[Publisher 2.4.2 impossible to edit and select text in frame]

I opened your document and when I selected all the text, it appeared that only the top line was highlighted

However, when I dragged the bottom handle down to increase the height of the frame, this showed that in fact all of the text had been selected

So I am guessing this is a display issue.

[Questions on Canva acquiring Affinity]

2 hours ago, tperhai said:

Perhaps Serif should've had a "roundtable" thread, to let us know what was likely to happen.

I’ve never, ever come across that in world of corporate takeovers.

[Forum for typesetting issues]

It might help to distinguish between sharing best practices that can be non software specific (what are the recommended bleed and margin set ups for a DL booklet) and software specific practices (how do set a bleed and margin setting in Affinity Publisher).

I am not sure what folk here are asking for or perhaps it’s both?

[Text path on lower outside of circle without going upside down or backwards]

8 hours ago, ronanski said:

Not sure I understand... from which point do I press return. That seems to make it go upside down...

I’ve assumed you wanted text at the top of the ellipse and then (after pressing return) wanting text at the bottom of the circle as well. 

[Text path on lower outside of circle without going upside down or backwards]

Hit return and adjust baseline to place text at correct height.

[Canva]

I wonder if the Affinity suite will simply come to a natural end in the same way as the old Serif suite ceased to be. Meantime it will be announced that the developers that transferred across to Canva have been working on a completely new suite of software that will be announced with a fanfare. 

[Affinity publisher compatibility with other software]

No you can’t import Microsoft Publisher documents into APu. If you export them as PDF (don’t use the Microsoft driver to do this) you can import those.

[New to Affinity Publisher]

APu doesn’t have a fit text to frame function. You have manually reduce/increase the font size.

 

[Canva?!????!]

Disappointed but not surprised by this. The excitement of version 1 and new functions slowed and the much-touted version 2 was welcome but not that exciting. The numbers simply didn't add up.

[Can I create categories for text styles in APub 2.4?]

29 minutes ago, kat said:

It would be really nice to have a way to group all style together.

You can create a group style to “hold” your styles together.

https://affinity.help/publisher/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Text/textStyles_types.html#&title=Text style types

 

[Text flow into next page faulty]

If the above doesn’t help you sort it out, try cutting and pasting the text as plain text or creating a new blank right hand frame.

[many photos inserted in text document]

Use the anchor option to centre the image in the frame…

[Preparing Text (a novel) for placing into Affinity Publisher?]

In my experience you will waste so much time trying to import the foreign formatting, it won’t be worth the hassle. I would export the text as unformatted and create new styles in APu.

[APu - Ghost frame bug]

21 hours ago, MEB said:

Hi @Catshill,
Do you mind attaching the file for inspection please? Thanks.

After some experimenting the ghost frame on page 2 can be found in the layers window of pages 4 and 5 not page 2 as expected. 

Page2:

Page 4 and 5:

It's a remnant of a series of linked text frames, one of which was deleted.

I'm trying to recreate it

 

[APu - Ghost frame bug]

21 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Is this with a new document, and does it happen with all new documents? Or is it with a specific older document?

Which OS?

Existing documents - Windows 11. See my next post.

[Fixing 'All Spreads' into 'All Pages'.]

6 hours ago, Dan C said:

Our apologies, I certainly understand the continued frustration here.

I can see that the development log has recent discussions on regarding this issue as it has been found that the 'fix' is unfortunately not as simple as first determined and therefore has been temporarily delayed whilst our team works to resolve this.

I've 'bumped' the development log with your update here and I've also directly requested if there is any more specific timescale or updates I can provide to users - I'll be sure to respond here ASAP with any further information, as I'm able to.

I hope this helps.

Thank you 

[APu - Ghost frame bug]

APu 2.4

Getting a ghost frame on a page with no master page applied and zero layers...

[Fixing 'All Spreads' into 'All Pages'.]

Very disappointed @Dan C that this has still not been resolved with the 2.4 update 😞

 

[WYSIWYG Web Builder to compete with Dreamweaver]

12 hours ago, Deneice said:

UP to wake-up this required need for a so long time...

What's the status of the html desktop editors' market today ?

From one side, we've got the old veteran and now costly Dreamweaver and for the other side, some complex static website generators or online apps. NOTHING between them but deprecated desktop apps...

That is where Serif with its talent should now come back with its old  webplus app to offer a complete 360º range of tool for webdesigners for prototypes, mockup or static and self-hosted websites...

https://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/programming-software/webplus-10-33640/review

Is that too much to ask ?😉

 

It’s simply not a viable option for a business to develop an application for.

[placed image is outside frame?]

You’re not missing anything, it’s the way it works and fools me occasionally. Drag the ghost image across to the frame or use the picture frame anchor option window to centre it.

[Text frames on Master Pages vs. Pages]

I don’t place text frames on master pages but use layout guides. That is because I am designing magazines that are based on a two column layout with different frame heights and stories that don’t flow into one another.

[Is collaboration between multiple users possible in Affinity Publisher? If so how can I begin using it with another collaborator?]

Not possible. I use Google Docs to collaborate text with others and then this is imported into APub by me.

[Placed a DOCX file into a text frame and this happened...]

I find it more reliable to paste as unformatted text into a text frame.

[Charge the margins]

I’d do this in the document setup if you want to affect the whole document. Otherwise (in APu) create master pages with different margins.

[Fixing 'All Spreads' into 'All Pages'.]

I’ve mentioned this a number of times, as have others. It doesn’t seem to be a priority fix and has been around for a long time. It at least should remember the last setting.