Brian_J

Thanks @carl123, that’s helpful!

Yes, but not every user knows that; not every user reads everything on the Serif website before downloading the trial version. Serif can’t account for all user oversights, but maybe they could consider how to make V1/v2 compatibility more obvious. If Serif has done everything they can to communicate that V2 files aren’t compatible with V1, and there will inevitably be some users who overlook the warnings as they are now, then so be it. But I must say, it’s disappointing to see forum comments criticizing new users who are obviously upset. If someone can’t comment without chastising — regardless of the appropriateness in perception or tone of the post they’re responding to — I think it would be more appropriate to refrain from commenting and let Serif take care of responding to the person.

This assumes the user is opening files created in V1; if the user only works with new files created in V2 while working with the V2 free trial, there is no notification that V2 files can’t be opened in V1 (that I recall). I don’t think it’s a scam, but I do understand how this could come as a surprise to some users.

@blr3d MSIX install location: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\SerifEuropeLtd The WindowsApps folder is hidden by default; to view the folder, enable Show Hidden Items in File Explorer. It’s best to uninstall apps via Windows: Uninstall or remove apps and programs in Windows https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uninstall-or-remove-apps-and-programs-in-windows-4b55f974-2cc6-2d2b-d092-5905080eaf98

An Affinity Forums account is separate from the account used to purchase the software. Users need to create a forums account to sign in to the forums.

Not that I’m aware. If there is, I’d love to know how! The width of a column can be changed without effecting other columns by Shift-click and dragging the separator in the table header. But in most cases, I want exact column width values, which usually requires entering column width values in the Table panel — if one column is resized, I have to re-enter the width values for all columns to the right of the one that was resized. It’s frustrating.

With Snapping enabled, the Crop Tool should snap to the edges of the canvas and to guides. The Shift key is used in unconstrained mode to constrain the aspect ratio — it doesn’t have any effect on snapping as far as I know. I’m not sure if I understand what you’re trying to snap the crop to. Can you provide more details?

@Pär Svensson Can you provide an Affinity Publisher file that results in pixelated text when exported to PDF? Provide the file with the image in the state it is in before editing the image. The text and image are getting merged/rasterized — seeing the Publisher file may help in identifying the issue. What are you doing to the image when you edit it?

Pressing the Enter key also commits the crop.

@M J Maguire For the situation you described, my approach would be to put the map image and text in a Group, with the text layers above the map layer. A Group makes it easy to move the layers as a single unit. Another suggestion. The text on the map in your screenshot is difficult to read. If the text in the actual Publisher file is difficult to read, you could experiment with applying a light colored stroke to the text (maybe cream/tan) to help with legibility. I would normally prefer a white stroke for the text on a map, but since the text overlaps some white areas, I’m not sure if white strokes would be appropriate or not.

We’ve all been there… lots to learn. 🙂

Maybe Split View was enabled: View > View Mode > Split View.

No, it’s not possible, unfortunately.

You can close all Live Docs by long press the Affinity icon and selecting Close All Documents. As far as I know, it’s not possible to select multiple files and close them all at once. Just a reminder, Live Docs that haven’t been saved will be gone forever if: they are closed without saving, the app gets corrupted and has to be reinstalled, or if the app is deleted for any reason. It appears that you have a lot of unsaved Live Docs, so I just want to make sure you’re not closing (“deleting”) unsaved files unintentionally.

In addition to what NotMyFault suggested, you can select the symbol in the Layers panel, then in the Symbols panel menu (hamburger menu), select Detach Symbols in Selection.