Richard A J Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Hello to the group - I am a very new user (today), I do have experience with Quark though. This is looking like a great application and will suit my needs better as time marches on. But I do have a query, if anybody can help. I have a sample of text typed into a text frame (as per the image). I want to change the paragraph attributes (space after, space before etc). But if I type in a new figure into the attributes panel it will not apply the adjustment and simply defaults back to the shown settings (supplied defaults). I can adjust leading with no issues, that works perfectly. I can add drop caps but only with the default settings, if I change a drop cap default setting is reverts back to default and will not 'stick'. I can add tabs to the text box via the text box ruler, but again if I try to add tabs in the paragraph attributes it will not work. These attributes simply will not alter and stay altered, almost as though the commands are not getting through and reverting straight back to defaults. Am I missing something obvious here at all? I am on Mac OS10.9.5, I appreciate this is an older system, but it is listed as compatible. Currently, due to other software, I cannot upgrade the Mac OS. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, Richard. What release of Publisher are you running? 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 17.6.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 It's version 1.9, just purchased and installed today. I have now tried 1.8.6 on the same Mac, it works perfectly. So is this a functionality bug. If so it renders 1.9 useless to me in It's current form😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Within the last couple of hours Serif have released a new public beta of Affinity Publisher 1.9.1 for macOS which includes a number of fixes for issues with the paragraph panel. I don't know if your specific problem is solved by this, but you can download the beta and test it without affecting your original installation. I've tried the Space Between settings in the beta and as far as I can tell they work as they should. Cheers, H Quote Affinity Photo 2.5.3, Affinity Designer 2.5.3, Affinity Publisher 2.5.3, Mac OSX 14.5, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 That sounds very promising. Thank you for highlighting this release. It sounds like it's a bug I have encountered. Not the best start with a new application, but apart from that I do like what I see :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 My issue is not fixed unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 You may want to upload a sample document to illustrate the issue. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 It's persistent on all text I input, not a specific document. It is definitely a functionality issue with the paragraph attributes panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 What about the baseline grid settings? Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 All off. There are issues with this panel with tabs and drop caps too. Any settings I change revert to defaults and simply will not 'stick'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Reset Publisher settings to default? —> hold ctrl while launching Publisher to open the "Clear" dialog Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 If I apply a drop cap, for instance, I get the default settings as expected. If I the adjust the settings I get no visual feedback on the text. As soon as I move away from the paragraph attributes panel and click back on the text frame my inputted numbers in the panel revert to the default figures. Nothing actually changes in the text. I have installed 1.8.6 and it all works perfectly. So I have to assume it's a bug in 1.9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard A J Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 I'll try the reset, it's a new install and happened from the off. But it is certainly worth a try. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 It could well be that it's a Mavericks issue. Until two years ago I was using Photo and Designer on Mountain Lion, and while the Mac App Store versions were still considered "compatible" until 1.8.6, it wasn't really always a pleasure to use, especially due to many UI glitches. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Also reported as a bug: 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 17.6.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 6 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Also reported as a bug: FWIW, this does not happen on my iMac running Catalina. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.5.3 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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