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Please, please provide an option to show visible tab indications in the text boxes. I lay out CD inlays with Designer and rely heavily on tab settings to do track lists and other things. The Designer tab setting scheme is hostile enough without having to guess where tabs are falling. This has been a function of all word processing and text/page layout programs for over 20 years, and the lack of it here is driving me to my wits' end. I'd be losing my hair over this problem if I had any left to lose...

It's what the title says, ability to see markers for tabs, paragraph markers, spaces, line breaks, and so on. Absolutely fundamental for any kind of design using more than a couple of line of text.
Thanks!

I'm new to this so forgive me if I"m coming at this wrong but… I created a chart in Apple's Numbers app which I could then copy as PDF. When I 'paste as a new document' in Affinity Designer it converts all elements to vectors / text fields etc. which can be edited endlessly. Is this not a good solution?

myerf is correct. A very easy work flow looks like this:
Put your chart data in an Apple Numbers sheet Create the graph you're needing (note: design your graph as closely to how you want it to look in Affinity Publisher) Select the chart and secondary (right) click on the chart Select "Copy as PDF" Paste in your Affinity Publisher document This will result in your chart and its associated text and vectors being placed in your AP doc. I have attached two screen shots that show the chart in Numbers and what it looks like when copied as PDF to AP. Each asset and text block is fully editable in AP.

Hello,
 
I am a graphic designer in the financial services industry. We regularly create charts and graphs for printed materials. We are stuck with Illustrator since it is the only tool we know of that will generate a chart from data that stays intact for updating and provides us with a vector final format.
 
Now Illustrator is okay, maybe even good. But the chart/graph tool hasn't changed much since 1990. Really. I do know. There are other programs that can make charts but that don't provide the use of Pantone colors, easy updating, and that vector format plus will easily import data from Excel or other spreadsheets. Designer looks like it can take the place of Illustrator in most cases. Why not take Illustrator's place as a charting tool too? Or you could go the extra mile and create a vector chart making application that ticks all the necessary boxes.
 
Thanks.
Paul Bunyar
Shawnee, Kansas, USA