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Duplicate Swatches Revert Objects


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If you right-click a swatch and make a copy, then rename the copy, you have two swatches of the same color. AFPUB does not respect their name differences. When you apply the second swatch to an object, and then come back to that object later, it will have reverted to the original swatch and name since the two swatches have the same HSL - the swatch becomes highlighted when you select an object - the wrong swatch.

This is a bit problematic if you wish to, say, assign #one swatch to section one of the document and assign #two swatch to section two of the document. The idea would be to come back later and change the colors of section two via editing the second swatch (the copy). It seems that you have to make a slight HSL change so that the objects don't confuse AFPUB by having the same HSL values.

Essentially, this means you have to create a new colour swatch for section two that is not a complete duplicate of swatch #1.

Screen recording: two picture objects, a single color swatch is used on each. Copy that swatch to make a duplicate. Assign duplicate swatch to second item. Select first object - uses original swatch. Select second object - original swatch is highlighted. Swatch copy is ignored and not used since it is entirely a duplicate.

I would prefer to have an object keep the same swatch that was assigned and not revert to another with the same settings.

 

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> AFPUB does not respect their name differences.

In your video you do not rename the swatch copy, did you? Therefore the app gets confused by its auto-naming with twice an identical name. The global swatch copy naming issue appears to be reported here, too:

 

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