Stefanoc Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It would be nice to have the possibility to define "dynamic" objects in Master pages so that it will be possible to fill them in the single pages. I mean, let say you place an empty text box in the Master, then it would be nice to be able to fille the box with different content in different pages. Or maybe it's already possible and I missed it ? cramosm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smac1314 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I typeset books for a living and really need this functionality. My master pages need to have text frames with the ability to justify them vertically as this speeds up my workflow considerably. I'm excited for the potential of Publisher, the speed alone is impressive. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 17, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hi Stefanoc, smac1314, Welcome to Affinity Forums The dev teams are already aware of these issues/lack of functionality regarding masters. There should be more improvements coming in future updates/versions to address this. Rich313, cramosm and mycroft 3 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanoc Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi Stefanoc, smac1314, Welcome to Affinity Forums The dev teams are already aware of these issues/lack of functionality regarding masters. There should be more improvements coming in future updates/versions to address this. Good to know, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Thats realy very important, and one of those major features, the people at my company would scream for, when we decide to exchange indesign with publisher..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It can be done now. Create the text box on the master page and tag a page with it. On that page expand the master layer on the layers panel and then select the text frame. Symbols panel/Detach seems to do the job. Selecting the Master layer itself is not advisable - it crashes after pressing Detach. I think this functionality will be made easier in future updates. Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 @MickRose there is also a more powerful way… rather than detaching the symbol, de-sync the symbol. This allows some attributes to be editable, while leaving all others in sync with the master page. See… Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 17, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 17, 2018 @MickRose Please see my reply regarding the use of the Symbols panel for this here. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbsund Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 This works really well for me! jfyi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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