Edward Goodwin
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I'm looking for the same functionality but it doesn't seem to be here as simply as AI.
I'd like to click once (i.e. not click and drag) and then get a dialogue box for the dimensions of the rectangle that I can fit in. With the current AD system I have to click, drag, select then go to transform and input the numbers.
Is there any functionality like I'm describing in AI?
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Thanks Old Bruce.
Before I send anything, the master document is facing pages and the actual document has facing pages. I realised I should have mentioned that.
I do appear to have circumvented the problem by duplicating the first three pages, reapplied the masters to them, then manually moved the threads and finally split the thread for the inserted pages and deleted the contents. But what a palaver! I'll post a sample of what's happening tomorrow (hopefully) so that someone with more knowledge can tell me what I am doing wrong!
Edward
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Hello, I wonder if someone can help me. I'm running Affinity Publisher on a Mac. I have a 52 page document mostly of text and a few images. I have a two-page master document set up with four columns along with various character styles etc.
Anyway, I have set the layout as I'd like it but I now need to add two pages at the start of the document. However, when I do this I have some curious behaviour going on... firstly, when I add two pages, Publisher adds three. Secondly, when I do this, the column threads get crossed over - What I mean by that is this: If we assume that, from left to right, the columns are 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the text flow should be from 1 to 2 to 3 to 4. Well, when I add the two pages (but three are added) the text flow is 2 to 1 to 4 to 3 and then on to the next page...
What am I doing wrong?! All advice gratefully received.
Edward
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Nope - in picture frames in both. I tried that see if it made a difference but it didn't!
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Hi,
I have a couple of Publisher documents open. Neither of them are in preview mode. On one of them the text and image bounding boxes are visible. On the other, only the text bounding boxes are visible - i.e. the image bounding boxes are not visible (unless I click on the image). I think it's a simple question I'm asking but I can't find the answer! So: how do you show/hide the image bounding boxes (when the image is not selected)?
All help gratefully received. I suspect I'm being dim! Edward
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Possibly I didn't explain it very well. What I meant was, if the formatting that I'm after is common (which I think it is but I could be wrong) then having an automatic way of formatting that way would be useful. It's similar to having 'indent' or 'first line indent'. This acknowledges that sometimes people might want a different indent for the first line. I had assumed (incorrectly) that there might have been an additional question of 'first line of first paragraph indent' or similar... Hence a 'built-in' system rather than having to create multiple rules to achieve it. I do appreciate that it's not a simple ask as it'd require a delineating format to create the 'break' (in the same way as a line-break creates the break for 'first line indent'). I guess that could have been a different character format (heading/chapter) or even simply a double line space. Anyway, just a thought! I hope that explains what I rather muddily described as 'more embedded'...
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Thanks everyone! That's great - really useful.
I'm surprised that there's not a more embedded method for the paragraph formatting as this is often how books/newspapers etc. are formatted; flush first paragraph, indented subsequent. Anyway, I'll go with the proposal.
All the best, Edward
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Hi. I suspect I'm being a bit dim. But could someone direct me to a help file for setting up a paragraph format for the following: I would like the first line of a chapter/block of text not to be indented (i.e. flush left) but then for subsequent paragraphs to be indented... Any suggestions?
Also, whilst I'm here, I've been trying to find how to display paragraph symbols and page breaks etc. so I can see what's what re: formatting. However, I can't seem to find the information on the Affinity help files. All pointers welcome!
Edward
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h_d - this is great! I am on a mac...
alt (on my keyboard, option on others) + click/drag doesn't do the snapping *unless* you release the alt key before unclicking. It's a step I'd not though to try but it works. So that's super. cmd-drag also works.
Out of interest, what's the difference between the alt/option and the cmd versions? Is that a difference between copy and clone? If yes, what is clone vs. copy?
Thanks for your help!
E
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When copying objects in Affinity Designer (on a mac), I'm finding that snaps don't work to the object copied from. I'll explain:
Let's say I have drawn a rectangle. I alt-click & drag to copy the object. I now want this newly created copy to snap to the object that I've copied it from (the original rectangle). It doesn't snap. If I click off the copy, select the original rectangle and then re-select/drag the copy, it will now snap to the original. This is a frustrating work flow as it requires 2-3 extra clicks.
Do I have something incorrectly set-up in the snapping preferences that stops this from working? Or does this functionality not exist in Affinity Designer? Seems quite a basic function to me...
All guidance gratefully received!
Edward
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Any news on a blend tool - above it was mentioned that a replicate/blend tool is on the roadmap - any news?
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Thanks! I've been trying it today and it hasn't been working. I just was about to record an example to send to you and, of course, suddenly it is working... If I replicate the issue I'll send a screen recording. Thanks for all your help!
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Any news on this feature? I find myself needing to join coincident nodes repeatedly. Indeed, I was looking for a solution again and found my own comment above about it. Any news?
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Pleeeeeeease please please please. Please pretty please with a cherry on top. Could we have DXF import.
I'm asking in the nicest, most respectful, not shouting way I can muster. We love Designer. We've bought it (many times for the company). We have Photo and Publisher and love them. But we really really really need DXF import.
Really really.
Please?
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Hi Walt,
Thanks for the reply - it seems that there was some problem with the text/paragraph styles... they were selected in the panel but were not coming through to the drop down menu at the top. I've resaved the styles and reapplied them using the top menu drop-down and now they are appearing in the TOC box so it's all working fine (-ish!)
Thanks for your help.
Edward
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Hi, I wonder if someone can help me...
It's the first time I'm using table of contents in Publisher. I have the document almost complete with a page set out ready to receive the TOC. I have the document text formatted using Text Styles as appropriate. I've drawn my text box and have then selected to insert the TOC which brings up the TOC control panel box. However, in the 'style name' section, NO styles are listed. As a result, Publisher tells me that 'no table of contents entries were found'. What am I doing wrong? How do I get the text styles from my document into the TOC control panel such that I can select the relevant ones to be used to determine the TOC?
All thoughts/suggestions gratefully received!
Edward
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That is an interesting solution... It's interesting that in this situation, the third (unnecessary) joining line is not created... But, as you say, it's not exactly a 1 click operation. Thanks for the feedback though. I hope someone from Affinity is watching and might create a solution the problem properly.
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In a separate post I've asked the same question... so I'm glad I'm not the only one missing this functionality!
However, I wonder if an additional tool is actually required... it's not in Illustrator. My version is simply that if the two points to be joined are coincident, the additional joining line is not created. That way, one tool does two jobs. For me, the process would be thus:
- Use the node tool to drag one point on top of another node (the yellow snapping cues will help you to know they are coincident).
- Click-drag over the points (which are coincident) to select both.
- Select 'join curves'. Done.
I guess, a dialogue could appear (as it does in Illustrator) to ask if you'd like a corner or a smooth curve. For me that's not essential as I can change that in the normal way as necessary. If the two points are not coincident then the functionality of the join curve button would be the same as it currently is (i.e. an additional line would be added to join the two points.
Make sense?
Edward
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Hi Sfiedberg, thanks for the reply - good to know that it's not just me!
When you suggest dragging one point over the second - do you mean after you've already joined two points? If yes, then you still have a line between those two points (even if at that point they are coincident and hence that line has zero length). Then, when you drag the point you'll probably just pick up one point and the extra line will re-appear.
I hope this is something that Affinity is working on. Do you know how I can propose it as a feature request?
Edward
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Hi,
Please could someone explain how to join coincident points in Designer? I understand how to use the Join tool with non-coincident points: shift-select the two end points with the node tool, select Join and hey presto! you get a new line which joins the two selected points. However, what about if I don't want a new line? How do I select the two coincident points such that they then join to create a single point which joins the two lines together? In Illustrator, this is not tricky - click and drag over the two coincident points > select join (decide if you want a sharp corner or a curving corner) and it's done. I'm sure I'm missing something in Designer... could someone spill the beans please? Thank you!
Edward
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How to create a rectangle, or any shape, that is a specific size
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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How do we request such a functionality? It would allow for fewer clicks etc. and hence would refine workflow.