Publisher iPad: Curious behavior adding stock images

[VectorCat]

The two stock houses load in a wink. Dragging to the page does not deposit the desired image onto the page, but off of a page at the end of the document. As long as the selection handles remain visible, you’re fine. But I’ve also seen them simply vanish and am unable to re-select them by marqueeing around where they’d been.

Is this a bug, and if so, is my text description adequate or must I take a video of what I’ve described?

Thank you

[walt.farrell]

Interesting, VectorCat. I see the same behavior, but it seems somewhat inconsistent. I had a 3-page document. Working on page 1, I dragged a stock image to the center of the page, and it appeared partly on and partly off the page.

I switched to page 2, dragged a stock image to the center of the page, and it appeared spanning pages 2 and 3, but starting at about the bottom margin and extending lower off the page(s).

[VectorCat]

Just did a quick experiment with this. One document: very few images already in the layout, then added some images from Pixabay. The images “landed” basically on the intended page.

Added images to another document with a fair number of images already in the layout..none of the images landed on the page I dragged to, but instead, at the end of the document, and not on any page. On half the tries, I couldn’t even see selection handles, and these may be because the image was deposited  way  below the last page..so far below that the selection handles could be seen only by zooming out on the document.

Might it be that, in documents already loaded with images - however they got there - leaves the app with its hands full, so to speak, and unable to accurately place images dragged from the stock image Studio area?

[VectorCat]

Continuing the experiment with the same document in the first example above:

With 3 images placed in layout, the fourth stock image landed on a page, but not on the page I dragged it to.

The 10th placed stock image landed between two pages, such that I could only see its control handles.

The 12th placed stock image landed mostly on one page, much further down in the document than I’d placed; only control handles visible.

The 13th image landed not or between any page, but well off the pasteboard area. Control handles visible.

I get better results if I drag from the Stock images onto the page if I’m zoomed out enough to see all the pages at thumbnail size; better in that the image lands on the page I drag it to, and I can see the image and its control handles.

This test document is a simple one - 20 pages - I set up to play around with V2 Publisher for iPad, and contains nothing more than placed images and one rectangle placed on page 1 and given a simple color fill. I gave he master page a grey color to be easier on the eyes.

After placing the 13th stock image, I placed one by using the Image tool and navigating to a folder on the iPad where I keep images. I was able to place this image exactly where I wanted to.

As Walt mentioned, the results are inconsistent. Hope this provides some clues.

[walt.farrell]

Another possible factor (though I could not see any consistent effect): What Page is actually active, as far as Publisher is concerned. There's a Context bar for the View Tool (the hand) that shows the current page number, and lets you navigate between pages.

[Dan C]

Thanks for your report @VectorCat and our sincerest apologies for the delayed response here. We are exceptionally busy following the release of V2 and we thank you for your continued patience and understanding here.

I can confirm this is a bug our team have identified and should be fixed in the next update.

I hope this helps

[VectorCat]

Excellent news, Dan. Thank you for letting us know!