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Master pages lost between v. 270 and v. 283


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I created a test .apub document from a PDF in v. 257, which I saved.   Because it was from a PDF and did not have master pages, I saved it that way.   Using v. 270, I first created new master pages, assigned page number markers and created text frames and linked them, then added 12 facing pages.  I cut and pasted all text from the v. 257 document into the new v. 270 document.   I then used Section Manager to renumber the pages, from 1-12 to 125-136.  All perfect.   Saved the file.

I opened it yesterday in v. 173, and discovered that the master pages have vanished, and the section manager is back to the default condition.   The 12 facing pages are where they belong, all text and images are there, and even though the section manager is at the default position, the page numbering is still at the changed setting 125-136.    So I closed the document and went back to v. 270 and discovered that the same situation is there too.   Document pages are fine, page numbering is fine, but the master pages are missing and section manager is at the default position.

I will be glad to send the document to a drop box, if you wish to see it.   I am on MAC Sierra, and have been having zero problems up to now!! 


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I should add that the page margins which were set in v. 270 for the missing master pages are also gone.  The document now has left and right margins reversed.    This is not important to me, because it was simply a test document.    But it would appear that v. 270 had a glitch here and there.    I have opened documents created and saved in v. 257 and not opened in v.270, and they are all intact.   Hope this helps.  


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I haven’t tried that, but I did do the same thing all over again only in v. 283.   Imported a PDF with all options checked, did the Find and Replace operation to get rid of the line breaks, etc.  then I saved it as an .apub file.  Opened a second new file, set master pages, etc. and then cut and pasted text only from the first .apub file(1) into the second one(2).   I purposely did not try to  Select All, because I have discovered that images with text wrapped in a PDF and subsequently included in an .apub cannot be changed, nor can the text be rewrapped.   Instead, where an image was located in (1), and now a blank block in (2), I used the Delete key (highlighting and dragging doesn’t work) placed it at the left (or right) of the first word next to the blank for each wrapped paragraph in (2) and tapped repeatedly until the wrapped text was back to the margin.   Interestingly, doing this makes an entire paragraph of wrapped text move.   At that point I was able to cut and paste each image from (1) into (2) and position and wrap text perfectly.    When done, I saved (2) then opened it again.   Master Pages and Section Manager perfect.    Export as PDF was perfect too.    I suspect that v. 270 is an abberation, just as one previous version was.    Not to worry!    

Regarding v. 257, I did not do the entire experiment with it, but will be glad to, if you wish me to test it.  Just let me know.   Other documents created with v. 257 (but not from converted PDF’s) open perfectly with v. 283.   Even some created with v. 47!!!   Publisher is A WINNER in my book!


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I should have added that I trashed all of my failed experiments.    I haven’t emptied the trash yet, so might be able to find the original v. 257 document I wrote about on March 28.


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,  Ventura 13.6.   Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1.  
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5 hours ago, GabrielM said:

Hi @jmwellborn,

What happens if you open the 257 document in 283? Does it look alright? 

Thanks,

Gabe. 

Just to check, I located the file from v. 257 from my MAC Sierra trash, and opened it again in v. 257.   I had saved that file without master pages, because Publisher would not let me create  them after the Pages were filled with text frames.    I opened that file directly into v. 283, and was able to create the master pages, unlike v. 257.   I then changed the margins, etc., assigned page number icons and used Section Manager to change the page numbering.   The document itself was fine, except that because I had changed the margins, I needed to adjust those manually.    Not a problem. Expected behavior.   The one thing I discovered is that there is another way to solve the  placed images with text wrap issue which carries over from the original PDF.    Apparently a temporary margin is created for the image on the text frame ruler which must be manually removed, as well as some temporary tab stops.   When those are removed so that the text frame ruler matches the paragraph style, one can then use the Publisher text wrap settings to re-establish a proper wrap around the image.  I hope this isn't as clear as mud!   Anyway, v. 283 saved the document, I closed it out, then reopened it.   Everything was where it should be.   Master Pages, Section Manager, etc.   I think v. 270 is the problem. 


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