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Data Merge Node box maintains snapping of its contents (text box or a table) when you start from one cell.
But if you create rows and columns first and then add a text box ( or a table) the snapping doesn't occur.
EDIT: I was wrong. I didn't test this feature enough. No snapping takes place even in a single cell. I think that snapping is desirable though so I will put this forward as a suggestion for future improvement.
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Revert Defaults button doesn't reset the Data Merge box to its initial state. (for me)
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1 hour ago, dcarvalho84 said:
If someone have a quick video or something showing what we can do with it would be nice.
Here it is.
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1.9.0.796 crashes as soon as I click on Text Styles palette.
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2 minutes ago, MEB said:
Have you tried to reset the app?
Hi MEB,
I've just done that and it started. Will start testing now.
Thanks
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Unable to launch Publisher. It starts with a Welcome Screen but then it stops. 😞
I'm on macOS Big Sur Version 11.0 Beta (20A5384c)
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On 10/5/2020 at 1:53 AM, countbasil said:
I don't want to have to define a character style for "gray", "smaller", and "gray smaller" to be able to use either or both of these character styles.
If memory serves me well this is available in VivaDesigner.
This is quite a useful feature and I would encourage you to submit it as a suggestion and who know it might be added to the program in the future.
I too, thought about it a while back but never submitted it as a suggestion.
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2 hours ago, Ahmed Salem said:
you should remove this Guy from your team.
Why?
It's the answer given consistently by all the members of the team.
And it's the answer you do not want to accept.
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On 10/7/2020 at 2:29 PM, garrettm30 said:
Note that I am not arguing against IDML export, but just that the idea that Publisher could ever output an InDesign file that is faithful and reliable is never going to be a reality no matter how many resources Serif tries to pour into it.
Absolutely right and this point needs to be reminded to those who hope to get a faithful rendition of any inDesign file in Publisher.
However, I also think that it's of vital importance that Publisher exports its files in IDML format as well. IDML has become the cross platform file format between Publishing applications. To be able to open a file created in Quark or inDesign or in VivaPublisher or Publisher on any if these platforms, however inaccurate, is a win win situation without any question.
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55 minutes ago, Herojas93 said:
I found with last version of AP 1.9.0.742 and macOS BIG SUR Beta 9 that column guides doesn't work.
I had a quick look and you are partially right.
The Column Guides are created but the view is not refreshed so you don't see the guides on the screen.
To see them you need to create a Horizontal or Vertical Guide (then delete it) and the screen will refresh to show the Column Guides.
Definitely, it's a bug you should report and it might be a Mac bug only.
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4 hours ago, wigglepixel said:
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it!
Awesome articles. Thanks for sharing.
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14 hours ago, Petar Petrenko said:
I would like to know why we can't define margins and bleed colors when creating new document, instead of opening "Document setup..." and "Guides manager..."?
I was thinking about it as well and came to a conclusion that the margin and bleed colours should live in Preferences.
And the per Project colours changes should be where they are now.
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1 hour ago, AdamW said:
New Features and Improvements
One thing that is missing from your list of improvements is:
- Additional improvements regarding IDML import.
This beta is able to open an IDML file which up until now Publisher, including 1.8.4 release, wasn't able to deal with (immediate crash).
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33 minutes ago, AdamW said:
We have additional features we expect to integrate over the next few weeks.
Looking forward to testing them all.
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2 hours ago, Christopher J. said:
please let me know if affinity products would work and if other newspapers are using it.
The short answer is yes, the longer one is it depends.
However, only you can answer that question adequately by testing the software and testing it again.
Don't rely on anybody's opinions in this matter because each company/users have different expectations.
So once again, test, test and test again.
Once you do that you will arrive at own conclusion which is the most important one.
Practical suggestion: recreate your newspaper with Affinity Publisher (try to test Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo as well).
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44 minutes ago, Sean P said:
Do you have an object you could attach that shows this, as I'm not seeing this myself.
Here's a screencast of the problem areas I found. The arrow is the one showing no difference between the Miter Join and Bevel Join when object gets expanded. Going inward there is some difference there.
I'm also including the Designer file with objects I played with.
This is a hit and miss situation at the moment. Some objects seem to work OK some don't. The more complex ones are more problematic.
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On 9/11/2020 at 10:58 PM, daft said:
Is there a way in Affinity Designer or Publisher to use the enhanced version instead of the real version?
You could try to test the latest Designer Beta 1.9.0.* release. You can search for Select->Select Same->Same Stroke
and see how that makes selecting same strokes easier.
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6 minutes ago, Jens Krebs said:
Do you mean presets?
Ups, changed my post. Thanks.
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Is there a reason why Presets were not included in this release of Designer like we have in Photo Beta 1.9.0.196?
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There is no visible difference between Miter Join and Bevel Join when using Contour Tool on an object (second and third buttons).
Also these buttons are not sticky like the corresponding buttons for Cap and Fill in the Contextual Toolbar.
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My 2ç.
To avoid any further confusion what handle to use when manipulating text boxes, Affinity should consider removing the Sizing Handle from ordinary text frames and only leave it in Artistic Text frames.
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18 minutes ago, Artsketch said:
This app is a joke, incompetent development.
Have a good day, competent user.

Data Merge in Master Pages 1.9.0.7.9.6
in [ARCHIVE] Publisher beta on macOS threads
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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.