Arbitrary page breaks for longer texts without command input

[Melanie_]

When I make changes to longer texts, page breaks appear in random places without having inserted a page break. Of course, the text also has no character/command for a page break. In principle, I then have to start from the beginning again each time.

 

 

1. What Application are you using? [Designer/Photo/Publisher]

Affinity Publisher

2. Are you using the latest release version?
   2.5.7
3. Can you reproduce it?
   The error occurs at random points in longer documents.
4. Does it happen for a new document? If not can you upload a document that shows the problem?
5. If you cannot provide a sample document then please give an accurate description of the problem for example it should include most of the following:

•    What is your operating system and version (Windows 11, OSX Ventura, iOS 16 etc)?
  Windows 11
•    Is hardware acceleration (in Preferences > Performance) ON or OFF ? (and have you tried the other setting?)
•    What happened for you (and what you expected to happen)
•    Provide a recipe for creating the problem (step-by-step what you did).
  The error occurs when I make changes to the text.
•    Screenshots (very handy) or a screen capture/video.
•    Any unusual hardware (like tablets or external monitors or drives that may affect things) or relevant other applications like font managers or display managers.
  Standard PC with built-in hard drives.
•    Did this same thing used to work and if so have you changed anything recently? (software or hardware)

The error has been recurring for some time, even with version 2.5.6.

screenshot_error.pdf

[Hangman]

Hi @Melanie_ and welcome to the forums,

If you grab the bottom centre resize handle on the left text frame, drag it up to around the page centre and then back down again to its original position, does the text fill the left text frame again?

If not, can you upload a sample Publisher file so we can see what else might be going on...

[walt.farrell]

6 hours ago, Melanie_ said:

When I make changes to longer texts, page breaks appear in random places without having inserted a page break. Of course, the text also has no character/command for a page break.

That may indicate that you're using the Flow options in your Paragraph settings (Text Style, or Paragraph panel). Those options (especially Keep Together or Keep with Next ...) can cause strange behavior that can be hard to understand without a lot of analysis.