TheOtherRoland Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 In the layers panel, I'm used to clicking Command J and getting a duplicate layer above the one selected. That is the new one. When I duplicate a Master Page, I cannot tell which is the new one — the one on top or the bottom? It does not say "copy" or "(1)" or anything. So if I start applying things to that page — OR DELETING THEM — it could cause issues in my document using that Master Page if it's not clearly marked as the active / in use master, or the new one. Anyone else knowmsayin? sfriedberg and Old Bruce 2 Quote My BOOK (created with Publisher, Designer & Photo):Clearing a Path to Joy (And finding contentment along the way) My WEBSITE (also developed using Affinity apps):www.RolandK.ca — "Relentless adventures in self-expression" [Power Mac & Intel PC (HighSierra/Monterey/Win 10] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, TheOtherRoland said: When I duplicate a Master Page, I cannot tell which is the new one — the one on top or the bottom? Bottom. If you start with a default Master Page, it is named Master A. If you duplicate it, you get Master B, and it is located below Master A. But yes, it is more confusing if you give them your own names, as a duplicate then has the same name, rather than incremented name like the default scheme uses. Still, it is the one on the bottom that is the duplicate. But yes, it would be nice if something were done automatically to distinguish it. Old Bruce 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRoland Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 Yeah, master pages without descriptive names are useless to me in setting up full sized books having so many distinct parts. If I was doing a brochure, I could probably get away with two and not get confused. "They" (Big Desktop Publishing) should do something to mark duplicate copies as copies to help those of us working on bigger documents stay organized. Quote My BOOK (created with Publisher, Designer & Photo):Clearing a Path to Joy (And finding contentment along the way) My WEBSITE (also developed using Affinity apps):www.RolandK.ca — "Relentless adventures in self-expression" [Power Mac & Intel PC (HighSierra/Monterey/Win 10] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Agreed. I've made all my changes to the wrong master page after duplication more than once and had to undo them. I believe this has come up a few times before. Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 hour ago, MikeTO said: Agreed. I've made all my changes to the wrong master page after duplication more than once and had to undo them. I believe this has come up a few times before. I second the motion. This has happened to me more times than I'd like to admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 To avoid mistakes when I do this, the first thing I do after duplicating is draw something on the master I think is the duplicate and see if it appears on a page based on the original master. walt.farrell 1 Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRoland Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 That's what I did, too. But just having a simple "copy" indicator would be a big improvement. Quote My BOOK (created with Publisher, Designer & Photo):Clearing a Path to Joy (And finding contentment along the way) My WEBSITE (also developed using Affinity apps):www.RolandK.ca — "Relentless adventures in self-expression" [Power Mac & Intel PC (HighSierra/Monterey/Win 10] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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