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Adding a switch to make the cropping tool snap to layer borders would be very helpful with this kind of problem, too, and in general. I know you can do this with guide lines, but that's this one action less that sometimes makes the difference...

I had the same problem today, would be lovely if it was added in one way or another.

Yeah, styles would have made it easy, but as I said, i didn't think I would encounter that problem, so I didn't think about using them. And after finishing, it was too late anyway. I learned for the next time, though... But setting the baseline grid only to the text frame would have helped a lot, too! Thanks you both for your answers.

Affinity Publisher 1.9.2.1035 on Win10 Hello everyone, this is a longer story, but I try to make it short. I have recently imported several .afpub files into one project in publisher, to combine them into one pdf (for a job application, my cover letter and my CV). I used the baseline grid to keep all my text automatically spaced (with "line spacing = 1,2 time font size"). However, I used a different grid for each file, as I used different font sizes (might be a beginners mistake, but it was necessary due to work count etc.). Since I used the baseline grid, I did not adjust the line spacing for each frame text. After the import I noticed that the line spacing of some blocks was off and back to the standard, apparently "line spacing = font size". Trying to use the baseline grid it destroyed my layout, due to the different font sizes. My first question now is: is there a possibility to set the baseline grid individually for different pages in a project? E.g. Page 1, spacing 12pt, page 2, spacing 14,4 pt etc. The second thing I noticed was, when trying to correct each frame text individually and manually, that the change of line spacing doesn't work with groups. For a better overview, I grouped the different layers in my CV, as in Group 1: headline 1, textblock 1.1, textblock 1.2, Group 2: headline 2, textblock 2.1 etc. When clicking the group in the layers window and then trying to adjust the spacing via the paragraph window, it didn't change anything. I had to select each layer and change the spacing individually. Selecting several frametext-layers and changing them at once was possible, but tedious. Using the select all function did only select the upmost groups and didn't help. My second question is thus: is there a way to either select EVERY layer (and I mean, every one) or bulk-change the line spacing for the frame texts. Note: I didn't use paragraph-styles, unfortunately, as I said, still a beginner and I didn't think about it until it was too late. I included a .afpub file so you can try it at home, maybe the problems become clearer then. Thank you for your help! line spacing problem.afpub

Oh man. I was rummaging through the Grid and Axis Manager but somehow completely missed that option. 🤦‍♂️ Thanks again!

Thanks, GarryP! Well the transformation originis a good start to see where the center is to begin with. The thing I missed was simply the snapping, I had it deactivated - with it, the lines change to colour, and everything works fine. Now, to additional, but at the moment not pressimng questions: 1) Can I put this as a default setting, so I don't have to do it for every picture by hand? 2) Can I set/change the origin of the grid as well? Thanks for your help again.

Thanks! But I seem to miss a step or setting here. I assume you use the normal "move"-tool? When I drag the origin over my picture, the transform origin vanishes, and the crosshairs stay/are grey.

Hello everyone, I am look for a quick way to center the point of origin/ intersection point/ spread origin of the ruler in Affinity Photo (vers. 1.8.3.641). I know I can move it with the move tool or via the Guides Manager. However, this would require me to calculate the middle of hight and width by hand. I could not find a way so far to have it start there automatically (or any thread with the solution on here, I am afraid). What I am looking looking for is how to have the origin of the ruler be in the dead center of any given image (would also be nice for the grid, too, to have it start right in the middle of a picture). This would especially useful for pictures with non-standard dimensions. Thank you in advance!