Publisher 2.1.1 Can't change Master Table cell styles in linked Pages looks like a bug or bad UX

[drkanukie]

I have a table in the master table with a bottom border set in each cell. In the pages linked with the master applied, it shows the table in layers as unlinked attibutes Text and Text Frame. This is so you can style the cell text & cell frame independently from the master.  Except you can't change the bottom border. Selecting and cell with a border in the page shows no cell styling contextual controls and everything in the Table Window is disabled. Applying a Table format where the borders are removed also does nothing. Removing the borders in the master won't work either because they are unlinked and I can' apply the master as the unlinked text content means it just makes a mess of duplicate content. 

Is this a bug that you cannot edit the cell border in an unlinked table from the master table? Either that or its a terrible UX if there is a way as its impossible to discover?

I would think that you could individually modify the unlinked cells but none of the cell formatting controls are enabled.

[Old Bruce]

Not entirely sure of what you mean by "linked". I am guessing you mean you have applied a Master Page to the Actual pages, a Master Page with a Table in it. If, while you are working on the Actual Page, you use the Layers Panel and right click on the Master Page there you'll see a Context Menu item that says "Edit Detached" choose that and you should be able to then select the table and edit it.

[drkanukie]

Thanks for replying.Linked means it's a page linked to the master the layers panel uses the term unlinked attributes for those part that aren't linked so everything else is linked to the master.

The edit detached action is not there when I'm on the page later for the table. It has a dotted green line and says unlinked attributes etc. But there is no edit detached action which I'd been looking for. This was 1.0 file I updated to 2.1.1 could be it hasn't got everything it needs for it to work in 2.1.1.

[drkanukie]

I created a new V2 file and I get edit detached action but not on the legacy file looks like a file upgrade issue. The table is locked and uneditable.

[Old Bruce]

I just made a version one file and have no problem with Edit Detached when opening it in version 2. The Edit Detached is there with the right click on the Master Page layer, do not bother right clicking on the Table, click on the Master Page in the Layers panel.

 

[drkanukie]

Not in my file unfortunately, I cut it down to two pages and it's still broken, it's hard to analyse as it probably been through most 1.0 upgrades as the file has been around a a couple of years and copied numerous times. I reported it as a bug Serif will need to look at the file structure to determine the cause. Thanks for taking the time to look further.