[Text flows under instead of below table]

3 hours ago, RainerH said:

does anybody know, why the text (orange marked in the screenshot) is positioned in and not below the table?

I think this is a bug and you should report it.

If you create any other object like an oval, etc., then the wrap works OK. So this bug only affect tables.

The only way to remedy that at the moment is to increase Unten: by about 10pts to make the line jump to just below the Table.

[Mail Merge Blank lines]

1 hour ago, Joachim_L said:

AFAIK there is no option to suppress empty lines.

I read somewhere that blank lines are removed automatically by publisher so we don't have to worry about it. If they do appear then maybe it's because these empty lines contain spaces or white characters that force them to appear on the merged document.

[Pattern Layer Dialog Usability Issue 1.9.0.203]

You have to tab out of both X and Y inputs in the New Patter Layer to get the size of the pattern you want. Otherwise the program reads the only entry in any of the input fields.

See below:

[Crash Using Contour Tool 1.9.0.7]

52 minutes ago, dcarvalho84 said:

I can reproduce your crash, but i have tested with some other shapes and no crash.

Same here. Shapes created with tools like ovals, rectangles work OK.

That's why I specifically mentioned the one that crashes all the time.

[Crash Using Contour Tool 1.9.0.7]

Basically, the latest beta crashes as soon as you start  manipulating the medical glyph shape from the Assets Panel.

[PSD Export of Whole Document Does Nothing 1.9.0.5 (was PDF)]

1 hour ago, MEB said:

Can't reproduce it with PSD either (whole document), see screenshot below.

@MEB, @Sean P,

I was in the process of recording a short video showing the problem and lo and behold it did work at that time.

Don't know what to say except that it's working now.

I even checked the latest Photo beta and it didn't work there for me either.

Now, however, both work fine.

Weird. Sorry for taking up the bandwidth. The problem just went away.

 

[PSD Export of Whole Document Does Nothing 1.9.0.5 (was PDF)]

4 hours ago, Sean P said:

I can confirm it is also working for me. Is this happening to a specific file or can you reproduce it on a new document?

Hi @Sean P and @MEB,

Apologies, I meant to say PSD files.

I'm not sure whether it makes sense (well I think it does) to export the whole document as PSD but at the moment that seems to be not possible.

So if you select a Designer file with multiples artboards and select PSD export the Whole Document the command fails silently.

I will try to update the heading of this thread as well.

 

EDIT: I've just checked the latest Photo beta and the same problem appears to be there as well.

[PSD Export of Whole Document Does Nothing 1.9.0.5 (was PDF)]

When exporting a PDF PSD with Whole Document selected (Pop-up Menu), the app does nothing.

Selecting individual arbours exports PDF PSD as expected.

[1.9.0.5 Crash Changing to Centimetres]

I'm not sure whether this is everybody's experience but when I switch the measuring system to centimetres when creating a new document the latest beta crashes.

I use a tab key to go to the next field and once tabbed the program crashes.

If I change the dimensions manually (without tabbing) then the program crashes when clicking on the OK button.

 

[Data Merge – can't link to 2nd source]

1 hour ago, fde101 said:

What would be more helpful is to be able to select such a database as the data source without requiring the data to be exported first, but I suspect that is beyond the scope of 1.9 in any case.

There is so much a publishing app can do but to be able to connect to a database (again rabbit hole: local?, cloud, etc) is something very desirable and I completely agree with you here.

[Data Merge – can't link to 2nd source]

58 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

We would be best served by merging the various documents outside of  Publisher and then importing that one data file.

Either that or having an ID field that should be the same in both files. One-to-One relation basically.

[Affinity Publisher Customer Beta - 1.9.0.822]

34 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I guess I could try again with all the default resets enabled, but it becomes tiresome having to revert to the 801 version & reset everything to my preferred layout if/when that doesn't work.

I think I reset all options there. But I also understand how frustrating it is to reselect all your preferences again.

[Affinity Publisher Customer Beta - 1.9.0.822]

15 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Anybody have any idea what is causing this?

Not really, but did you try to reset Publisher by holding down Control key?

I remember I had a similar problem with second 1.9 beta and the reset worked for me then.

[Affinity Publisher Customer Beta - 1.9.0.822]

Just tested Pass Through PDF and it works beautifully. Thank you.

[Affinity Publisher Customer Beta - 1.9.0.822]

Studio Presets have been absent in Publisher (On MacOSX) for the last couple of betas. Is it intentional or is it only on my computer?

I also noticed that if I Clear User Data (first 4 options) I have to go through the Registration Process again. Is that necessary?

[Variable font support is overdue.]

1 hour ago, CharismaPro said:

Aside form any major bugs this should be a top priority.

Disagree. While Variable Font is important to some it's not a top priority to others.

There are more important things that Publishers is missing at the moment.

[Data Merge – can't link to 2nd source]

2 hours ago, thomaso said:

Though the UI seems to offer the option to load more than 1 data source file I am unable to do so.

This seems to be a bug on MacOSX only because, apparently, you can do that on windows.

[Affinity Photo Windows Customer Beta - 1.9.0.815]

2 hours ago, Ash said:

The issue with allowing your store content to still be available if you sign out of the app is that it could be open to abuse (i.e. credentials for an account which has purchased all content could be passed around for 1,000s of people to sign in, install and then immediately sign out of). Of course this concern isn’t directed at you guys, but something we need to think about

I'm sure you guys know what to do in this case. Adobe and other companies allow you to have 2 computers connected to the store. You could allow 2-4 different locales to be connected from, to the account, after which the account is suspended and the owner is informed of illegal activity.

[RegEx video]

1 hour ago, Petar Petrenko said:

So, you have to select the title and change the character style from bold to [None] and only then the title becomes black.

Can't you run Find and Replace character styles to [None] on all headings as a second step?

[Merge Progress Indicator 1.9.0.801]

When generating records through Data Merge the progress indicator doesn't reflect the progress of the merge. (at least for me)

It doesn't move at all and then it disappears when the job is done.

[Affinity Publisher Customer Beta - 1.9.0.796]

54 minutes ago, kevinslimp said:

I'd appreciate any advice.

Hello @kevinslimp,

The only advise/suggestion I can give you is to get involved in the beta testing of Affinity Publisher and report all bugs and annoying things you encounter while using it. I think the vast majority of users hanging out in this forum have high hopes. Only time will tell … . Meanwhile you can contribute to its development.

 

[Data Merge: Image resource paths. Howto?]

45 minutes ago, dominik said:

Thank you for confirming. We both are on Windows, that may make the difference.

Just a short movie to show how it works on a Mac.

[Data Merge: Image resource paths. Howto?]

9 minutes ago, dominik said:

Activate the frame and then double click in the Fields Panel?

Yes.

[Data Merge: Image resource paths. Howto?]

1 hour ago, Joachim_L said:

Double-clicking on the field name while having the picture frame selected does nothing.

It works on MacOSX. I tried .csv and .xlsx files and it works as expected.

EDIT: Make sure that you have a complete path to the resource. I don't think relative paths work (haven't tried it yet).

[Data Merge in Master Pages 1.9.0.7.9.6]

It seems that it's not possible to lay out data merge structure in Master Pages at the moment.

I'm not sure whether this is a bug or simply not planned at all.

It would be a very powerful thing to be able to create a number of page layouts using the Data Merge Node box in Master Pages and being able to change the layout of the merged page at will later. Basically a combination of Smart Master Pages + Smart Merge = a very powerful feature for catalogues, etc.