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Overset text ignored when text frame is duplicated

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    • August 3, 2016 at 1:49 am #87051
      Simon Duckworth
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      Hi Gang,

      I don’t suppose anyone knows why InDesign removes overset text when text frames are duplicated? Seems to have changed on latest CC update (I’m using InDesign CC 2015.4 Release (11.4.0.90 Build).

      It might be that i’m being dumb and ID has always behaved in this way, or that I’ve inadvertantly activated a setting – can anyone advise please?

      Thanks very much! Simon

    • August 11, 2016 at 1:51 pm #87369
      Lala Lala
      Participant

      on my older version, if you copy and paste or use the duplicate command, overset text is preserved (you get the red + at the bottom right of the frame in both copies). How are you duplicating?

    • August 12, 2016 at 12:49 am #87390
      Simon Duckworth
      Participant

      Thanks CreeDo, that’s just what I thought, the older versions do this correctly — I tried a few ways, copy & pasting, duplicating and Alt-drag. Whatever I tried, only the visible portion of the text box actually duplicate. I had to resort to Selecting All then copying to make sure I had all the content. Now I know it’s a problem, I work around it, but it’s quite a nasty bug!

    • August 12, 2016 at 2:35 am #87391
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      Have you tried to do this on a new separate document? So just do a new document then apply a text box with the overset text so you get the red box on the bottom right. Duplicate it and see if the problem still exists.

    • August 12, 2016 at 11:53 pm #87430
      Simon Duckworth
      Participant

      Hi Moghees, yes I tried in a new document, and also on separate Macs running ID. I even tweeted Adobe’s InDesign Twitter account but without reply. My problem with CC is just this, that things can change without warning and there seems to be no way to roll back to an older (and IMHO better) version. But if you know an issue’s there, you can work around it with a Select All and copy to select all content in threaded frames.

      Like the footnotes issue, I’d happily trade the extras (I’m looking at you, QR code generator) for the basic things to function properly!

    • August 15, 2016 at 12:46 am #87490
      Simon Duckworth
      Participant

      Hi Dwayne, I’ve experienced footnote issues when trying to run them across more than one column, the rules don’t flow across with the text

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