ETC Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Newbie here. I'm working on a calendar with 12 pages – first time to use APu (very much). I initially created a master page ("A") for objects at the bottom of each page (month, quotation, etc.). But that data itself and formatting (colors) are different on every page. and I'm sick of dealing with the master page. Is there a way of retaining what I have on those other pages that is based on the master page, but getting rid of the master itself entirely? I tried deleting the master page from the pages panel, but it deleted all associated data on the other pages. I tried "Edit detached", but I don't even want the 12 month pages associated with any master now. If it's not possible to preserve the derived objects while deleting the master page, then what I want to do is copy the text in each text box which was "inherited" from the master page to a separate app; then I'll delete the master page completely and re-create those text boxes. Thank you. Affinity Publisher 1.8.4 on Mac OS 10.14.6 (Mojave) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 17 hours ago, ETC said: different on every page. EDIT: the following doesn't do it, it rather works like "Clear Master" and deletes the edited objects, too. This will remove master page layers + master objects which are not edited ("different") on the document pages. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETC Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 @thomaso, Thank you very much. I tried it and now understand what it does. I think I know my next step on that. I have some other issues, I'll post in separate threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 @ETC I am sorry, I just noticed my hint above is not correct, it works like the "Clear Master" command and also removes edited master objects. Currently I have no idea of a short way to get rid of master layers without removing its edited objects on the document pages. The long way would be to rearrange the master layer content on every single document page. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETC Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 @thomasoYes, I tried what you recommended and saw that I lost everything. So I am manually going back and doing it over. I can just copy the text boxes from the first page and change the text in them and the colors. Thanks for your attention to detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETC Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 @haakoo Thank you! That does work. Move Along People 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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