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I personally think it would be best to hold off implementing PDF passthrough feature until the placed preview matches the actual original PDF (even a super low res one, I wouldn't care). For example, if I'm producing a newspaper filled with hundreds of PDF adverts placed as passthrough, although they may well export fine in the final output I'm not filled with confidence working on a document that looks wildly different to the final outcome. Just my opinion, not a criticism in any way! But this is a FANTASTIC feature - I'm loving the pace at which Publisher is developing

You're very welcome!

Hi there, yes there is - I wanted to setup a Text Style that handled the bullets as I have A LOT of text to format. Using a font specifically for the shape means I can use it in my text style and change size / colour etc easily, updating all instances throughout the brochure. I'd previously used a polygon shape manually placed where I needed a bullet symbol for a leaflet that only had a few bullets in, but this version is MUCH easier to manage!

LOL, sorry, I should of shared! I used this font https://www.fontspace.com/font-shapes-2019-f31329 and its worked great. Many thanks for sharing your link too!

SORTED! Found a free font that contains shapes, all done

Any idea on how to make custom bullet points like these please? The simplest option would be a font with a hexagonal character - does anyone know of one please?

Thank you for trying the file, this is useful feeback.

Client has come back to me and said that it was created entirely in Excel, latest version. I that helps?!

Ah ok, thank you. I've asked the client where it came from so will wait and see.

Sorry I can't be certain as a client supplied. I can ask them tho and hopefully they'll fill me in. First time i've had a need to import Excel so never seen the issue before. I also tried copy/paste in Excel into a new doc, resaved and tried again. Still crashed so there's definitely something in there that Publisher disagrees with!

Sure, here it is. May Covid 19 Flyer FD20 list.xlsx

As per the title, open a fresh doc, go to File/Place, select a basic Excel doc and Publisher crashes every time. Pub 1.8.3, Mac OS 10.15.4.

Hi @MEB many thanks for confirming that, it would be great if there was a pref to turn this off in the near future. Thank you!

Many thanks for taking the time to look through as well. I guess we'll just have to wait to see if Serif replies to confirm.

Thank you for the info. I've had a look through prefs but can't see anything. I'm working on a website visual in Designer at the moment and its doing my head in! Surely there's a way to turn it off?! I can see how this would be useful in certain situations but generally i wouldn't want it to work this way. If someone from Serif could confirm it I'd greatly appreciate it.