Blaubär Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 Yes, I know there are some threads about global layers. I still think without those layers Publisher is NOT the right choice for professional DTP !!!! But there is another issue I could need some help – if there is a solution at all. I encountered a problem on working with the master layers. They are always grouped on each page, but I need them seperated as in this example: - Master Layer 1 (e.g. frame on top of the page) - Text Layer - textframe 1 - textframe 2 - Graphic Layer - picture 1 - picture 2 - picture 3 - Master Layer 2 (e.g. background) The master layers must be in this order (to overlap some of the other elements). So please tell me, is there a way to get that? Quote
dominik Posted December 20, 2019 Posted December 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Blaubär said: Yes, I know there are some threads about global layers. I still think without those layers Publisher is NOT the right choice for professional DTP !!!! But there is another issue I could need some help – if there is a solution at all. I encountered a problem on working with the master layers. They are always grouped on each page, but I need them seperated as in this example: - Master Layer 1 (e.g. frame on top of the page) - Text Layer - textframe 1 - textframe 2 - Graphic Layer - picture 1 - picture 2 - picture 3 - Master Layer 2 (e.g. background) The master layers must be in this order (to overlap some of the other elements). So please tell me, is there a way to get that? Hi @Blaubär, you can use multiple master pages and rearrange them according to your stacking order. E.g. one master page with the elements that go onto the top and one master page that goes to the bottom. By default APub adds master pages to the bottom of the layers so you will have to rearange them. This requires a little planing beforehand. Only with a large page count it may become a little (or better: very) cumbersome. d. Quote Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil
Blaubär Posted December 22, 2019 Author Posted December 22, 2019 Thanks, this works. But it is a deeeeep pain to do the rearranging on a complete book’s pages ... You can do this kind of work on a single page design in Designer, but software like Publisher ist made for multi page layouts, right? I guess, I have to stick to Indesign for some time. Quote
walt.farrell Posted December 22, 2019 Posted December 22, 2019 It's easy to do. On any document page with the master applied: In the Layers panel, right-click on the Master Page layer that should be in front of the page content, and choose Edit Linked. From the main menu, Layer > Arrange > Move to Front. Click Finished in the orange bar at the top of the page. That will move that master page layer to the top of the layer stack on all the document pages you have applied that master page to. (Note that if you create additional document pages after that, those pages will have the master at the bottom, again. So you will want to do this action late in your workflow. Also, if you create additional content on any page after doing the above, you will need to place it properly in the layer stack yourself. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
carl123 Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 If you also have APhoto (and doing a lot of editing/changes/additions to your document) you can run a macro (within Publisher) to move a specific Master Page layer to the top at any time across all pages. Thus preventing the need to do it for all additional pages you create or having to remember to move any new content you create below the Master Page you had previously moved to the top. walt.farrell 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
Blaubär Posted December 23, 2019 Author Posted December 23, 2019 @walt.farrell Thanks, this makes it much easier. (I wish I could stick a default like "this layer always on top" to a layer.) @carl123 I'll have a try next time. btw.: Is there anybody who did not buy all three apps? Quote
MikeW Posted December 23, 2019 Posted December 23, 2019 15 minutes ago, Blaubär said: btw.: Is there anybody who did not buy all three apps? A rhetorical question or not, I didn't. Quote
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