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40 Bucks. It does have some nice effects, though, judging by the examples.

See what I mean? Never mind. I'll re-install paintDOTnet and get it done in seconds.

Irrelevant question removed.

Are these brush sets available commercially?

Now there's some writing on the wall.

I tried free Scribus yesterday. What a dog's breakfast of weird function choices. However, I did manage to get a couple of Master Pages done in it, so there's that. If push comes to shove, I'll be able to swallow hard and use it. I think.

I'm sorry, but I don't think it will take as long as 5 years. To recoup the amount of money Canva spent on this "deal", times are gonna have to change Real.Soon.Now. I don't care about AI. If I wanted to use it, there are plenty of places to find it. I currently have a replacement for Publisher. Although it's clunky and difficult to use, I'll pick it up. Fortunately, I never converted all of my Publisher files to V2. Today I downloaded the v1 suite. Good luck to the rest of you who need to work with this stuff.

I for one am so very glad that I haven't updated my POD books to v2. Earlier today I downloaded v1's 1.10.6 programs, which worked just fine for my needs. I do basic e-book and print covers to go along with the PODs. I wonder how long it will be before a subscription model makes an appearance.

I picked up Affinity v1 for Photo and Publisher, as I wanted to do POD printing with Ingram-Spark and Amazon. Fortunately for me, I did not convert any of those v1 Photo cover files/Publisher files over to V2. And I have just finished downloading all of my v.1.10.6 software, so there's that. Good luck to the rest of you. I am not hopeful for any non-sub versions of the Affinity line in future.

Try one of these: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=affinity+photo+remove+background

I'm getting a real kick out of this. I think your drawings/designs are almost the greatest thing since sliced bread! Keep on keeping on.

What's that you say? v3? I'm eagerly anticipating v4. It can't come soon enough.

That Gradient Magazine Template/Luuqas Design Template @GarryP refers to is available from the Affinity store via Publisher : Help/My Account.

I use Vivaldi with uBlock Origin and Malwarebytes, as well as MS Windows Security. There are no warnings for me. Privacy Badger says there may be some trackers associated. Welcome to the web.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm thinking someone who thinks he has to hit the TAB key five times to indent a paragraph needs more help than he's going to find in here. My profound apologies, but have you tried watching any videos? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b952gAxVnT0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr5je_swyJU

@Dan C Thanks. I might have been doing something wrong. In any case, the .docx Place works from Menu / File / Place, so I'm good. Dragging and dropping a .docx works, too, as expected.

I get everything from soup to nuts under All Documents but *.docx. .docx files do not show up in the directory panel at all. However, as I said, File / Place works as it should from the Main Menu. I might add that laptop #2 behaves exactly the same with regard to the sidebar Place icon.

However, if I use File / Place, Publisher recognizes the extension. Per the title, sidebar Place doesn't recognize the .docx extension. The .docx extension doesn't appear in the bottom right "All Documents" of the Open panel as a selection, either. Win 11 Pro x64

Exactly what search engines and this forum are for. I don't understand why there's two pages of talking about it when doing a web search will solve most problems.

I find this entire "templates, where are they" discussion rather strange. I have never touched a program that was more "template-ready for my own templates", in my life. In fact, I have fun creating them, especially for Publisher and Photo. Oh well, and ho-hum. Back to work I go.

Publisher does not do .epub files, as you have found out. Amazon, Kobo, and Google Play books require an .epub file for their e-books. I use calibre to convert Word .docx files to .epub for uploading to those book sites. Your file will display properly on all phones and tablets if you use the appropriate reader to do so. If you try to jury-rig something, as you have already tried, it will not work properly on those devices.

In that case I highly recommend a "local" printer. Going through the exercise for that type of book with Amazon or Ingram is not really necessary. You can still use Publisher to format your PDF, as you know.

I have been using both Amazon's and Ingram Spark's POD book program for some time. I took the trouble to learn Publisher thoroughly before I did so, however. (And believe me, I cursed to myself a lot with some of the useless videos I found online, but I persevered.) I have mentioned in other threads that my Amazon and Ingram Spark POD book interiors equal the production values of that of the Big 5. You can order proof copies from both before hitting the publish button, I believe. I no longer do that, as I am satisfied with my PDF results in Publisher. Upon finalization, author copies are available from both Amazon and Ingram at a reduced rate. You can deal with independent printers if you want, but I don't think you will get much better than what Amazon and Ingram produce. That, of course, means that your final output to those places is as perfect as you can get it. I add that I do not produce books with images in them. I produce print novels only. The only interior image might be a black and white that precedes the main body of text. However, my next novel in a series may include b&w images that precede some chapters. I'm still thinking about that one. Whatever you choose to do, good luck in your endeavors. Affinity Publisher is a very powerful program. If you produce more books using it, the template feature is unparalleled, in my opinion. Before I forget, Publisher does not produce .epub files.

Your mileage may vary, of course, but I've read of nothing but problems with Lulu as you describe. Is there some reason why you chosen not to go with Amazon POD and Ingram Spark POD? I have used both quite successfully for quite some time now.

I had a quick look at this. It would appear as though the steps could be applied to Affinity. Whether it's applicable to your requirement, I have no idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEt4a3ue7_M