1 Reply by GrimsbyUser

(5 replies, posted in PagePlus)

Hi Geoff,
Thank you again for your further response.
First, regarding an email notification of the posting of a reply to an issue - the existence of an RSS option is duly noted, but I actually rather like your suggestion that making the effort to go back to the site and check for replies with the potential that I might spot something that I can help others with - nice response - I'll stick with that :-)

As for the response to dragging PDFs onto a page, as I said, your workaround succeeds perfectly, so I'm quite happy with that. You are of course correct that this bug discovery of mine will never be corrected now, but it's just odd that it has only just surfaced in these last few days - prior to that it never occurred for me.
Best wishes and thank you again.

PS. I'm a many years user of almost all Serif software - until 2014 I actually lived about 8 miles from their Nottingham headquarters - so I have got version 2 of all three Affinity apps, it's just that I'm much more familiar with the older software. I did try the same exercise with Affinity Publisher - but I got irritated by its insistence of adding a two-page spread when I didn't want that as my intention was always to export to PDF and Adobe Reader displays  the pages rather smaller in order to accommodate the landscape format of the spread of pages 2 and 3, but with pages 1 and 4 in portrait above and below the spread.

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2 Reply by GrimsbyUser

(5 replies, posted in PagePlus)

Hi GB,
Thank you most sincerely for your reply to my problem. Many apologies for my slow response. I was expecting this site to generate an email notification when a reply was posted. Does it in fact do exactly that, (and either I  hadn't spotted it, or perhaps I hadn't received it for some reason, or maybe my email system - incorrectly - diverted it to my Junk/Spam folder)?

Anyway, the original problem has not yet been solved, more of that below. I'm quite happy to send the offending file if appropriate, by the way.

However, your suggested workaround has worked. As in the past I had always just drag and dropped PDF files into PagePlus, literally never with any problem, it didn't occur to me to think of using the Insert option  that you mentioned. I have just done it now, and instantly and successfully achieved what I wanted. I am very grateful to you, thank you so much.

By way of returning the compliment, I have next investigated further. I created a single (blank) page file, and tried dropping, (ie. not Inserting), a Jpeg file onto the page. Immediate success - as I would expect. Then I used the Pages tab to add a new, second page, and tried dropping another Jpeg onto it. Again no problem. Pages tab was next used to add a third, drop a Jpeg,  and a fourth page and drop. Every time instant success. Right, now the acid test. Pages tab, create page five, drop a PDF file onto it. Result, I have a single page with a PDF file on it, the four Jpeg-carrying pages have all been eradicated.

So the issue lies with the PDF files. Whether it is just my PDF's, (most of them created by exporting from PagePlus), and ones derived from elsewhere would not cause this problem I haven't tested to find out. I would tend to exclude anything related to my hardware system or setup on the grounds that it has always used PagePlus correctly and successfully in the past.

Hope this helps, and thank you once again for your kind support.

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3 Topic by GrimsbyUser

(5 replies, posted in PagePlus)

Hi,
I have Page Plus X9 version number 19.0.2.22.
Adding a second or more pages to a new, one page publication has always been quick and simple via the + button in the Pages tab. I have never had any problem with it, until today.
Digressing slightly to give a context, adding PDF files into the publication has likewise never been a problem - add a new page, (if required) then just drag and drop and respond to the PDF Import Options pop-up as appropriate, and it works.

Today I had a one page publication open, dropped a PDF onto it - there it is. Next I used the Pages tab to create a new blank page, clicked on it in the tab to make it the current page being viewed, dropped a different PDF onto it, replied to the Import window,  and there it is - perfect, well except that it killed the original first page and just showed a one page publication with the newly inserted PDF.
I've never seen this before, nor needed it. Help appreciated please.

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4 Reply by GrimsbyUser

(2 replies, posted in WebPlus)

Ah-ha, so I was right about being able to fetch a site back down then - it's not my almost, (next month), 79 year old memory letting me down for once smile smile
Thank you Alfred, and thank you for accepting me as well.

I'm fairly sure that I still have the WebPlusX7 CD somewhere. I might try that first, but otherwise thank you for the alternative suggestions, I've made a note of them.
Ta muchly !!

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5 Topic by GrimsbyUser

(2 replies, posted in WebPlus)

Hi all,
I've been using Serif's apps for many years, including WebPlus X8 (and previous versions before that). However,  whilst I have used most of their other programs pretty frequently, I have not used WebPlus for a good long while.

I seem to remember that it is possible to fetch back down into WebPlus from the internet an existing, and live site, (originally created with WebPlus), in order to add and amend it. But after a fair bit of digging around in the various menus, etc. and also looking in the manual, I can't find how to do this.

Am I imagining this? If not, how is it done, please?

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