[QR generator and watermaking for Affinity Publisher V2]

Ash,

That is so NICE!

[Possible bug regarding numbering in AP 2.4.0]

Thank you both for having looked into this issue.

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

Yes I did it. I have modified the steps accordingly.

[Possible bug regarding numbering in AP 2.4.0]

Hi,

Following a discussion on the numbering behavior of Affinity Publisher 2.4.0, I have found a small issue when using it in conjunction with styles.

Here is a MWE:

• Create a new document in Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 (on MacOS)
• Create a second page
• Create a box in each page
• Type some text in those boxes, say in box 1, "Introduction" and in box 2 "Development"
• Create a style (I called it Numbered)
• Apply to both boxes
• Check that both texts have the Numbered style
• Then modify the Numbered style by:
  • Setting numbering style to I, II, III (the others lead to the same issue)
  • Setting the numbering to global
  • Naming the list, for instance "Part"
  • Setting Restart numbering to Under the active style [FR: Sous le niveau actif]
• And… the numbering does not work has expected, instead of leading to "I. Introduction", "II. Development", I have: "I. Introduction", "I. Development".
• You would have to reapply the style to these texts to have it working correctly.

I guess this is not the expected behavior.

 

Edit: Added the step that was forgotten (Naming the list, for instance "Part")

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

Hi @MikeTO, I confirm it does.

But there is still bug.

If you reproduce the steps indicated here:

11 hours ago, LEB said:

 

Surprisingly, I am sure it was.

So I tried a MWE:

• Create a new document
• Create a second page
• Create a box in each page
• In box 1, typed Introduction, in box 2 Development
• Created the style Numbered
• Applied to both boxes
• Checked that both texts have the Numbered style
• Then modified the Numbered style by:
  • Setting numbering style to I, II, III (the others lead to the same issue)
  • Setting the numbering to global
  • Setting Restart numbering to Under the active style [FR: Sous le niveau actif]
• And… the numbering does not work has expected, instead of leading to "I. Introduction", "II. Development", I have: "I. Introduction", "I. Development"

I guess this is not the expected behavior.

 

I expect you will find the same.

To be clearer, I am going to create a new message in the found bugs section.

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

Hi @MikeTO, I agree.

But meanwhile, I think I have found an issue in AP 2.4.0.

i would be interested to hear from users who would try to repeat the steps indicated in the last message you replied to. 

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

 

16 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

That could mean that the text style was not applied to that text previously, but we would need to see the file in its earlier state to be sure.

Surprisingly, I am sure it was.

So I tried a MWE:

• Create a new document
• Create a second page
• Create a box in each page
• In box 1, typed Introduction, in box 2 Development
• Created the style Numbered
• Applied to both boxes
• Checked that both texts have the Numbered style
• Then modified the Numbered style by:
  • Setting numbering style to I, II, III (the others lead to the same issue)
  • Setting the numbering to global
  • Naming the list "Part"
  • Setting Restart numbering to Under the active style [FR: Sous le niveau actif]
• And… the numbering does not work has expected, instead of leading to "I. Introduction", "II. Development", I have: "I. Introduction", "I. Development"

I guess this is not the expected behavior.

Edit: Added the missing step (Naming the list "Part")

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

OK, I have found the answer.

The changes made to the style were not automatically applied to the texts under this style (?). I had to reapply the style to each of the existing part names, and the numbering is now correct.

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

4 hours ago, Oufti said:

Since "Recommencer la numérotation" is set to "Aucune modification", it inherits the settings of the style upon which your style is based. You should check this or select the option you want to be used there (probably "Sous le niveau actif").  

 

I have tried the different settings and none works as I would like, the numbering remains "I.".

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

4 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Make two Paragraph styles. First one would have [Name of the first part] typed into the Texte: field before the \# . Also choose 1,2,3 instead of I,II,III in the numbering.

Or are you just wanting no numbers but the Names to automatically increase? I don't know of any easy way to achieve that.

I wonder if my question was clear:

For example, I would like to have:

I. Introduction

II. Development

III. Conclusion

IV. Perspectives

Except that I would like the numbering to be global, as these titles are in different slides.

I am typing the text myself, I am just looking for a way to get this automatic numbering.

[Numbering of parts in a presentation using AP]

Hi,

I am using AP 2.4.0 to produce a structured presentation.

How can I define a style that would be automatically numbered throughout the document to number the parts of the presentation?

For instance, I would like:

• Page 1 to have something like I. [Name of the first part]
• Page 48 has something like II. [Name of the second part]

I have tried generating the following styles, but all the headings are preceded by I. instead of I., II., III. etc.

Thank you!

[QR generator and watermaking for Affinity Publisher V2]

I agree that these would be great additions to Affinity Publisher.

[Adding not exported text blocks or layers in Affinity Publisher]

56 minutes ago, Oufti said:

You could use Preflight comments, or a text frame set outside of the page, directly on the canvas. 

Very interesting idea, though it has to attach to an object and does not appear visibly on the document

I also find this strange that "Correct" [FR: Corriger], actually means "Delete" the comment.

[Adding not exported text blocks or layers in Affinity Publisher]

Hello,

I am preparing slides for a course using Affinity Publisher.

After giving a course, I like to leave comments for improvements for the following year.

Is it possible to add text blocks or layers that would not be exported in the export PDF?

Thank you very much,

LEB

 

[The selection of layers displayed in a Designer document placed in a Publisher document is reset each time the source document is modified, even if the modification is minor.]

Thank you very much, I would say that ideally the default behaviour should be the opposite: Keep as much of the existing structure as possible to avoid unnecessary reselection of layers.

[Inconsistent updating of style changes in the table of contents in AP 2.4.0]

5 hours ago, Hangman said:

I've not been able to replicate this either...

"I noticed the following bug on AP 2.4.0 on MacOS..."

Hi @Hangman and @MikeTO, strangely, I retried on the same document where I saw the problem and I could not reproduce it either.

[Setting the spelling language to None in a style is not retained in Affinity Publisher 2.4.0]

Thank you!

[Inconsistent updating of style changes in the table of contents in AP 2.4.0]

Hi,

I noticed the following bug on AP 2.4.0 on MacOS:

1. Create a table of contents in a document
2. Edit the style of one of the entries from the Text Style studio (modify [FR : Modifier [style name])
3. Changes are taken into account immediately in some cases (e.g. bolding), but others requiring refreshing the ToC (e.g. changing the font colour).

This inconsistency seems a bug to me.

Edit: Actions edited for clarity.

[Incorrect decrementing of font size in Publisher]

@Hangman, thanks for having checked!

[Incorrect decrementing of font size in Publisher]

Hi @Hangman,

In French, the decimal separator is a comma, and AP converts any decimal point to a decimal comma in these fields.

[Strange error with the spellchecker in Affinity Publisher 2.4.0]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

What steps did you take to verify this?

I just clicked on the text and saw that the language was changed in the "Characters" settings.

[Strange error with the spellchecker in Affinity Publisher 2.4.0]

Hi,

I was able to reproduce the following unexpected behavior in Affinity Publisher 2.4.0 on MacOS.

1. Write a text in English, for example, but incorrectly set the language to French.
2. Write a second text in English, with the language set correctly to English.
3. Use the style pipette to apply the style of the second text to the first.
4. The text is now correctly defined as being in English, but the spellchecker still finds errors for non-French English words.

LEB

[Feature request: tag for pages in Affinity Publisher]

It would be interesting to be able to add (colored) tags to the pages in the Pages panel, in order, for example, to point to pages that still need a lot of work.

[Publisher: hide pages]

23 hours ago, MikeTO said:

You can hide pages from printing and exporting by adding a section for the page or pages using the Section Manager and then deselecting the "Include on export" checkbox for the section. Even though "print" is not in the checkbox's name, it will also hide the pages from printing, too.

There will be no visual cue in the Pages panel indicating that the pages will be hidden but the feature will do what you want.

Cheers

It would be good that there is an indication in the Pages panel indicating that the pages will be hidden.

[The selection of layers displayed in a Designer document placed in a Publisher document is reset each time the source document is modified, even if the modification is minor.]

Hello,

I have noticed the following:

• Place a Designer document in a Publisher 2.4.0 document on MacOS
• Select the layers to be displayed

Any change to the source document, however minor, resets the selection of the layers placed.

This can be terribly time-consuming, and we lose a large part of the advantage of having a dynamically placed document.

LEB