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Hi,

I found the following strange behaviour: When copying more than one object and pasting the objects the layer order seems to be inversed. Is there a way to avoid this?

Frank

Frank --

Glad you posted your find. I've found the same thing in OPUS and OPUS XE. I've been meaning to mention it to DW. It's more than an annoyance, since objects which had been on top, end up on the bottom (often out of sight).

See if the order in which you select items makes a difference. Pick the item on top first, then try to copy it when you pick it last. It may make a difference (but it shouldn't -- to my way of thinking).

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For anyone interested try this...

In an existing pub with lots of objects on a page, create a new text box. Rename it as "Test (1)" and in the Organiser select it and CTRL-D duplicate it 4 times. You will have:

Test (5)
Test (4)
Test (3)
Test (2)
Test (1)

Now select them all using SHIFT and the mouse. Whilst highlighted, drag them "down" the organiser tree and they reverse order... drag them "up" the tree and they also reverse order. Interestingly though is if you repeat the same direction in removing them subsequent times, they retain their initial order.

By using CTRL and the mouse, you can actually change the order!!! Hold down CTRL and select an order... e.g. (2), (4), (1), (3), (5) ...with them all selected move them "down" the tree and they are in reverse order you have selected... move them "up" the tree and they are in correct order chosen.

It would be great if SR3 could resolve this.

Further to what Steve mentioned.

I can confirm what Steve says.

I have to add that I was working with duplicating chapters and found that the pages inside each chapter were reversing in order when I used the method Steve described. I experienced this across 50+ instances before I accidentally discovered a solution., which is this:

1. Select the chapter you want to duplicate and right-click > Copy.
2. Move to where you want the copy of that chapter, right-click > Paste.

I have successfully copied 100+ chapters without one occurrence of a reversal of order of the pages.

I don't know if this works with objects on a page bit it might be worth trying. I also agree that there are more serious implications like layering with page objects. The changing order of pages within a chapter is just an annoyance.

A point to note: When you are working with copying chapters or the names of chapters, CTRL+C and CTRL+V do not work. You must use right-click and Copy/Paste as appropriate. I know, this used to work in 281, but it doesn't in 04.

Hi,

Thank you for this information.

Our development team are aware of these issues and are currently working on a solution.

Kind regards,