Amandadianne

Hi Everyone! Thanks for your help. I bought the font from Creative Fabrica. I went to redownload it but the download was not available for this purchase for some reason. I've contacted their support about that. Going on what you all said I just downloaded the font from DaFont.com and though it was a ttf file it is working. It's pretty frustrating that my purchased version didn't work but the free version does. VintageKing.ttf

Hi! I'm running Publisher 1.10.4 on macOS Monterey. I'm trying to select stylistic alternatives for my purchased font Vintage Kings however the alt text options do not show in the typography menu. (See No alt text available on laptop.png) BUT, when I open the .apub file in Designer on my iPad, I am able to select alternatives. (See alt text on iPad.png) So, I did an experiment and selected a alternate style on my iPad, then saved the file and then opened on my laptop in Publisher. No style is shown. (Saved to iCloud.heic and alt text did not open.mov). I double checked and my font files are .otf. I used studio link to see if the alt text options would show in the typography menu in designer and photo on my laptop but they did not. I also just opened the file without studio link but again the alt text options did not show. Again, they DO show in Designer on the iPad. However, I need to use publisher bc I use the data merge feature. Is there some setting that I don't have turned on? Thanks! alt text did not open.MOV Saved to icloud.HEIC

I have them on dropbox currently. I can try moving them to my computer but they will still be in iCloud since documents are stored in iCloud. BUT, I just ran it and it worked!!! I'm not sure why. It's frustrating when it works sometimes and doesn't work other times. I can also rebuild the csv on the next batch and see if that helps.

I just checked and I have my settings as Link Resources. For my photo sizes, field 1 is 270 kb and 349 kb and field 2 ranges between 35 and 109 kb. I'm not sure if that is large or not but these files will be printed so I don't want to reduce the file size so I can keep the print quality. I guess I'll just do one batch at a time which is 130 images.

Hey! I recently discovered data merge and I'm putting it to good use. I want to be as efficient as possible and merge a lot of records but I'm hitting a wall. Currently, I'm trying to merge 270 records with two fields that are images. This eats up all my remaining memory and disk space. I have a 2017 Mac with 16 GB of memory and 250 GB of disk space running Big Sur. Normally about 7.5 GB of memory is available and 137 GB of disk space is available. When I do the data merge and hit generate, it might process 75% and then get stuck and my computer says there is no more memory. If I restart, it sometimes processes the data merge but I might get an error when exporting that there is no more disk space. And, sometimes I can do the data merge and exporting with no errors at all. I know I can do less records but I'd like to do as many as possible to be efficient, like I mentioned above. Is 270 records too much? Are my computer specs not good enough for that? I don't really know that much about computers but I could see why the app might take up the memory but I don't understand why it would take up disk space.

I have a solution for this. It's an app called Perfect Rename https://apps.apple.com/us/app/perfect-rename/id908357091?mt=12 I made an extra column in my data merge csv with the file name. Once everything was all done and I exported all the files, I used this app to rename them all. As long as the files don't get moved around, they should be in the same order. It worked.

Sure. I make a template design in Designer with a text placeholder. As an example, let's say I was doing names and the design is a camo background with distressed text. Then, I open the file in Publisher set up my fields and data merge then generate. So, my new file would have 50 pages with different names on each page. Then I export, all pages as png. Here is where I can name the file, say Camo Name, in this case. But it will save as Camo Name 1, Camo Name 2, Camo Name 3 and so on. It would be more helpful if I could name the file name with the name in the design, Camo Name Amanda, Camo Name Walt, etc. This could be pulled from the same csv used for data merge, I mean, if it's possible.

Hi! I recently discovered the data merge feature of Affinity Publisher and I LOVE IT. But I was wondering if it was possible to do something similar to data merge when exporting the files for the file names. Currently it will save as Design 1, Design 2, Design 3, etc. for example. But it would be more helpful if I could have the file names be populated from a csv so that it could be saved more like Design for me, Design for mom, Design for dad, etc. Thanks!

I have a template file I’ve made with over 60 artboards and counting. When I start something new, I go from this file. I’m trying to work on something new and have about 12 inspiration images and then working with various tools. The app is crashing constantly. Have I reached the limit? Im using IPad Pro 2nd Gen with the latest OS and version of Designer. I saved the file to iCloud and its about 160 MB. Maybe its the latest update?