kevinslimp

I'm trying all kinds of options, and the rasterizing doesn't work in every case. I've got a page with nothing but a PDF file placed on it. Whether I rasterize it in advice or not, the PDF file does not show up on the page in the exported PDF. Interestingly, there's not even a blank frame in its place. Its as if the PDF was never there.

I'm having this same problem when exporting pages to PDF grayscale. The first page I exported dropped a large PDF file on the page. If I manually rasterize the PDF file first on the Publisher page, it exports correctly. If I don't, it disappears. I've tried several PDF export settings, with no luck. I'm teaching a large class of designers that hopes to switch from InDesign to Publisher next week, and need to solve this issue. Thanks for any help. this7.pdf this6.pdf

I just received a message from a client who has just converted his newspaper workflow to Affinity. He mentioned something I hadn't checked into: When exporting a PDF as greyscale, the black is distributed to all four CMYK channels, meaning the file has to be opened in Acrobat and converted to greyscale from there. I tried going into the PDF options in Affinity and checking the convert. I'm attaching the four settings I used, with no noticeable differences between the color in the files. What's needed is for gray to come out on the black plate only. Any help is appreciated. p.s. I worked with Adobe on development of the PDF printing methods back in the 90s, so I'm up to speed on PDF color. I'm sure there's a simple fix for this one, but haven't figured it out yet.

In the publishing world, we use characters styles and paragraph styles a lot. Both are important. What's strange about Publisher is that, if there's a character style in the palette, it automatically sets it as a "default" style, meaning it is somehow combined with the paragraph style selected. This can only be stopped by clicking on the menu and telling it to ignore the character style ... which negates the advantage of having character styles altogether.

Something confusing about styles. If I have character styles created (in the style panel/palette/window), and paragraph styles, Publisher seems to - by default - combine the the default character style and default paragraph style together - it messes up the fonts, size, etc. The only way I found to make this stop was to delete all the character styles. Anybody else deal with this and find a fix? Thanks.

Thanks, that was helpful to look through those options. I was on the ground floor of InDesign (back before it came on the market in '99 was still called "k2"), and I usually say, "Okay, how would I do it in InDesign?" I tried Option-Clicking the paragraph style in Publisher, with no luck - but it does override the text and apply the font if I tell it to to apply paragraph style and ignore character styles. The interesting/strange thing to me is that there is no character style applied to the text in the first place. I began with no styles, created a few paragraph styles, applied them and they worked - then later, I noticed the text had changed back to the default "no style" format. If I chose a paragraph style, it would take on the bold/ital/etc., but keep the size at 12 pt. I appreciate you guys and you're doing good work. Publisher has been easy to learn - and I'm hoping to work out the "quirks" in the app so magazines and newspapers (there are still 12,000 newspapers in the U.S.) can begin using it. Back in 93-94, I worked with friends at Adobe and others to create what's now the PDF printing workflow. Back then, no one thought it would ever work, but I knew we were so close, and eventually (it took about a year), got all the bugs worked out. The CEO, Bruce Chitzen, wrote me and thanked me for "probably saving the company." I see real potential for Publisher in the U.S. publishing industry...now just trying to get the little things figured out. I'm already getting publications all over the country asking me to spend a few days and convert their workflow. Now, Photo is a different story. lol. One at a time...

The styles are driving me crazy, too. They worked, then they stopped. They would take on the font and bold/ital/reg, but the size stayed whatever the size of the original text. Hmmm. Gotta teach a large group of InDesign folks on Thursday who plan to make the switch to Affinity in their workflow. This one might be the most discouraging problem I've run into since the PDF problem was fixed. If anyone has any idea how to create paragraph styles that actually work all the time, please let me know. Thanks.

Thanks, Dan. I'm sure it will. I played with it a while and finally figured out how to merge data a couple of days ago. I appreciate you getting back to me. Kevin p.s. Tomorrow, I'm leading an advanced indesign webinar for 102 graphic designers in North America. In early March, I will be leading a two-hour session for designers making the move to Affinity Publisher. Attached is a column I wrote a couple of days ago. Slimp_Feb_21.pdf

Thank you, Lukasg. I'll give that a try. Kevin

Thanks for any help with this. I use data merge daily in InDesign, but I can't find any instructions (other than the help file with the app, which doesn't seem to work for me) on merging CSV (or any other) date with a Publisher file. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Thanks PMan. That helps. At least I can open a template of a page and the style works correctly. Again, thank you.

This is needed for me as well.

I'm using the latest beta and can't get the space after paragraph setting to remain at zero, after resetting it from 12. I've tried everything I can think of, knowing it wasn't a problem in previous betas. Interestingly, if I open a 1.8 version file in the latest beta, the text styles come in correctly - and they even look like text styles in the non-beta (1.8) version of Publisher.

I wanted to chime in on the text style spacing issue. I've got the same problem with the latest beta. It was not a problem with the previous beta or the non-beta version I'm using. I have tried all recommendations above, it still reverts to 12pt every time. Interestingly, if I open a file created in the non-beta version - in the new beta version - the text styles panel works like the previous panel - the one in version 1.8.6. It not only acts like the old panel, working correctly, it takes on the look and characteristics of the old panel, which is different from the new beta. I'm leading a large webinar for professional page designers Friday, comparing Publisher to InDesign, and this looks like an issue I'll have to explain. I noticed the new data merge tool, but haven't figured it out yet. Thanks.

I did mean publisher, Walt. Thank you.