Publisher: How to revert a master page element?

[Joel Davis]

Hello, I am having trouble figuring out how to "unapply" or revert an element back to what it is on the master without having to redo the whole page. This is in Affinity Publisher.

I have a placeholder text element for a title, and I have replaced the text and changed the formatting, but now I changed the formatting on the same element on the master page. I would now like to "revert" that one element on my document page to the master page without losing the rest of the placed content or other stuff. I don't mind re-typing this title but I don't want to re-place all the other content on the page.

Like some way to "delete" the and replace the content but only for what I am reverting, not the rest of the page (which is what happens when I do Apply Master again).

Does this make sense? 

Thanks!

Joel

Edited November 15, 2019 by Joel Davis
forgot to specify which app

[stokerg]

Hi Joel and Welcome to the Forums,

Sorry for the delay in replying.

You should find this process much better in the current beta which you can download from the beta forums here:

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/62-affinity-publisher-beta-forums/

In the Beta you'll be able to reply the Master Page and if the you haven't changed the elements too much, you should find this preserves some of the changes

 

[Gerard O]

Re-applying the master,  in the beta,  will often delete text fields so be careful!

 

[carl123]

Not sure I fully understand what you are trying to do but...

If you make changes to an element on the Master page and wish to resync that element on pages where it has been changed

Then, on the Master Page, select the element and use... 

Edit > Cut and then Edit > Paste

That one element should then be reset on all pages whether it has been changed or not

 

[walt.farrell]

5 hours ago, carl123 said:

If you make changes to an element on the Master page and wish to resync that element on pages where it has been changed

Then, on the Master Page, select the element and use... 

Edit > Cut and then Edit > Paste

That one element should then be reset on all pages whether it has been changed or not

That won't work, I'm afraid.

After a bit of experimentation using 1.8.0.502, depending on the kind of element, if you Cut it from the Master Page then either:

• For a Text Frame (as in the OP's case) the frame and any contents are also deleted from all the document pages.
• For a Picture Frame the frame and its contents remain on the document pages. Then when you Paste the modified Picture Frame onto the Master you end up with 2 Picture Frames on each document page, one filled and one empty.

 

[carl123]

5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

For a Text Frame (as in the OP's case) the frame and any contents are also deleted from all the document pages.

True, but when cut and pasted all document pages get the new updated text frame.

Also, since the OP said this

On ‎11‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 8:18 PM, Joel Davis said:

 I don't mind re-typing this title but I don't want to re-place all the other content on the page. 

I assumed that re-typing the title text was not a problem

 

Maybe I have not understood the problem the OP has