PMan Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Hi, I have just started using Publisher Beta 1.7.0.128 and I've been investigated how to edit text frames and picture frames, on a page, which are inherited from a Master page. Once I've opened a page and selected the Master layer and selected a frame, then if I change anything in that frame, the Master page frame is also updated to show the same change. However, on the Symbols tab , if I click ONCE on the Sync button. I can alter the image/text on the page without the Master being updated. If I then click ONCE on the Sync again (quite hard on the Dark setting to see the change in the button), any change to the frame does NOT affect the Master any more. The same happens if I click on the Detach button. Again I cannot revert back to having changes updated on the Master page. Is this a bug or does it mean that having chosen Sync or Detach, that I cannot toggle between updating the Master from a page and updating just the individual page Pman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 19, 2018 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2018 Hi PMan, The Symbols panel is not intended to be used to manage/control master pages, but symbols you have created yourself (despite master pages being based on symbols functionality). This is an area that still need improvement. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMan Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Hi MEB I found a further problem before I came back to this forum. If you create a symbol and drag it on to a master page, then all pages linked to the master page contain multiple copies of the symbol, figure 1,along its dragged path, figure 2, though the symbol appears correctly on the master page. Also while writing this, Publisher Beta crashed whilst displaying the pages like the one in figure 2. Filled in crash report and sent it. Thank you for your comment. Following that and my experiences I will definitely not use symbols on the master page again! Pman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMan Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Another thing about that I don't know is a bug or not, but once you select a copy of a symbol and click on Sync, you can edit that copy without affecting others but if you click on Sync again, synchronisation does not seem to be applied to the copy you have been working on even though the help file infers that you can enable synchronisation again. Other copies of the symbol remain synchronised so clicking on one and altering the colour fill,say, will update all of the copies which have not yet been unsynced. So my problem is I don't seem to be able to re-enable synching, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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