again stored on One Drive, however non beta does not seem to have a problem

Hi I have come across this issue again in 556 and I am not sure whether this is linked to my using one drive or another issue, but it seems to fix itself as I go along without me changing any settings. I needed to do a photo contact sheet of images to send for someone to chose which they wanted in the document. First couple of exports to pdf I got some of the images either blanked or corrupted. Checked resource manager appeared to be no issue and the images where all linked. Tried the same sheet with the print command, everything OK. Tried export using the same images in 1.7 again no issues. When back to the .556 file and tried export again and they came out OK. I have the PDFs if that would help if you send me a dropbox link as these are personal photos

Just trying the change on number of teeth in the COG tool, slider still limits to 48 but you can make more by entering the amount in the quantity box. Those using the slider may think that 48 is the limit

thanks missed that note.

I am having trouble disabling the text ruler in this version, although unticked it seem to still come up when creating a new text frame?

Spiral tool has not been in previous version, there are lots of topics and Serif say not high on priority list previously. I use inkscape then transfer in to designer see post How to create swirls and swooshes or search the forums

Since submitting the above topic I have opened the file on my PC, the previous export having been on my laptop, and everything appears OK. I have made sure all the images are now embedded as I use one drive on the same network for both my PC and laptop and will try on my laptop later and see if that cures the problem and report

Hi I designed a 16 page A4 brochure in the previous beta version of APub and had this successfully professionally printed and it was exported for the web. I had to make a small amendment to an email address on a couple of pages. When I came to export using the same settings many of the images in the picture frames, or shapes converted to picture frames, are either missing or corrupt, this happens more on the web image resolution around 96dpi but is still there on some with the 300dpi. The previous exported PDF for printing opened in the stable version and I was able to make the amendment there without downgrading the beta to the previous version I know the photos are not the best quality but they were all I had to work with and did not cause the printer much problem. I am on Windows 10, of you can provide the link I will upload the file

Hi Walt The brochure was produced in the previous beta version. Because it was not complicated apart from all the spelling I would produce it in beta as a test document. I was not sure if the learnt spelling went in to the dictionary or in another file. Will copy over from my PC before I upgrade, check it has worked, then upgrade the beta publisher on my PC and see if the learnt spelling disappears on that machine.

i have set my forum setting to list content I follow and that is unread, it would be extremely useful to have the facility to mark individual posts as read, so they disappear on refresh rather than having to opening them to mark them read. Unless I am missing an action to do this, I frequently use mark all content on the forum as read , to get rid of a glut of items I am not interested in.

Just upgraded to beta 0.549 Publisher and run a pre-flight on a previously produced brochure and all the learnt spelling, especially email addresses seems to have disappeared. I have only upgraded my laptop so far, so the files on my PC are for the earlier version. Is there a file I can transfer over as there are a lot of medical words in "learn spelling"

I have been using the N-up print facility for quite a while now, but only for items that will be printed on ink jet / laser, or sent as a pdf using windows print to pdf and the quality is fairly good. The advantage of step and repeat is you only have to make an alteration to one layout if there is a correction or update. Is there a way of linking changes if you use power duplicate or do you have to change each individually or remove the duplicates and start again? Can the step power duplicate be recorded as a macro for set number of repeats? I have not produced or used macros up to now I have not sent any N-up PDFs for commercial printing, but I know there are problems trying to import the PDF back in Publisher with fonts as they are not embedded, even on the same PC.

I found that the assets and styles can get quite big and wondered whether these are have affect on my PC performance. I tend to now keep my styles and assets on a cloud drive and import, export and delete them as I go along, just keep essentials in each program. Not tried directly copying in to the profiles which on windows are on the app data folder, sure someone may come up with a better solution. But I believe you cannot direct each program to a shared resource for them

It is so good that we can do this so easily on a computer, I learnt my trade as a jobbing printer in the 60's producing, Letterheads, Invoice Books, leaflets. Church Newsletters etc, where we had to set display type by hand, body text being composed on a Linotype machine (where the term hot metal comes from). For those that do not know the terms upper case and lower case come from the capital and special character type tray being above the lower case tray on the type cabinet.. For justifying and "optical kerning" we had different sizes of spaces which we had to place in between words and certain letters in some type faces to make them look right (but this was only for special jobs, customers very rarely had any input in to design). Then we got phototypesetting and IBM Varityper typewriters with proportional spacing and carbon ribbons so they could be photographed and reproduced on photo-litho plates, or in short run work typed direct on on to lithographic plates or duplicating stencils. Xerox or photocopiers where not developed enough for reproduction quality at that stage. Sadly jobbing printers where starting to disappear and I wanted a secure future, so I did not last long enough in the trade to see the first Apple Macs come into use, but ironically ended up being responsible for computer systems relating to finance and database functions for the most of my working life. Retirement gave me the time & opportunity to explore DTP and once again I am hooked in my 7th Decade. Please excuse the ramblings, but it is good for people, especially in Great Britain, to realise where some of the terminology in printing comes from such as a union of printers was called a Chapel, with the leader being called the father of the Chapel, stemming from medieval times and many printing presses being set up in or near churches. This was later encompassed by journalists.

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