Publisher Metadata

[pc-lincs]

When 'saving as' or using a previous document as a template the original metadata is carried over and the title is not updated from the new document filename.

Is there a way around this other than manually editing every new reused publisher file.

Also is there an option to have static content - copyright, author etc?

Thanks,

Paul

[Dan C]

Hi pc-lincs,

Welcome to the forums

In regards to the metadata of the file, how are you accessing this please? I assume if you're using Windows you're looking at the Properties of the file through Explorer, or if you're using Mac you've selected Get Info on the file in Finder - is that correct?

17 hours ago, pc-lincs said:

Also is there an option to have static content - copyright, author etc?

Unfortunately this isn't an available option currently, although it has been requested previously on the forums and is something we hope to add in a future update!

[pc-lincs]

Well actually viewing in acrobat (files are exported pdf).

Just seems odd that the original file name is retained as the title when the file name is changed.

[Dan C]

Thanks for confirming that, this issue is already logged with our developers as a bug - I'll bump their report with this thread now and we hope to have this fixed in a future update!

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, pc-lincs said:

Just seems odd that the original file name is retained as the title when the file name is changed.

You can correct that in the Fields panel (View > Studio > Fields). You can also specify Author information there (though I'm not sure if it's exported to a PDF file).

[pc-lincs]

Yes I have edited this in the fields panel (and yes it is exported with the pdf). It was the issue that when resaving (re-naming) the original file the title does not get updated to the new filename.

Edited November 8, 2019 by pc-lincs
correction

[R C-R]

On 11/7/2019 at 11:09 AM, pc-lincs said:

Also is there an option to have static content - copyright, author etc?

For author, try opening the Fields panel with no document open. Set your preferred author name. At least on Macs, this should become the default for all new .afpub documents.

[walt.farrell]

25 minutes ago, R C-R said:

For author, try opening the Fields panel with no document open. Set your preferred author name. At least on Macs, this should become the default for all new .afpub documents.

Also works on Windows.

[c7eopatra]

Still this won't change the file's name in context of this issue. After exporting a .pdf it still has the name of the file's original name in the tab (in browser) instead of the actual name of the file.

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, c7eopatra said:

Still this won't change the file's name in context of this issue. After exporting a .pdf it still has the name of the file's original name in the tab (in browser) instead of the actual name of the file.

You can change the document name in the Fields panel in Publisher.