Jeremy Bohn

Ya, if it's not in the Keyboard Shortcuts section then you can't add a shortcut. I'm still InDesign at work and I use the keyboard shortcut for image fitting all the time. I would definitely submit that as a feature request. As for text attributes, the feature is already sort of there to copy and paste them, but it's on a per-box basis. Click to select the text box - not the text, the entire box - and copy it. Select the unformatted text box and go Edit > Paste Style.

I think what Skaykay meant was the OP wasn't asking about zooming features, but hot keys to fit images in their containers. I agree about swatches. The current setup is confusing and needs to be rethought. It already been discussed many times before on this forum. I only have InDesign CS6 so can't help with IDML conversion if you were using CC.

It's already done, but it was multiple pages so I was copying one page over at a time, ending up with a new style each time so I gave up and pasted over as plain text.

I used to use Paths in Photoshop. You can get vector paths and shapes in Photo by using the Pen tool. They would just show up in the Layers panel. There is no specific Paths panel. Photoshop paths also have more functionality (that I can see) that possibly Serif could add down the road, like converting a path to a selection and vice versa.

I was impressed by this too. But I noticed when I tried it that Publisher will create a second identical style the next time you paste the same style in from InDesign. Maybe this has changed over the last couple months though.

There is no eyedropper tool, but you can get a limited version of this feature. Click to select the text box - not the text, the entire box - and copy it. Select the unformatted text box and go Edit > Paste Style. The obvious limitation is that it only works on entire text boxes, not specific text within it.

If the apps are otherwise working I would then just ignore what the MAS says.

Try signing out of your store account then back in - in the Store menu.

I got an automated response to a thread I started awhile back which says if the issue still exists to report it again. Here it is again except I discovered something new since the initial report: - click on a photo layer - click the mask button in the layers panel - a new mask layer is created below the photo layer So what I originally thought was that I had to select the new mask layer in order to start painting on it. The problem is the new mask layer actually is selected already and I can use it immediately, it's just the Layers panel doesn't highlight it. So it's misleading and looks like it's not selected. If it's selected, it should be highlighted in the panel.

Agreed fed101, that is strange and seems like it wasn't quite thought through.

I've posted in the past about pasting effects and getting different results than the original but never got much response. So now I at least know what's going on, but it's not good if you ask me. I'm struggling to think why someone would want it to behave as it currently does.

Agreed. I don't see why it would work this way in publisher.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but does it make a difference if the item is a picture or a picture that's in a frame? So if you are using a frame, the effect is attached to the frame and not the picture itself so in theory the resolution would not come into play?

Agreed. I've posted about this before too. I still can't get used to it all these months later.

The built-in mac screen recording feature saves it as h.264 into a MOV container. You can safely change the suffix to MP4. I've tried this in Catalina, and on an older mac running El Capitan. Found on the Apple Support forums: If the MOV file only contains MPEG-4/AAC or H.264/AAC content, then you can change the ".mov" file extension to ".mp4" and most files will work as if the MOV container was actually an MP4 container.

If you mean the gradient feather then Publisher does not have this feature.

Either way, Serif should take note and possibly weigh in on this. After having to click on 20 boxes last night one at a time I was left shaking my head.

Whatever the tool is called... I don't have it in front of me at the moment. If the corner option is in the toolbar using that tool and selecting a box, selecting 2 boxes should yield the same toolbar in my opinion.

I guess I just don't see why if I select an object with the select tool, the contextual toolbar changes to the applicable settings, why should it matter if I have 1 or multiple of the same type selected?

I never would have figured that out on my own either, thomaso, and it does seem contrary to how I would think it should work. The selection tool should allow you to work with any object and the contextual toolbar should be just that - contextual, no matter how many items you select. And it currently does work that way until you select more than one of the same type of object. So either this is a bug or room for enhancement.

I'll have to check my file when I'm back home. I was sure they were all picture frames.

Corner Options don't seem to work on multiple items which creates a lot more work when you need to change more than one item. I'm not sure of the exact name for this feature, found in the contextual toolbar to add rounded corners etc to boxes and frames. When I select more than one box at a time, the toolbar changes and the corner options are gone. The corner options are also reset each time I use them and I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a shortcoming - when I use it on one box and customize it, then go to enable it for the next, I have to start over for that box. It would be a time saver for it to work on multiple items and remember the last used settings. I originally posted here in this thread, but according to Walt it used to work on multiple items and now doesn't so something's not right.

You're using Windows Walt?

Okay so if it used to work then I guess this is a bug and I should post in the bugs forum.

Yes, that's it exactly. When I went back to test it I couldn't figure out why it was working sometimes and not others. It's definitely text only.