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33 minutes ago, anto said:
What kind of template do you need? It's not a given that what you download will work for you. But it's not a problem to create your own template.
First, choose the format and size of the brochure. The color profile depends on whether you are going to print it for a publishing house or just for yourself.
1. Create text styles: for the title, author, text. That is, for all possible elements.
2. Create and customize a page master. You can use several of them. One, for example, for page numbering only. Others for designing other pages. Then you can apply the master page to the master page.
And then you can edit the text of your brochure.Search in Google: free books template idml
These will be templates for Indesign, but you can open them in Publisher and then save them as afpub.
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essentially its not the look of the page that is the issue. I can format that with no problem. What I want is a template [ or whatever the appropriate phrase is] that will have the text flow between text frames so that each A4 sheet has 2 text frames - 2 pages, with the page numbers appropriate to the text. 16 folded sheets of A4 gives 64 pages.
This may be called imposition.. On QuarkXPress years ago you worked out where each page would sit on the sheet by making a little folded booklet in paper. Once you had that you could see where you had to drag the text flow lines between text boxes/ frames.
I thought Affinity Publisher would have had such templates set up. Its an old problem.
I will look InDesign to see if they have what I want.
Thanks for you input. T -
On 8/18/2023 at 3:56 PM, Peter Wilkinson said:
Hi Affinity.
As a very early adopter of Serif software, when I bought an iMac back in 2014 I looked for Serif software apps. Eventually Affinity arose with Designer and then Photo which I purchased and waited patiently for Publisher. After many long years it arrived and then I had the set. I purchased the manuals too but never got round to sitting down and working my way through them.
I had previously done all my work using Pageplus which I loved and it had lots of templates I could use.
I decided to pick up where I left off many years ago and thought about producing a little magazine/newsletter I did for a charity but I've looked up and down the many, many options but when wanting to start a new file from a template they don't seem to be there. Baffling.
Is this deliberate or do they need to be purchased. I looked on the Affinity website under resources and it I wanted brushes there are loads but templates I couldn't find. Just a bit gutted really.
So if there's a poll for the return of the templates, it gets my vote.
P
On 8/18/2023 at 3:56 PM, Peter Wilkinson said:Hi Affinity.
As a very early adopter of Serif software, when I bought an iMac back in 2014 I looked for Serif software apps. Eventually Affinity arose with Designer and then Photo which I purchased and waited patiently for Publisher. After many long years it arrived and then I had the set. I purchased the manuals too but never got round to sitting down and working my way through them.
I had previously done all my work using Pageplus which I loved and it had lots of templates I could use.
I decided to pick up where I left off many years ago and thought about producing a little magazine/newsletter I did for a charity but I've looked up and down the many, many options but when wanting to start a new file from a template they don't seem to be there. Baffling.
Is this deliberate or do they need to be purchased. I looked on the Affinity website under resources and it I wanted brushes there are loads but templates I couldn't find. Just a bit gutted really.
So if there's a poll for the return of the templates, it gets my vote.
P
Hi Peter - did you find any templates? I've been going around in circles trying to find pamphlet/ chapbook templates for 64 pages 16 sheets - All I've found is links to basically leaflet templates that I could have created elsewhere. I'm probably missing something here. For the time being I will assume it is me and not that I was convinced by the blurb that Publisher will do the job.
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Newly landed - Previous experience: battling with Quark Express in the late 90s.
I'm looking to produce and self publish poetry in pamphlets up to 64 pages - 16 sheets.
From what I read last year this was all very doable on Affinity Publisher 2.
No more dragging lines between text boxes to control the text flow.
From what I've seen so far that may not be doable. And I cant find any templates, or much help in help on templates.
Have I missed something. Are there any templates that are importable that any of you would recommend?Thanks in advance, Tom.
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Anto - thank you. I think you've got me to where I want to be. Intense looking in the wrong direction for several hours didn't improve the view. Glad I asked. T