Deleting text frames and objects

[redmorgie]

Using Publisher. I'm amending a newsletter previously created with PagePlus

How do I delete text frames?  I can delete the text but each time I try to delete the frame it pops up again. 

I assume there must be an easy way of doing it but I can't find it!

 

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

Make sure the text cursor is not inside the frame, and that the frame is selected, then press the Delete key (or the Delete icon in the Layers panel). One way to select the frame is to click on it in the Layers panel, but with the Move Tool you can also click once on the frame when it is not selected.

[redmorgie]

Thanks Walt  I had been clicking on it and using the right click mouse menu. that doesn't to seem to work. Delete key does.

Can you help with something else please? 

In PagePlus you could drag objects off the document you were working on and park them on the workspace beside it

Leaving them fully visible. with Publisher they just disappear into the blackness.  Running the mouse over them reveals that the frames are still there

but you can't see what they are till you drag them back onto the document.  Is there anyway to get them to remain visible like PagePlus?

[walt.farrell]

11 hours ago, redmorgie said:

In PagePlus you could drag objects off the document you were working on and park them on the workspace beside it

Leaving them fully visible. with Publisher they just disappear into the blackness.  Running the mouse over them reveals that the frames are still there

but you can't see what they are till you drag them back onto the document.  Is there anyway to get them to remain visible like PagePlus?

Turn off View > View Mode > Clip to Canvas.

I think you'll also need to drag the objects to the side of the page, not above or below.

[redmorgie]

Thanks a lot, Walt.  That fixed it. I appreciate your help 

 

Tom

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome, Tom.