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I think that after all this discussion, I'm just going to remember to paste without format. What bothers me more is that I cannot apply a background color to a text frame. This isn't a deal-breaker, and I still enjoy using Designer, but I wish Affinity would include this feature. Thanks.

Yes. I'm pasting from Airmail. If I paste from a text-based program such as BBEdit, there's no formatting. There's a screenshot above that I think shows what you're asking for.

1. I get whatever is the default font when I open the document, typically arial. 2. Default text against a white background. 3. A regular frame with the default text against a transparent background.

No. It's unchecked.

I just reproduced it on a recently opened instance of AD 2.0.4 on a different computer. I pasted the text from a simple HTML email into a frame created by the Artistic Text Tool. Same thing. It's not a huge deal, but it's been a nuisance for quite some time, and one that until today I couldn't find a way to resolve. The Factory Reset option is hardly intuitive. In fact, it's rather trepidatious. It makes me wonder if I'm going to lose all my palette settings and other preferences.

I pasted it from an email. Would it be easier? Well, no, it wouldn't. Simply using command-V is easier than option-shift-command-shift-V.

Thank you for your response and accept my apologies for the lack of specifics. I am using Affinity Designer 2.0. I pasted the text from a rich email into an artistic text frame. This screen shot should illustrate at least part of my dilemma. The text below is NOT converted to paths. If I convert it to paths and then ungroup it, I will get a white box with all the outlined text. I have had instances where I wish I could have a text frame with a solid background, but I cannot find a way to do that in Designer. Yes, I do know how NOT to do this. I can create a new empty text frame and then type in or paste in copy without formatting, and I will have a transparent background, but it seems to me that if I have a solid background in my text frame, I should be able to edit that background. It'd be a nice feature to have, anyway. Does such a feature exist?

Not seeing that Text Frame option:

Is there a way to edit/create a background color within the text container? Also, I have an issue when I import text from another program, specifically text from a browser, and the text container box isn't transparent, but usually white. How do I remove that and how can I add it when I want it? Is that possible? Example below.

Ok. That was another rectangle I replaced before I got it to print ok. I thought there was something odd about it because when I zoomed out, it showed up heavier than the other lines in the drawing, but it wasn't showing as dashed. Hopefully, this won't affect other v1 files, but if it does, I'll have some idea of how to fix it. Thanks.

It is drawn at a 1:1 scale, which is what I typically do with these plans. It's just easier for me than trying to draw to a smaller scale. Normally, it works just fine. When I re-drew the box on the right hand side, it printed fine. You'll notice that when you select that box which appears to have a 1pt stroke, that rule does not show up in the stroke palette.

I can't print or export this document. It seems that there's something corrupting it. When trying, it freezes and then starts to swallow up more system memory. See attachments. Update, I finally got it to print, but I had to redraw a number of elements. FYI, this was a Designer v1 document converted to v2. I've yet to see this problem with other v1 files. Shutters-coffeecup.afdesign

Just deleted said files. I'll check back if it doesn't solve the problem.

Just happened again. Here's the log: EDIT: Just made a PDF of your log to save on scrolling. Crash-log-cance440.pdf

I will upload as soon as it happens again. In the past week, it's been behaving though. Fingers crossed.

Designer frequently crashes while in the background doing mostly nothing. I have no clue what triggers it. I'm using a brand new Mac Mini M1 running Big Sur 11.3.

Thank you.

I opened up an existing file in the recently updated Designer app, and the artboard is upside down! How is that even possible?

Thanks for your response. Yes, I meant panels, and yes, I do exactly the same thing you're describing. The panels all stay in the secondary monitor. The problem comes when I open a file, especially for the first time after launch. In ever instance, the window for that file opens up behind the panels on the secondary monitor. Once I move it over, things are fine, but it never becomes the default. In other words, the program is not remembering where I put the file window.

I've lived with the big three Affinity programs through many updates now, and in general, I've been very happy with the progress. But I'm still annoyed by how the programs still don't play quite nicely in a multiple monitor environment. I have one monitor I'm trying to dedicate to all the palettes and the other for the actual work, but despite my best efforts, whenever I open or create a new document, its window always appears behind the palettes . I can't make my main monitor the primary screen for working. Is there something in the preferences I need to address? Thanks.

The images. come from a Word doc import. Before today, I was freely moving them around, etc. For some reason, they then became master page items, but are most definitely not on the master page. There's only one master page, and it's pretty basic -- header, page number, text box. I managed to edit the images again by Selecting Frame Content on the master page layer, but I have to consider this an unnecessary workaround as I didn't place them on the master page.

Don't know if this is a bug or somehow a feature, but I can't move, resize, or otherwise edit some placed images in my Publisher document. Visually, they look and act like master elements, but they are most definitely not. How do I free them?

Yes, it is. Attachment shows current settings.

Currently using High Sierra. I'm also making extensive use of multiple desktops on the main monitor.

Not sure if I should post here or start another topic, but when I drag the tool panels into the second screen, they go back to the first screen when I go to another application. How do I make them stick?