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I have been bitten by this behavior in the past, and it is a little annoying. I have frequent use for hiding the UI in Publisher, when I am copying or editing. I use a laptop, and getting, say, a Word document on the screen side by side with Publisher is helpful. The problem with the Tab key for this is that (specifically for Publisher) if your focus is in a text field, or on a studio, the shortcut does not work, as the app assumes you are typing text or changing the focus from one item to the next. There is an alternate shortcut, again only available in Publisher: <Shift><Ctrl>H (think "hide"). This works all the time. So, I have just disabled the Tab shortcut in Publisher, as the alternate is more reliable.

You do not mention which program you are using (Photo, Designer or Publisher). The steps are similar, but not quite identical, and all three of them can do this easily. Here are the steps I would use: Create a new document, with dimensions 14" x 14", and 1" margins all around. Make sure snapping is on. Draw an arbitrary rectangle using the rectangle tool. Using the Transform panel, set the width of the rectangle to 10", and the height to 11". Using the Move Tool, move the rectangle so the bottom of it snaps to the bottom margin, and the center of it snaps to the center of the page. Right-click on the rectangle, and choose "Convert to Curves". The node tool will be automatically selected. Holding down the shift key, drag one of the top corners to the margin until it snaps. Do the same with the other top corner. Drag the node tool along the top margin until you reach the center. A green vertical line will show you when you are at the center. Drag from here to the top margin, and you are done. If you are familiar with the tools, the whole process is about 3 minutes. I hope this helps!

This sounds like a Windows accessibility setting. Try looking in Settings>Accessibility>keyboard, and look for "sticky keys". It should be turned off. This function is made for people who cannot hold multiple keys at once. Windows 'helpfully' tries to turn it on at times, if you hold a shift key such as alt or ctrl for longer than it expects.

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The two methods are different in some subtle ways. If you first duplicate the image, then edit the duplicated copy, that is not truly a non-destructive edit. It just maintains the original pixel layer as a backup. For example, if you create a new blank layer, and then edit using the clone brush, you can subsequently use other tools (eg the erase brush) on your new layer, to back out some of your changes. That is what makes this a non-destructive workflow. If you have done the same thing directly on a copy of your original image, you cannot do this. I hope this clarifies it!

@Horizon3 The reason that your text doesn't show is that the text box is BEHIND the picture (i.e. it is lower in the stack on the layers panel). If you drag it up in the layers panel to be above the picture frame, it will show. If you have the picture frame wrapping properties set to wrap, as in the video above, the text will get pushed out of the frame, and it will overflow. You can either set the wrapping property of the picture frame to "off", or set the text frame property to ignore text wraps. Ideally, you will place your text box inside the group, but above the picture itself. Then it will move with the picture frame as illustrated in the video clips.

I can confirm that this can be accomplished in Publisher V2 (I am on Windows 11). Here are the steps (I am new to forum contribution, I hope my illustration works here...) Go to the print dialog (I use <CTRL><P> for this) For the printer, select "print to pdf" (red box in illustration). If there is not a pre-installed function on your computer, you can download one. I used "Microsoft Print To PDF", which came with my computer. Select the "layout" button at the bottom (green). Then select "booklet" for the model (blue). You will want to set the paper size, likely double your page size. I am in US, and printing a letter size (8.5" x 11") document on tabloid size (11" x 17") paper. When you click "ok", it will take you to a file save dialog. That said, I have now changed to a workflow where the document is exported to PDF as individual pages. My printer prefers to do its own imposition, and exporting as pages keeps my printed v online versions identical. I hope this helps! -Greg

There are lots of good tutorials for this on Youtube, specifically about Affinity Photo. Search for Affinity Revolution, or another of my favorites, Olivio Sarikas. An example:

I had been having the same problem, running 1.9.1.979. I first noticed it when trying to add noise to large flat areas of color (don't need to export to see the artifact). I also noticed that invoking "merge visible", which re-renders a new layer on the top of the stack, reveals the problem as well. The artifacts in my case only happened in areas of flat (or textured) color, and the location of the artifacts was random, rather than reproducible. Turning off hardware acceleration solved the problem immediately, without a noticeable performance hit. Thanks for the tip, RichardMH!

I found a way to achieve this effect around any selection (either marquee tools or selection brush, etc). You may find it a bit of a kludge, depends on your goals. First, make your selection. Then copy the selection as a new layer (<CTRL>J in Windows, Command-J on Mac). There is a layer effect called "outline", referenced above. You can get it, with the new layer selected, by clicking on "fx" at the bottom of the layers panel, then selecting the outline effect in the dialog. You can stroke inside, outside, or centered, and control the width, color, blend mode, etc. I hope that helps a little.

This appears not to be true in APub. The help indicates that only balanced columns can be created this way. If you create a multicolumn text frame, however, you can make asymmetric columns, either by typing widths into the dialog box, or by dragging the gutter, as you would in PagePlus. I am a new Publisher user, having used PagePlus for the last year or so. I am trying to transition several publications (an eight page monthly newsletter, and a 30+ page phone directory). It has been a bit of a struggle, but ultimately I have not found anything that cannot be done.