Mr. Paul

So to test, I opened a PDF smart form that had text in the fileds, with Photoshop - no problems - text was still there. Then I tried to open the same PDF file into Affinity Photos - the text was stripped out - the fields were empty. Is there anyway to Open smart form PDFs and retain the text that the original author had put into the fields? thanks

Yes, that's basically it - there are a ton of same height tics between 4.875 and 5 ( except for the slightly taller tic at 4-15/16 - which should be taller so as to be seen better ) p.s. this ruler is in inches, not metric - but how did you get it to be seen in decimals? I see now where to attach some images - I will do so the first image is the Affinity Photo ruler - you can see it has the same problem - many tiny, "all same height" tics the second image is Adobe Photoshop ruler - with a much easier to read layout

The rulers in Affinity Designer are not designed for easy use. ( Actually the rulers suffer the same problem in all Affinity programs: Photo, Designer, and Publisher ). The problem is that when viewing them, there is a major tic mark at , the inch positions and at the 1/2 inch positions but all the other tics are the same height - Are we supposed to zoom in and squint and COUNT THE TICS to see where we are in the ruler ( i.e. to get to the 1/8 inch position or the 1/16 inch position??? This situation is very poor and renders the programs unusable in this area. - - - The rulers in Adobe Illus, Photoshop, and InDesign are much superior. Please if at all possible, can you look into this and redesign the Affinity rulers? - and please send updates to all who have purchased, especially the businesses out there, such as Office Depot and Office Max. ( I would attach sample images that I screen shot - but I do not see a way to do that. ) ( please email me - the courtesy of a reply is requested) and I can email you back the images of what I am talking about if you like. - Thanks