WolframH

Yes, we will be providing MSI installers to customers who require them. This FAQ will be updated with links to MSI downloads when they become available.
Yes. These are now available
 

I imagine there were maybe advantages to switching to the Microsoft App Installer (.msix files).
However, for the user, the problems have increased:
There are many who have problems being able to install the packages. For example, it took me hours because the packages from Serif did not run for me. Only after downloading them directly from the Microsoft Store was I able to install them.
The next problem is the integration of the new programs in others. Now you can't find an .exe file which is accepted by other programs.

This is a stupid move by the developers. I own my PC, it is not a phone or a tablet and I want to control what goes on the PC and where it goes. I didn't spend time setting up partitions and drivers for fun. I have a particular drive for programs and that is where they go or they don't get installed - end of!
Version 2 is now uninstalled and I will never buy another Serif product until they fix this. The reason I went to Affinity suite in the first place was because Adobe ruined photoshop by their subscription/online nonsense.

Just bought the Suite and could not find the installation files so was unable to create shortcuts and worse unable to find a way to run the software! The only way I could launch the software was to double-click on the downloaded installation files which gave me the option to Launch from there. Total irritation and confusion.
However in the meantime after much faffing about through the Forum I discovered to my dismay that these are "App" files and do not install into the Program folder of my C drive and do not appear in my Programs & Features... How do I uninstall them?
I absolutely hate this unexplained change to installing/removing software and am not happy with the way this has been implemented, particularly as no advanced notification (as far as I could tell) was given.
I very much like what Serif is doing with Affinity and love the software but cannot stand this insane change to the standard installation procedure.
Please Serif fix this unwanted installation mess asap. and please retain some independence from the dumbing-down that Micro$oft continually applies to Windows in the so-called attempt to make it better.
I sincerely hope you listen.

Is there a plan to build editable, fillable Forms for pdf-Export. This would be a huge help. 

Is there a plan to build editable, fillable Forms for pdf-Export. This would be a huge help. 

Is there a way I can create forms in Affinity Publisher and export them as a pdf file that can have editable fields.  I know it can be done with Adobe Acrobat, however I do not want to support Adobe anymore, that is why I changed to Affinity.

Maybe it is how I create the afdesign-Document? I am not sure which one of this possible cases it was: 
Corel Draw -> pdf -> open with Affinity Designer -> create Artboard Adobe Illustrator -> open with Affinity Designer -> create Artboard But thank you for your workaround. 

Interesting. ArtBoard and Document have different sizes. When I copy the content of ArtBoard1 to a new artboard, delete ArtBoard1, save and place everything looks normal.
And the question is: Why are there two entries in Artboard dropdown for Document AND ArtBoard1?

We are using Publisher as a discussion document for a new website design, for layout, copy, images etc. and it is working very well.
I'm now tasked with copying text from the pages in the Publisher document into the web page design software (Netbeans) and I'm encountering the following strangeness when viewing the published web page in Chrome:

Sprinkled throughout the text are these P SEP boxes which appear where there are paragraph breaks. I'm just using a select text, copy and then paste in the other app. This is a non-printable Unicode character that is not visible in most editors but can be deleted if you know where they are. There is also an L SEP box but I'v not encountered any of those yet.  Is there any way I can avoid these characters being included on the clipboard?

You can't edit the PDF file if you use Passthrough because editing requires the PDF to be Interpreted. You need all the fonts, etc. just as if you Opened the PDF.
It's not rasterized, it's just that Passthrough is preserving all the contents of the PDF file so it will flow through the Publisher processing unchanged into the final output.

Can you provide a PDF for us to look at that shows this? And also, ideally, a .afpub document where you see the problem?

Hi @WolframH,
you can select the desired preset in the export dialog(ue). It lets you choose from a wide range of PDF presets.
 

Very odd. Those PDFs are fine. What happens if you delete them from your original afpub file, and simply re-add them? Does it still crash? 

Ah, thank you anyway, I have the 1.9 beta (for pdf import). I'll try this. 
Yesss! 😁 This is the solution. Perfect, thank you all for the help. Affinity Publisher put this feature already in beta-version 1.9. It works perfect! 

Sorry; it looks like this only works in the 1.9 beta, not in 1.8.

Once you have the TOC created, each entry provides an anchor, and you can navigate using the Anchors panel (View > Studio > Anchors). Just click on the anchor of interest, then click the "go to anchor" icon on the lower left of the panel.
 

I only have one eye to read/write with at the moment, so please excuse anything I have mised in the thread.
@WolframH, thie QXP list feature isn't available in APub.
The QXP list feature is akin to MS Word's Navigation panel. It can be used for both TOCs, pdf bookmarks etc., as well sa jumping to varios locations withing a document.

Are you wanting this navigation to be in the final product the " (kind of science-books for my pupils) " or in the Publisher document while you are working on it?

Have you tried creating a Table of Contents?

Sounds like in-doc anchors: https://affinity.help/publisher/English.lproj/pages/Panels/anchorsPanel.html

The text styles in Affinity Publisher certainly support lists (see, for example, the Numbered 1 and Numbered 2 text styles), but I'm not not sure how that relates to navigation.
Can you give more of an example of what you want to do?

Been using JDownloader for so long I forgot about the installers with all the junk.
I have a very old clean installer.
These are the 47 Publisher tutorials video links I pasted into the downloader.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/285242938
https://player.vimeo.com/video/285249440
https://player.vimeo.com/video/285249814
https://player.vimeo.com/video/336783904
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337259737
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337260283
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337263766
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337264378
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337265458
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337266962
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337279962
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337282841
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337286114
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337292835
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337294349
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337296999
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337297740
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337298520
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337299232
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337299876
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337302558
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337305725
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337308529
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337309094
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337309488
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337309804
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337310503
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337310860
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337311429
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337311780
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337312718
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337313133
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337313448
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337313778
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337317434
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337458714
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337458844
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337459129
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337461317
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337462508
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337462814
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337464466
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337465563
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337465699
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337465816
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337466005
https://player.vimeo.com/video/337466797
Should work in 4K Video Downloader or any other Vimeo-capable downloader.

I use the 4k Downloader too:
 
1. I open https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/publisher/desktop/ 
2. Start a video.
3. Open the Code-Text (Vivaldi-Browser it is STRG+U )
4. Searching for https://vimeo.com/  (STRG + F)
5. Copy each link into 4K Video Downloader
6. Let run the 4K Video Downloader the night
7. Insert it in Emby. 
 

There are loads of video downloaders - I use 4k Download.