PilotBob

The attached opera ad includes a slug at the bottom. Created in InDesign. When inserting the PDF in an Indesign publication, options allow only showing the art, or the bleed, or the whole PDF including the slug. I use slugs to identify the art, and occasionally to include specific art instructions. Bob K

Adding my name to the request list. Slugs are nearly a mandatory item for advertising art.

MikeW, Exactly. InDesign can do this, and so can QuarkXPress, but wouldn't it be great to have this in Publisher, and stop paying through the nose every month? That's why I'm suggesting it to Serif on my wishlist for future improvements. As I said earlier, I'm fully aware of almost every possible work-around (I've been in this business for a boatload of years, and I've used almost every major tool available), but every one of the work-arounds involves quantum increases in the time it takes to get the job done, and makes future edits tedious, if not impossible. I'm also unhappy that long tables in Word files simply disappear when the Word file is imported to Publisher. That's all. PB

loukash, I still only see you doing 2 columns with text. Can your workaround do the attached? Again, the table in my example comes from a Word file, and spans several pages. No text reconstructed. The example was laid out in InDesign, and the source material was imported intact from the Word file. Importing the same word file into Publisher results in the loss of the whole table. Again, I appreciate your enthusiastic effort to show that what I need can be done. However, it simply cannot be done in Publisher without time-consuming, tedious copy/paste cell by cell reconstruction. And if material gets edited/added that changes the length of the table, the edits become nightmarish. Again, thanks for your efforts.

I think you guys need to see the kind of tables I deal with every day. The attached is from an aviation operations manual. I'd like to thank those of you who are trying to help by suggesting paragraph decoration. I have used the technique myself quite often. However no amount of "hanging indent/paragraph decorations" can do what we need. This table is about 75 rows by 6 columns, spanning almost 6 pages in the manual. This kind of construction is very commonly used in parts catalogues, technical manuals and government publications. The client prepared it in MS Word, but it was destroyed by Publisher's Word import engine. It simply disappeared from the text. PS: I've been doing this for over 40 years, and I understand the tools quite well. I've been doing graphic design/page layout/mechanical art with computers since Aldus Pagemaker version 1.0/Windows 1.0, and Apple System 7, on both PCs and Macs. Before that, it was art boards and type setting with adhesive wax, steel rulers and exacto knives. I'm just saying... Yes, I'm THAT old, and still working. And yes, I can still resort to InDesign, which is a very mature product, but I would dearly love to cut the subscription cord.

Thanks for your message, but you may have seen others who have suggested your same solution earlier in the thread. That doesn’t come close to solving my issue, which is two-fold. First, I need an actual table structure with automatic repeating head rows on each page and vertical rules (just like a table) between columns. Second, long tables contained in, and imported with Word files simply disappear from the text. That’s not ideal. I can think of many tedious work-arounds, but Quark, Word and InDesign (among others) can do this without developing a sweat.

Yes, loukash, that's exactly my point. MS Word, InDesign, and several other programs, treat tables as part of the text flow, with features that allow them to span pages and repeat header rows. InDesign and Quark XPress these Word files with long tables without causing any disruption or loss.

One of my frustrations is that long tables in Word documents simply disappear on import, - Not very helpful at all.

I am disappointed to see that in Publisher 2, tables are still not fully integrated into the text flow as in MS word and InDesign (along with many others). For some kinds of layout, such as catalogues and technical publications, tables that will cross page barriers with repeating head rows are a must. Placing them as pinned or inline objects limited to to a single page is too limiting. I have just run into this very issue with a government publication that I am working on. I'm trying to migrate from Adobe to Serif, but there are steep hills to climb. I never used Publisher 1 for working projects for this one reason. Designer 1 was a pleasure, however. On the plus side, I'm happy to see better Word import, but when long tables are involved, they become a challenge.

Hi Mike OS is Ventura 13.1 on an Intel iMac 2017 with 24 Gb RAM. The issue is not strictly repeatable, and the "spelling mistakes" on the screen shot are all proper names or e-mail addresses. In the particular session, I did tell the system to "learn spelling" on quite a few aeronautical terms. I've only seen the issue 2 or 3 times. No persona switches. A typical session lasts 2-3 hours. No particularly odd edits that I can think of. PB

Hello Publisher 2, V2.03 Intel iMac 27" 2017 After closing a document with a number of preflight issues, the preflight error list remains loaded. See attached screenshot. This behavior is intermittent. Starting a new document or loading a different document clears the preflight list.

Getting familiar with how the forum works. I thought this was a separate "wish list" thread. Are you a moderator?

I took a look a your file. I see how you are doing this. You are right, it can get tedious, but I see it's possible with a bit of work. My docs often have up to 10-12 sections and 3 levels of headings, which would make the style list a nightmare, but achievable. To make this easier, all Affinity has to do is make "section name" available as a Separator field. I wonder if they would consider it... PB

I create technical manuals with several sections. I have been doing this for years in InDesign and Quark XPress. I am now experimenting with Affinity Publisher 2. The page numbering in each section or chapter includes the section number. I can achieve this on each page by making the section name to just its number, and editing the footer with two fields (section name and page number) separated by a hyphen; for example "page 4-1". However, when I create the master table of contents, I can't find a way for page numbers to be displayed in the same format. Only the page number digits are used. The result is unusable. Is there a way to create TOC entries where page numbering includes a prefix? This is easily achievable in MS Word, Indesign, and Quark. I regard it as a "must have" feature. The attached image illustrates what I'm trying to achieve.

MikeTO … or I could spend the time pasting in the section numbers after the TOC has been generated. … or I could forget about trying to shove a square peg into a round hole and go back to any of the many other software solutions that don’t have a problem with this. This is such a basic function for long document software. Ordinary word processors can do this. I have to say I’m gobsmacked that it’s still missing in version 2 of Publisher. Perhaps someone from Serif could weigh in on this.

I create technical manuals with several sections. I have been doing this for years in InDesign and Quark XPress. I am now experimenting with Affinity Publisher 2. The page numbering in each section or chapter includes the section number. This is a requirement of our federal regulator (Transport Canada). I can achieve this on each page by making the section name to just its number, and editing the footer with two fields (section name and page number) separated by a hyphen; for example "page 4-1". However, when I create the master table of contents, I can't find a way for page numbers to be displayed in the same format. Only the page number digits are used. The result is unusable. Is there a way to create TOC entries that honour the combined section name and page number format? This is easily achievable in MS Word, Indesign, and Quark. I regard it as a "must have" feature. The attached image illustrates what I'm trying to achieve. PilotBob