EmFernandez

Clicking preview mode and just hiding guides but not the full interface... is just hiding guides. Hopefully, this will be implemented in the future.

I got the same crashes. Mostly when pressing the synchronize chapters in a book. So I quit using the book feature and just made pages. I spent 2 days trying to redo it every time it crashed I had to save every 5 minutes and close the app to keep my changes...but I got fed up and just made it into pages instead of using the book feature. I'm also a new user of Affinity as well. A bit disappointed. Aside from that, there is no full-screen preview like in InDesign (shift+w), and masters duplicate themselves every time I sync books (ending up with dozens of master pages). I almost pushed my company to switch over to Affinity instead of Adobe because it is more cost-efficient... Currently, my stand is a big no. It took me almost 2 days trying to go around fixes, crashes, and limitations that I could have done in 2 hours in InDesign. Just hoping since it's just version 2, and could be unfair to complain to Adobe's apps at version 12 or something...but still a very unsatisfactory start for me.

I'm a new user since Adobe pulled out Pantone and removed the Adobe library for non-enterprise users...I jumped ship. Content so far. But this feature "preview" full screen without any other tools, guides, etc. is a must. Exporting it every time just to preview... by definition is not a PREview. Just bought the full suite too... it may not be a dealbreaker for most, but it is an inconvenience that has already been done by a competitor for years. And introducing it to other artists, that comes up a lot and I can see their faces wince in pain and just stop thinking of trying it out.