Affinity Publisher autoflow Master that has Master applied, duplicates Master

[bpu]

Hello, 

I'm on 2.5.5 of Affinity Publisher (Windows 11).

I have a document with the following Masters:

• Master A with page numbers, no text frames.
• Master B with Master A applied, and two text frames linked.

When I autoflow a spread with Master B applied, newly created page spreads layers contain:

• Master A - 2 Pages
• Master B - 2 Pages
  • Master A - 2 Pages

So as a result I have page number frames duplicated one on top of the other. Obviously, when I reapply the Master B to all those spreads, Master A laying outside disappears.

In my investigation it does not matter if it is Master A, B, C, D applied, it duplicates whatever master is applied to the main one and puts it on top of the layers.

I attach AUTOFLOW.afpub, so you can Shift + Click and see what happens, and AUTOFLOWED already Shift + clicked so you can see what happened to me.

Is this a bug or I am doing something wrong?

Thanks

AUTOFLOW.afpub

 

AUTOFLOWED.afpub

[MikeTO]

This is a bug. IMO, AutoFlow is a bit glitchy but I hadn't seen this issue before. I avoid using this feature myself, preferring to add pages manually (because I'm a control freak 🙂)

I tried naming the masters (which is always a good idea), re-ordering them, re-applying the masters, creating a new document and creating the page number master before the main master, creating another new document and creating the main master before the page number master, etc., but none of these made the problem go away.

I will post this into the bug forum so it gets picked up by QA but here's a workaround for you:

1. Right-click Master B (the main master) and choose Clear Masters
2. AutoFlow the overset text
3. Right-click Master B and choose Apply Master and select Master A (the page number)

[MikeTO]

Bug report here:

 

[bpu]

Thanks! 

[Old Bruce]

I could have sworn that this was already fixed.

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