Rhobust Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I have created caption boxes with a specific paragraph style (Caption) which is also a style in the document. But when the asset is added to the document it forms a new paragraph style (Caption 1) and every time the Caption box asset is added thereafter it keeps adding a new style so that in the end I get a long list of new styles (Caption 1, Caption 2, Caption 3 etc) Is there any way around this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I can duplicate that if I create a caption box asset using a style called Caption, and subsequently make changes to the style. The asset retains the settings for the original style, and rather than overwrite or update the newly edited Caption style it creates a new one every time I place the asset on the page. I suspect this is intended as a helpful feature. The quickest way round it (assuming I've identified the problem you're having) would be to delete the original asset and create a new one. sfriedberg 1 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...
walt.farrell Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 I don't get either of those behaviors. For me, when I add the asset to a new document that already has a paragraph text style named Caption, I get the frame added with the text style showing as Caption+, where the "+" incorporates any differences between the Caption that is defined in the document and the Caption that was assigned to the asset when it was created. So, for example, I get "Caption + Font: <original font name from asset>, Font Width: Normal". 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 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhobust Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 I set up the Paragraph Styles in a "Template" document, with the Assets using the same Caption Style. When I form a new document from the "Template" I get this behaviour. I seem to have to set up the Assets in every new document to avoid the duplication of styles. We are using the Mac Desktop version of Affinity. sfriedberg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufus Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 On 5/3/2021 at 5:23 AM, h_d said: I can duplicate that if I create a caption box asset using a style called Caption, and subsequently make changes to the style. The asset retains the settings for the original style, and rather than overwrite or update the newly edited Caption style it creates a new one every time I place the asset on the page. I suspect this is intended as a helpful feature. The quickest way round it (assuming I've identified the problem you're having) would be to delete the original asset and create a new one. I have independently verified everything h_d has written here. This is exactly what causes the problem and also the fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhobust Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Many thanks for your replies. I guess that between all those working on the file, the Caption style has been altered by someone at some stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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