Bug or Feature? New text frames take on styles from old ones

[Interior Book Design]

I've discovered a peculiar behaviour of text frames. If I apply text styles to text in text frames (which I do, constantly), the next new text frame I draw, automatically inherits, takes on these styles. In most cases, this is completely unwanted and annoying and gets in my way.

Is this a bug or meant as a feature?

My workarounds so far: Draw all your text frames right in the beginning and start filling them, later.

2nd workaround: Create an object style (in Publisher: style) from a "neutral" frame (with the following text style setting: [No Style][No style]) and apply that style to every newly drawn text frame to get rid of unwanted text styles.

My proposal: Define a default setting for fresh text frames and don't make it change all the time.

 

Kind regards

Johann

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, Interior Book Design said:

If I apply text styles to text in text frames (which I do, constantly), the next new text frame I draw, automatically inherits, takes on these styles.

We may need more information on exactly what you're doing, because I don't see that happening. Can you provide a screen recording of this happening, or provide more information about how you're assigning the text styles to the text, possibly including some screenshots of the changes you've made?

[Interior Book Design]

Hi Walt,

I think my image makes it clear.

1. This is my first text frame. I've applied 2 text styles on purpose.

2. After this, I'm drawing a 2nd text frame to write more stuff. However, the styles are still there and get in my way. I've to "reset" the text frame.

[Pauls]

This is the way it works you would have to revert to defaults before creating the next text frame.

[Joachim_L]

21 minutes ago, Pauls said:

This is the way it works you would have to revert to defaults before creating the next text frame.

Depends on your workflow and perhaps should be reconsidered by Serif. Some find it annoying, that the formatting is kept and some would find it annoying, if they always have to apply formatting. What about an option for keeping formatting yes or no? Personally I would vote for not keeping formatting in any area.

[Interior Book Design]

The way InDesign does it, is perfect. There is one default setting for text frames in object styles. You can control and change that setting. In APub I have to work around that situation, creating and applying that default object style.

[A_B_C]

I would agree that there should be a preference whether new objects are created on the basis of the defaults or on the basis of the last object style.

A quick way to reset a text frame would be assigning [a] shortcut(s) to the neutral text style(s).