dCip Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I have a group of 11 symbols on a master page in an .afpub doc. I want to duplicate this master page and make changes to the symbols on only the dup master without seeing the changes reflected on the original master page. I tried to select all 11 symbols on the dup master and detach. But how do I get those 11 symbols to sync together as one symbol and 10 instances of that symbol. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 24, 2020 Hi dCip On 3/23/2020 at 7:59 AM, dCip said: how do I get those 11 symbols to sync together as one symbol and 10 instances of that symbol. My apologies but I'm not sure what you mean by this - could you provide a copy of your document and further explanation/screenshots on what you're looking to achieve? Many thanks in advance! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dCip Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 I have built a master page in Publisher that has 11 binder rings and a picture frame placeholder for the cover design. The 11 rings are synced symbols. Now I want to make the back cover master page. I can duplicate the cover master page and move the picture frame to the left and the rings to the right. But all 22 rings are now synced symbols and when I flip the rings horizontally on the back cover master page, the rings on the cover master page also flip. I've managed to unsync the 11 rings on the back cover master page from the cover master. What would be the most efficient way to resync the 11 rings on the back cover master so that they all work together. If I make one ring a new symbol, how do I sync all of the other 10 rings to the new symbol. Do I need to delete the 10 and drag 10 new instances from the Symbols panel or can I select all 11 rings and sync together somehow. This is for a tutorial series I'm posting, so I want to teach the correct method. Thanks again Design a Digital Planner in Affinity Suitehttps://www.bellaonline.com/article.asp?id=23070 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 26, 2020 Staff Share Posted March 26, 2020 Thanks for that dCip, it's certainly helpful information! I'm not certain why your symbols are all flipping when using the Flip Horizontal command - as you can move, scale and rotate each symbol independently without affecting the other symbols, unless you have the incorrect layer selected in the Layers Studio? When using Symbols, each instance of the Symbol is added to a (Symbol) layer, with the contents of the Symbol clipped to this. If you expand the Symbol layer and use the Flip command on the binder ring itself, it will flip all instances of the Symbol. If you select the (Symbol) layer, rather than the actual object, you'll find you're able to Flip as many as you wish and keep all Symbols linked to one master symbol- I hope this helps! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dCip Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 That was it! That's what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much. Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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