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Aha, thanks for the theory. Anyways, I don't think a shift-click would have catastrophic results, even in zero-g 🤫

Hahaha! I am not against trial and failure, but simple things are better left simple. Like shift-click. Shift works as angular guide/lock all over the place. It reminds me of the old tale about NASA who proudly showed the Russian cosmonauts their new zero-G-writing-fountain-pen that they had used serious manpower and dough to develop. The Russians calmly pulled up a pencil: "We use this".

I am not sure. If the rest of the world uses QWERTY and you force people to use DVORAK on your software the gain needs to be pretty awesome to outweigh the pain of transition. Especially is QWERTY needs to be used in parallell. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/17/18223384/dvorak-qwerty-keyboard-layout-10-years-speed-ergonomics

Thanks Loukash. Sorry, I meant straight as in Shift-Click vertical/horizontal, i.e. 90deg, even 45deg. Couldn't agree more, but this is not the point. It is all about is what most people are used to/have at work, therefore the most common. (QWERTY is not the fastest keyboard layout, but still what everybody uses.) "Common practice" should have been considered since most people will go back and forth in a transition period untitil Affinity has achieved world domination.

Bonjour, Just want to chime in. It got to the point where I had to google "how to draw straight lines in Affinity Photo"... I still don't know how to do it with transparency and without blotches. I settled for blotches just to get it out in time. I am all for alternatives to PS and have "gladly" bought the whole suite, but I find myself stumbling, jumping hoops and googling for the simplest things. And I constantly forget because I am using Adobe CC and Rhino 3D at work. (This is the main problem!) There is always (mostly) an explanation or workaround, but it takes time and effort to rethink everything since most of us (I assume) are coming from Adobe PS/CC If it is one thing this non-destructive approach destroys it is my workflow. Like just cropping an item/image on a layer, Esc-key not getting me out of Crop selection (only Apply/Cancel buttons), drawing straight lines, right-click select the lower of multiple stacked layers, icons way too similar/small even in large - not iconic enough (put name under) in default weird order. Hey, lots of great and improved stuff, don't get me wrong! Amazing what you have achieved. Bravo! Its just that I think the "established basics" are remade way too clever with so many actions and "Oh, for that you need to do 1, 2, 3 and 4. Easy!". Why reinvent the wheel with everything? Is it all patented or done for the sake of being different? I know there is a good explanation for all I have mentioned, but as I said, switching back and forth between CC and Affinity I find more than a tad frustrating. Ciao

Hi Garrett, No, not in the versions I have: InDesign language settings are under the top menu bar: InDesign > Preferences > Dictionary (and Autocorrect) MS Word (for Mac at least) are under the top menu bar: Tools > Language. Both of these places are logical to me since the reason for selecting a language is the spell check/dictionary feature. It is a Dictionary Preference and a Dictionary is also a Tool. At gunpoint I understand the benefit of having Language under Character, considering letters are the building blocks of written language and are language specific. I still believe the PRIMARY document language belongs at a much higher level (cross document, permanent, inheritable). It is like the voice and soul of the document, not nuts and bolts. Any additional, deviant language requirements for specific sentences or letters can still be done under Character. Selecting document language under Text>Spelling>Spelling Options is logical and would cater for the 95% of use cases, wild guess. And it does not exclude having it under Character too. Thanks for the exchange and help. I am out of breath. Must rest.

Hi Walt, thanks for the reply! I still think this is too complicated - with styles (?) and multiple languages per sentence. It is way to detailed in my view. I just want to change the document language. I would prefer to having a simple, overall Language selector (Text>Spelling>Spelling Options). Then just allow for all that high-tech super expert tuning to work as it is now. Let the basics be easy, i.e. what we "all" are used to. BR, Ben

Hi I find it such a weird place to locate document Language - under CHARACTER. Language is a major league setting, not just some typeface sub-choice. OK, many letters are language specific, but alone they are not language, but used as design elements. Language is neither characters or graphic design, hence I find the location for this function is just off. (And I am not he only one, it seems.) Better would be under Text>Spelling>Spelling Options. Or under File>Document Setup. (In Preferences there are only the UI languages - I could only select English, though..) A Help search for "Language" or "Change Language" bears little fruit... You'll find Spelling, but nothing there about changing what language that does the spellcheck. Only if you know it is under Character will you have any chance. The Help function leaves a lot to be desired. (At least all UI button and menu TITLES should be showing "clean" hits in the Help search, with a small icon/graphic as it appears on screen.) Had to search on the web, like with many issues in Affinity. Pardon the frustration, but I think there is no reason to "innovate" on language selection by putting it deep in the character/typeface tab. Normally Language is located somewhere in the top menu. And I hope the Help function can be improved a bit. Thank for an otherwise great product. Ben