andrecampeau Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I have been trying to use the continuation fields (Next Frame, Previouse Frame) to show what page the story continues on and from, but it's not working. Is it just me or are others having this problem too. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted September 16, 2019 Staff Share Posted September 16, 2019 can you provide a sample file for us to look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrecampeau Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 Here is a sample file. Andre BU test-3.afpub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 7/28/2019 at 11:20 AM, andrecampeau said: I have been trying to use the continuation fields (Next Frame, Previouse Frame) To use continuation fields you need to have the frames linked. You have a separate frame with "See page <Next Page Number>" on the initial page, and a separate frame with "From page <Previous Page Number>" on the target page. But the frames are not linked together. For example, you have a link from the main text on page 2 to the "from page" frame on page 4, but what you need is a link from the "see page" frame to the "from page" frame. So, the main text frames need to be linked together, so the text flows. And the See and From frames need to be linked together so the references work. Pauls 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrecampeau Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 I looked in the Help menu but there was no indication to do that. I was doing it the same way I do it in InDesign. How do I link the two boxes (see page and from page)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, andrecampeau said: I looked in the Help menu but there was no indication to do that. I was doing it the same way I do it in InDesign. How do I link the two boxes (see page and from page)? Click the lower right triangle on the "see" frame. Then click the upper left triangle on the "from" frame. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrecampeau Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Thanks Walt. That works. Now if only Affinity Publisher had a eyedropper tool like inDesign that can copy styles and apply it to another text box. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 You're welcome. If you're wanting a consistent style for those pairs of frames ("see" and "from") you might consider creating an asset for each text frame, or possibly an asset for the pair, so they all start with the same size and style. Just drag the asset onto the page when you need it for a new story. If you create an asset for the pair of them they can already be linked, and after dragging the asset onto the end of the story you're working on, you can then drag the "from" asset onto the continuation page. Alternatively, you can create a style from a Text Frame using the Styles studio panel, and you can apply that to other Text Frames. It will carry all of the frame attributes, as well as the text attributes (font, size, etc.). But you're right; there's no eyedropper-like method of copying styles. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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