Unstable Publisher file

[Nigel Kendall]

Hi,

I am having a major problem with a 114-page publication file. All the work had been completed but when I then attempted to tweek a page margin the app froze and bombed out. I have tried various things but a variety of strange instabilities caused the same result. I work on an iMac running OS 12.0.1.

Can anyone suggest a workround here?

Thanks

NK

[carl123]

22 minutes ago, Nigel Kendall said:

but a variety of strange instabilities caused the same result.

A bit vague.

Anyway, you can try creating a new one-page document and import the pages (Document > Add Pages from File) from the original document into that one

Assuming the "problem" is with the core structure of the document rather than on-page items then it might cure the "problem"

[thomaso]

Hi @Nigel Kendall,
welcome to the Affinity forums!

Since this is no expected or typical behaviour the possible workarounds are more or less just guessing. For instance either/or/and …

• Close all open documents and quit the app, ideally reboot your computer, too. Reopen the document to see if that helps.

• Choose "Save As…" to save a copy of this document with a different file name. Close and reopen as above.

• In application Preferences > Performance disable Metal and Hardware Acceleration. Relaunch to see if that helps.

• In case you try to alter the margin on a Master Page or for a range of pages: try to alter it for a single spread or page only.

• Instead of altering the margin of a specific page/spread:
– Create a new Master Page with the desired margins and assign the master to the wanted pages.
– Add a new spread at the end of your document and try to alter the margin of this empty pages.
 

26 minutes ago, Nigel Kendall said:

I have tried various things but a variety of strange instabilities caused the same result.

What were these strange instabilities in detail? Do you get them with this specific document only?