SilverSurfer1221 Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 I've had a project where I've had to use Place to place a lot of images (basically setting up a deck of cards in Publisher to go to print). Every once in a while, after using the menu to click on Place, the area where you select document type gets set to TXT instead of ALL. I never change this, so the software is doing it on its own. It does not happen every time, but it does happen frequently - maybe once every four or five times accessing Place. BTW - This happens in both Publisher and Designer. I've not tested this in Photo. LCamachoDesign 1 Quote
SilverSurfer1221 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Posted August 14, 2019 After completing the project, I noticed this happening about every second or third time I was using Place. Quote
LCamachoDesign Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 I've noticed this on Publisher as well. Quote
walt.farrell Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 If you have the Frame Text tool selected, or a Text Frame selected, the Place dialog will automatically show you text files. Quote -- 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 August 15, 2019 Staff Posted August 15, 2019 Hi SilverSurfer1221, As Walt has said the File > Place will default to text files if you have a Text Frame or Artistic Text selected - this is by design. Quote
SilverSurfer1221 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Posted August 16, 2019 I have not placed a single text file nor was I placing in or using a Text Frame in either Publisher or Designer when I noticed this. As stated above, I was placing IMAGES for a DECK OF CARDS to be printed. In each case, it was a PNG file. So, Place was reverting to TXT despite me using images each time. Quote
Staff Sean P Posted August 23, 2019 Staff Posted August 23, 2019 10 minutes ago, SilverSurfer1221 said: Any word on this? Unfortunately I've not been able to reproduce this behaviour, as I've said before it only gives me Text files when I have a text frame selected. Would you be able to record a video that demonstrates this behaviour you are getting please along with the file you're trying to place the images in? Does it happen on a new document? Quote
SilverSurfer1221 Posted August 30, 2019 Author Posted August 30, 2019 I was not able to record a video, but I was experiencing this quite a bit with my last project. I had to make corrections to the deck of cards and replace them in the deck I had put together in Publisher. In each case I was bringing in a PSD file saved from Photoshop. I was never creating or placing any text whatsoever. The PSD file had layers and, yes, some of the layers were text layers. But in every case, the PSD file was a complete card with text and images making the entire design. When I used Place or Replace (to replace a previously placed image), many times when I went to Place or Replace, it would default to TXT instead of the last option, which shows any type of supported file. I don't know if this helps. I hope so, though, as I was getting this a lot this last time around. Sometimes Place or Replace was defaulting to TXT several times in a row. Quote
Joachim_L Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) Ups, misread, wrong forum. Happens also with Publisher. I can confirm it happens in .471 from time to time. This seems to be never been fixed since the betas. Edited August 31, 2019 by Joachim_L Wrong forum used Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed
Staff Sean P Posted September 2, 2019 Staff Posted September 2, 2019 Thanks for getting back to us SilverSurver1221 - that was indeed very helpful. It appears it is happening when you have an Embedded Document selected which is what you'll get when placing a PSD or PDF. I'll get this passed on to development. Thanks for your patience! Quote
SilverSurfer1221 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Posted September 23, 2019 Sure! Thanks for looking into this. I appreciate it. Quote
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