Autoflow not linking frames as expected

[MikeTO]

test.afpub

If you shift+click the overflow indicator on page 5, Publisher will create the new pages and frames but not link them together. I believe this only happens with master frames.

This test document has a blank page 4 and Master A on page 5 and the newly-created pages have Master A for both sides as you'd expect. the frames on the left and right sides are linked but they're not linked from spread to spread.

First reported by Joe in the thread below:

 

[Joe Swann]

@MikeTO, thank you for correcting my error.

I can give a little more feedback on this quirky behavior now that I've had more time to play with it. First of all, if you don't clear the master page on the left side, place the text, then shift-click the link handle, AP creates the required number of pages and flows the text across them as you would expect. After doing that, it is an easy matter to clear the master on the first left page of the chapter, then apply a new master to the first right page of the chapter to make it look like the start of a chapter. This is not intuitive, which is why I didn't think to try it the first time around, but it does solve the problem. I would say the bug is more of an annoyance, except that the workaround is not readily apparent.

I have also noticed that attempting to import a docx with embedded pictures seems to throw AP for a loop. It will place the text up to the point of the first picture and then stop. Maybe it is important to note that the docx file I am tinkering with was generated by Scrivener, not Word.

[Dan C]

Welcome to the Affinity Forums @Joe Swann 

Thanks for your report Joe, and for the file provided @MikeTO - I've been able to replicate this here and I concur that it appears to only happen with Master Page text frames.

I'm getting this logged with our development team now.

14 hours ago, Joe Swann said:

I have also noticed that attempting to import a docx with embedded pictures seems to throw AP for a loop. It will place the text up to the point of the first picture and then stop. Maybe it is important to note that the docx file I am tinkering with was generated by Scrivener, not Word.

Are you able to provide a copy of this document here, so that I can investigate this further please?

Many thanks in advance!

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Autoflowing linked master text frame when only one half of master is applied does not correctly link frames auto-generated" (REF: AF-1409) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2805). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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