Note formatting bug

[MikeTO]

Create a blank document and create a sidenote as shown in the screenshot below (just set Note Body Style = Body and In Note Body > Number Style = Emphasis). Once that's done:

1. Type two words
2. Format the first word with a character style such as Strong
3. Add a note after the second word and start typing into the note - it will be formatted as Strong

Publisher picks up the last applied character style (not individually applied character attributes) no matter where you applied it in the document, even if it was an hour ago and you've typed pages worth of text since then. Because you don't remember what the last character style you used was the action of creating a note is unpredictable, you can't know how it's going to be formatted.

 

 

[NathanC]

Hi @MikeTO,

I've replicated this issue and it has now been logged with the developers, thanks for the recording and detailed report.

[MikeTO]

I should clarify:

> Publisher picks up the last applied character style (not individually applied character attributes) 

In addition to inheriting the last applied character style, this bug does apply the last individually applied character attribute such as Italic. My mistake.

[MikeTO]

[EDIT - this one isn't a bug, it was user fail, see Walt's feedback below]

I was looking for a related bug I think reported but I can't find it so I'll just mention it here. 

Applying formatting to the first character of the note body applies it to the note reference. If you want the first word of the note body to be italic then the note reference will be italic.

The workaround is to add a zero width space.

Edited August 26, 2023 by MikeTO
Oops

[walt.farrell]

57 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

Applying formatting to the first character of the note body applies it to the note reference

Do you mean, the one just in front of the body (the marker) or the one in the main text (the reference)?

[MikeTO]

25 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Do you mean, the one just in front of the body (the marker) or the one in the main text (the reference)?

I meant the note number in front of the note body.

 

 

[walt.farrell]

49 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

I meant the note number in front of the note body.

Thanks. So, it's consistent with how Bullets and Numbering works, for example. You need a character text style defined for the Footnote Marker or it inherits the character formatting of the first character that follows it.

[MikeTO]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. So, it's consistent with how Bullets and Numbering works, for example. You need a character text style defined for the Footnote Marker or it inherits the character formatting of the first character that follows it.

You're right, it is the same bug as shown here with the second note needing to start with an italicized word.

[walt.farrell]

3 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

You're right, it is the same bug as shown here

But why is it a bug here, when we know it's the intended design for Bullets and Numbering? And when both functions have the same design where you can (must, really) specify a Character Text Style for the bullet, number, or footnote character.

[MikeTO]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

But why is it a bug here, when we know it's the intended design for Bullets and Numbering? And when both functions have the same design where you can (must, really) specify a Character Text Style for the bullet, number, or footnote character.

Hmm, you're right. The problem was that my character style didn't specifically define it as Myriad Pro Regular, it just inherited it from the paragraph style. I have fixed it now so thank you.