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• • August 15, 2013 at 9:51 am #64877
    Anonymous

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    Could you give this a go and see if it’s not just me?

    1. Make a new document.
    2. Make a new B master page, based on A master.
    3. Add some objects to A master, let’s say some nice red squares.
    4. Override these objects on B master with CMD+SHIFT
    5. Make these objects buttons on B Master.
    6. Go back to A Master and nudge all the objects up one click.
    7. Are they OK on B Master? Anything odd happened? I’m seeing them leap out of place like scalded cats.
    8. Now go to A Master and make the objects buttons there. They should all reappear on B Master.
    9. Delete the old objects on B Master from wherever they have jumped to.
    10. Now try and override the new buttons on B Master with CMD+SHIFT. Good luck.

    Can anyone advise on this? I’m hoping someone wise will be able to smile in an avuncular manner and tell me ‘That’s a feature, not a bug’, as I am halfway through an interactive document with no fewer than 10 masters all based on each other. I have tried this in CS5, CS6 and CC, the same every time.

    Cheers

  • August 16, 2013 at 9:06 am #64901
    Anonymous

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    Well, I have submitted this as a bug and spent the afternoon fixing my document. My next feature request for InDesign will be a keyboard shortcut to instantly dispense a gin and tonic from my Mac.

  • August 16, 2013 at 10:48 pm #64912
    Gert Verrept

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    @Salieri: Strange, I’m on windows 7 and reproduced the problem, but I can override the buttons (point 10) without problems. As you pointed out in step 7, they leap out of place. In fact, every time I change the type of button on master A, the problem occurs.

    • August 16, 2013 at 11:17 pm #64913
      Gert Verrept

      Member

      Correction, your point 10 stands too. No way to override. Sorry, the first time I had still some objects below the buttons in the same color. Wait and see what others say or what Adobe will produce as answer.

  • August 21, 2013 at 9:49 am #64954
    dhrose

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    I have had this problem using InDesign interactive for the last 2 years… I developed some complex interactive presentations with buttons and multi-state objects and discovered this in the process. There is no way to fix it and I’m assuming Adobe thinks most people will never encounter the problem unless they really push the envelope with InDesign interactive. I was trying to create a complete Flash type presentation with rollovers and multi-states and I had to put buttons inside the multi-state that corresponded to button areas on the background (not in the multi). The buttons although lined up pixel perfect “appeared” out of alignment?

    Very frustrating… and potentially wiping out the possibility of using InDesign for this type of thing. It really depends on how you use the interactive capabilities of InDesign and to what extent you try and add interactivity as to whether you can be sidetracked by this problem. I’ve wondered whether people are using the interactive features or not?

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