Chris Christner
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Publisher has a split screen mode, but it's split between pixels and vector. What I want is a split screen that divides the screen horizontally or vertically so I can work on different sections of the doc at the same time.
Is there such a capability?
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On 4/28/2021 at 6:19 PM, walt.farrell said:
Yes, but it does not open it as a template file. It opens it as a regular document.
If you're going to open as a regular document, there's no reason to use a template file at all. Just use a .afdesign, .afphoto, or .afpub file. One uses templates to gain the advantages that a template file has:
- It shows up in the Template listing in the File > New dialog; and
- It opens up protected, so that if you happen to Save you don't destroy it.
The workaround on a Mac is to select the template files that have custom extensions and do a get info, then click the "Stationary Pad" button. Opening the docs will create a new file with all the content of the template but the template can't be overwritten. Don't know if Windows has a similar setting.
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I understand that each Affinity app can save a template file with a .aftemplate extension, and that the templates can be opened in any of the suite applications. But to avoid confusion, why not give each app a unique template extension so it'll open in the correct application? Then if you want to open a Publisher template in Designer, you can simply open it from inside Designer.
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16 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
Best workaround I can offer, I'm afraid: Set your tab stop visually using the Text Ruler, as you prefer. Then go to the Paragraph panel, Tab Stops section, which will give you the numeric value. Copy it and use that for setting up your Bullets & Numbering tabstops, which only accept numeric values as you've mentioned.
It ain't pretty, but it'll work. Thanks again!
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I'm betting you'll have a workaround as usual. Appreciate the help!
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The problems I have with that are: there's no way to set the B&N tabstop by eye (which is how I like to work) and I don't see why B&N can't just work with the text ruler tabstop. Where's the advantage to it being a specific setting? As a workaround, the tabstop could be set by eye or clicking on it could bring up a field for entering the precise position.
Anyway, I thought it was a bug, but it turns out they like it that way. So I'll adapt.
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Because both settings control where the text is indented. Hence they should be the same.
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As shown in the attached image, I created a bullet style and adjusted the tab stop to where I was satisfied. But the first line of text kept indenting to what I later learned was the tabstop setting in the Bullets and Numbering panel of Paragraph.
Am I missing something subtle or is it a bug? Because it seems like the B&N tabstop should be the same as what I set with the ruler tabstop.
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Update: Following advice from this topic (Thanks all!), I requested a refund from Apple, and received it today.
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As I recall, webp exporting was tentatively scheduled for 1.9. I didn't see it in the beta, so is it going to be in 1.10?
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8 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:
I have looked into your account, (using the email address associated with this forum account) and there is only one purchase made direct from the Affinity Store last year in June. I am pleased that the Mac App Store are giving you a refund, as I understand that is not always easy to get them to do
Actually, I haven't contacted the App store because SFurniss gave me the affinityreturns@serif.com address. I emailed it and got an auto-response. Are you saying they're not likely to refund the purchase and that I have to contact the App store?
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3 hours ago, walt.farrell said:
Because the App Store and the Affinity Store are entirely separate, and Apple does not share information with Serif (and vice versa). If you originally purchased from the App Store then you bought from Apple, and Serif has no knowledge of your purchase. And they are not both registered to "you". One is registered to your Applie ID, and one is registered to your Affinity Store email address, and these are not linked in any way.
To reinstall Publisher on your Mac you should use the App Store, if that's where you purchased it originally.
But yes, as SFurniss said, you can get a refund from Serif, within 14 days.
I didn't know that's how it works. Thanks for the explanation.
Part of the problem is that the App store is so flaky. You download software and pay for the pro version. Next time you download it you get the basic version, so you have to click on the buy button, at which point it tells you that you've paid for the pro version and downloads that. That's what threw me, because I expected the store to download the version I'd already bought, not realizing I must have bought it at Serif's store.
Anyway, they're giving me a refund, so all's well that ends better.
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6 hours ago, SFurniss said:
@Chris ChristnerIf you have ordered a second copy directly from us in error, please email affinityreturns@serif.com
I'll do that, thanks!
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32 minutes ago, loukash said:
You've likely bought the Serif Store version.
Hmmm. Why would that be a separate purchase? I mean, if I buy it from the Serif Store or the App Store, it's all registered to me, so it shouldn't matter. I hope they'll refund the money.
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I already have a license for Publisher, but after doing a clean install of MacOS High Sierra, I was charged for Publisher (not Designer or Photo).
Please fix this.
Thanks,
Chris
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13 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:
If speed and deadlines are your overriding concern, you might consider ignoring the super- and subscript options in Typography, and using only the S option in Positioning and Transform.
I need to get glasses, because when you suggested this earlier, I missed the S in the P and T panel and tried clicking on the S in Typography instead, which didn't work. Now that I've found the S it does exactly what I need.
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9 minutes ago, Joachim_L said:
In the end it can be reduced to: Mark text and click somewhere.
So defining a Character Style will work as well >> Mark text and click somewhere. This is what I am doing, because I disliked the height and size of sub- and superscript of our CI font.
Thanks, that's the workaround I'm using too. I created a character style with the font, size, and baseline I needed for superscripting. Of course it's only good for that font and size, but it works.
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I understand their reasoning, but it's flawed, otherwise the top apps in the industry wouldn't be using faux characters to annoy their users' customers. For purists with lots of time on their hands, I'm sure they admire Affinity's stance on this. Those of us with deadlines to meet...not so much.
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Well, thanks again. That does seem like an incredible blindspot in Publisher, especially since the other major apps (InDesign, Quark, Word, etc.) handle this sort of formatting without making users break out manuals and trusting to luck that the font they've been using can do subscripting.
I trust Affinity has addressing this feature on a roadmap so eventually it'll work as expected.
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Thanks again for the assist!
Question, though: How can you tell whether an OpenType font includes the sub/superscript characters? Hopefully not by trial and error.
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Superscripting doesn't work for capital letters or cap-height letters such as "l" and "h" (see video).
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I figured out a workaround: Delete a few characters near where the L SEP or P SEP characters appear; save the change; then retype the deleted text. It works!
Apparently deleting those characters also gets the unicode characters too. Incredibly time consuming, but at least I can check Microsoft Edge to verify that the text is clean.
Please fix this problem ASAP!
Split screen mode for working on different parts of the same Publisher doc at once?
in Pre-V2 Archive of Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Just what I needed. Thanks!