SoftMaker.com

A thousand thanks Jossi.. Sorry I never responded sooner. I took time out to really see how it works for me, and have to report that the unique method of working with objects really is a deal breaker for me. I tend to write chapters in random order, and then reposition them when I'm more certain of ...

Please make sure to paste the frame in Object mode. If you paste it while in Edit mode, it is converted to an embedded object. The fact that the pasted object has only four dots instead of eight indicates this. yes, I figured that much out.. but i still can't see how, when in object mode, i can pin...

i'm getting confused with the docs we've been looking at... i just want to simplify this as much as possible to get my head straight on things.. so i'm enclosing another file.. it has one text box i created using object>new text frame .. then i right aligned that object to the margin with offset zer...

Hmm.. in the document "lorem test objects named and rearranged.tmdx" .. If I select for example "This is Frame 20" on page 5.. so I get the 8 little blue dots in the corners and sides of the frame.. then I "ctrl-c" it.. then I paste it elsewhere.. I don't see that this ...

Thanks Jossi, for your patience in explaining all this to me. And my apologies for my inability to better describe the issues I was facing. I'm starting to get my head around this, although still not quite there yet. You say in your reply "All of them (auto shapes and text boxes) have their own...

here it is..

i've cr3eated a dummy lorem ipsum doc with some objects/frames can i send it to you to look at? it has the text out of alignment with the frames.. maybe it is as you've said that they are text block and rectangle.. also if you select the first object in this doc, do a ctrl-a and then choose object>a...

looking at an objects properties, would it not be useful to see immediately if it is a real object or an embedded object?

if i want to move an entire chapter of my book, having to move text first and then objects is just not user friendly at all..

Maybe there is some sense behind the way things work, but I don't see them as being intuitive.. I'm still left scratching my head after your explanation.. I would need to see some video explanations of all this, and some practical examples to understand better how things work.. You still haven't add...

I've written several books with extensive use of objects with text.. I have been using libreoffice for this, but libreofice has several bugs when it comes to using objects, so i bought softmaker 2021 thinking a paid office suite would fair better.. unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case.. I'...

The the results I'm getting are normal? Somehow I doubt that is true.. all the objects disappear from the document leaving a space where they used to be.. then after a few minutes, the "filler" spaces disappear, and all the objects are gone/vanished from the doc.. a control z get's them ba...

OK.. I just tried this and am confused by the results I'm getting. Firstly, when I select an object and then press ctrl-a all the objects in the document are selected, - not just the one's on the current page (as I think you are saying).. that's what I was hoping I would happen though. but when I th...

This would be a great addition.. I too work on several docs at once, and would love to be able to open textmaker and continue from where I left off, even better if each document could be positioned exactly as they were when last closed..

I'd dearly love to see an "Apply" button added to the left of the "OK" and "Cancel" buttons. It's function should be to make the changes done to the properties, but not close the object properties box.. this would be useful to see the changes and make further changes if...

How can I automatically align an object to the right margin of a page? I have a document full of what I believe are called "objects" (they are basically text boxes - when I double click on them I get the "object properties" box pop up - sorry I'm a newbie with this).. I'd like to...