mdesigns Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Just started using Publisher (V2) for the first time yesterday! Excited. I am creating a photobook using Affinity Publisher today. In my Master page setup, I have inserted the Picture Frame Rectangle which inserts it on all the child pages as well. That's fine for me but there are a few pages I don't want it anymore. How do I remove it from specific pages? I selected the frame and clicked delete but nothing happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 To delete the Picture Frame, edit the Master Page detached on the page you want to remove the Picture Frame from. Instructions to enter Detached mode: https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Pages/detachLinkMasterPages.html Another option — one I usually prefer — would be to create multiple Master Pages so you don’t have to edit Master Pages detached. R C-R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesigns Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Hi Brian, thank you so much for the quick response! Much appreciated. While I was waiting, a search on YouTube got me this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsjRg38IpiI But I am not seeing the "Master A - 2 Pages" he mentions and also mentioned in the link you sent: From the Layers panel, select the master page entry (e.g., 'Master A - 2 Pages') and choose an Edit option from the context toolbar (or right-click the master page's layer entry for equivalent options). What is the Context toolbar? Also, by mistake, I closed the "Layer" and "Character" windows and I don't know how to get them back. Please see the attachment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesigns Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Update: I managed to find it this way and it seems to be working: Layer > Master Page > Edit Detached Brian_J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_J Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 @mventures “Master A” is the default name of the first Master Page… if you changed the Master Page name, that’s what you’ll want to look for in the Layers Panel. The Context Toolbar is the horizontal toolbar above the page that changes depending on which tool is selected. There’s an interactive image on the following Affinity Help page you can click on to see what the sections of the UI are named: https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Workspace/interface.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesigns Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 I had retained the default name of Master A - 2. Thanks for the link and going through it now. How do I get back the Layer and Character panels to show up again on the bottom right window? I had closed it by mistake. Note: I managed to edit the child pages using the top menu option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff NathanC Posted January 12 Staff Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, mventures said: How do I get back the Layer and Character panels to show up again on the bottom right window? I had closed it by mistake. These panels can be toggled via Window (Along the top menu bar) -> Layers and the character panel can be toggled via Window -> Text -> Character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesigns Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Awesome! Thank you NathanC! Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesigns Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 I noticed when I move from 1 spread to another while editing, the "Layer > Master Page > Edit Detached" exits. This means I have to turn it on for every spread. Is there a way to leave that "unlocked" till I finish everything? thomaso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 44 minutes ago, mventures said: (...) "Layer > Master Page > Edit Detached" exits. This means I have to turn it on for every spread. Is there a way to leave that "unlocked" till I finish everything? Unfortunately not. There is also no modifier key option to click-select an object inside a master page layer for temporary editing, instead you always need to select the parent master page layer first to activate the "detach" state for its child layers. And if you have several master layers applied you need to "detach" them individually (unless one master is nested in the other). Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesigns Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 OK, thank you. The saving grace has been the keyboard shortcut (shift-cmd-d) which is quicker than using the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 hours ago, mventures said: I noticed when I move from 1 spread to another while editing, the "Layer > Master Page > Edit Detached" exits. This means I have to turn it on for every spread. Is there a way to leave that "unlocked" till I finish everything? No, and that's a reason not to have things on a Master Page that you don't want on all its children, and a good reason to have multiple Master Pages. Brian_J 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.3, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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