KipV Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 I tried to import a .docx file and it locks up every time. My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
KipV Posted April 30, 2019 Author Posted April 30, 2019 Upon restarting I am now able to import that document but the text isn't positioned the way I set up the text box. I had to go back and reposition the text box because it made it's own text box on import. My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
walt.farrell Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 6 minutes ago, KipV said: Upon restarting I am now able to import that document but the text isn't positioned the way I set up the text box. I had to go back and reposition the text box because it made it's own text box on import. If you're saying that you ended up with two text frames, then perhaps you didn't have your text frame selected when you did the Place operation? -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
KipV Posted April 30, 2019 Author Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, walt.farrell said: If you're saying that you ended up with two text frames, then perhaps you didn't have your text frame selected when you did the Place operation? I dragged out a box and with the insertion point blinking and then went to import. Is that what you mean by having it selected or do I select the text box with the arrow tool? My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
walt.farrell Posted April 30, 2019 Posted April 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, KipV said: I dragged out a box and with the insertion point blinking and then went to import. Is that what you mean by having it selected or do I select the text box with the arrow tool? No, that's what I meant. Very odd, then, that you ended up with two of them. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.5, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.5
Staff Sean P Posted May 1, 2019 Staff Posted May 1, 2019 Hi KipV Can you attach the offending file please? If you do get any issues that are file specific then please attach the file. If it is a file that you do not wish to share publicly that is not a problem as we can give you an upload link! Thanks
KipV Posted May 1, 2019 Author Posted May 1, 2019 6 hours ago, Sean P said: we can give you an upload link! Yes please, I would like the upload link or email. My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
Staff Patrick Connor Posted May 1, 2019 Staff Posted May 1, 2019 Thanks KipV Upload to HERE: https://www.dropbox.com/request/Kl8xWIjbHYdzuEmLplWR Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon
KipV Posted May 1, 2019 Author Posted May 1, 2019 Ok, I uploaded both the Publisher file and the docx file. I am not sure how the docx was put together. It also looks like there was a table perhaps? It doesn't seem like the file needed a table though. I can't check it since I don't have Microsoft Word. Patrick Connor 1 My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
Staff Sean P Posted May 2, 2019 Staff Posted May 2, 2019 Hi KipV, Thanks for the file, it is not crashing for me on import. However importing it as a table is the correct behaviour, because that is how the text has been created/formatted inside the docx. See attached screenshot of the document in Word (I've hidden the text for privacy reasons).
KipV Posted May 3, 2019 Author Posted May 3, 2019 @Sean P I am not getting a nice laid out text like you have in your example. I sent you a screen shot of what I am getting on my end. I just sent it now. My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
Staff Sean P Posted May 8, 2019 Staff Posted May 8, 2019 Hi Kip, That screenshot has been taken from Microsoft Word and shows that the text is inside of a table object. I get a similar look when I place in Publisher, because it has pinned a table (containing all the text) inside the text frame, so it doesn't look pretty but the behaviour is correct.
KipV Posted May 9, 2019 Author Posted May 9, 2019 I am glad to hear Publisher is working right. I don't know enough about Word or using Word as a layout tool or tables inside of Word to know how things should work in that area. I am sure it would probably import better if it was just saved as plain text. I would think adding tables should be done with in the layout tool rather than the text file. That makes me think, with InDesign there is a way to strip out all (or nearly all) text formatting. Is that a feature that is available in publisher? My Current Project | Previous Project | First Foray Into Web Design
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