Background Color editing of Formtext pasted or imported from Publisher not possible in Designer

[acsr]

Reproducible in Designer 2.0.4 and Publisher 2.0.4 on Monterey. Windows and iOS not tested

I was not able to access and change the existing Backgroundcolor of a Formtext object (rounded corner rectangle) initially created in Publisher and openend in Designer 2.

To verify the different options:

• created a new rounded corner rectangle in Designer 2.0.4 with a grey fill
• changed the type in the menu "Layer -> Change to Textframe".
• after the change the object turns into transparent background and only the textcontour and textfill color are editable.

and 

• created a new rounded corner rectangle in Publisher 2.0.4 with a grey fill
• changed the type in the menu "Layer -> Change to Textframe"
• after the change the object keeps the background but only the textcontour and textfill color are editable in Publisher.
• after copy paste into Designer 2 it keeps the background and the textcontour and textfill color are still editable but now you can manage to edit colour and thickness of the frame contour from the FX Menu.

This is not the first issue with objects preserving attributes coming from Publisher, but not offering an UI Option to edit the attribute.
Most annoying for me is the missing feature to link text frames with overflow from one frame into others. Need to create another seperate ticket/topic when stumbling over this again.

[walt.farrell]

These are not bugs, just the way the applications are designed and intended to work.

The different applications have different capabilities, even though the file formats are compatible.

1. In particular, to set the background color of a Text Frame or of shape text you need access to the Text Frame panel, and only Publisher provides that.

2. Linked Text Frames and the flow between them are also a Publisher function. 

If you're working on something that needs those functions, you should use the application that provides them.