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I don't think there's a definite better way to be honest unless the file is becoming HUGE then you may look to optimise that way

I'd still like the original afphoto as removing that fixed the export for me. Although it could be some other sort of corruption and there's potentially a load of fixes

If i remove the afphoto files it exports for me - can we get a copy of the afphoto file used i this document please.

one of the crash reports would indicate some kind of problem with the file history -are you saving history in your files?

@MikeTOcould you get an activity monitor sample process report when the spell checker isn't working. Maybe some thread has locked up

Can you manually delete these lock files?

using your files and build 2.2.1.2075. I wonder if its linked to locales and the newly added date formatting functions for fields. Where Hangmans fails mine works.

can you try deleting the data source then readding it?

@Hangman - I've simply loaded the afpub file, removed and readded the data source then previewed the results. Which regional settings are you using ? I've tried french on WIndows and that worked for me too

Seems to be functioning for me - 2.0.4 was the last working version for you?

what make are model is your big screen?

which model of Mac do you have exactly ?

@dhelm245 can you recall exactly what file you opened for that process sample?

When the file is in the loading state you can try taking some process samples from the activity monitor ( Select the process e.g. Afinity Publisher, then View, Sample Process) these logs can give us some insight into what is going on and it's worth taking a few whilst the file is loading.

I dont think there's anything in particular causing a slow down like other users have here. Running tests here exporting to PDF/X4 we would expect an export time in the order of certainly less than 10 minutes. What Export settings are you using exactly (Screenshot). Also is the macbook running on any sort of power saving mode ? Also check you have a lot of free disk space on the startup volume

I've raised an issue and I'll bump another regarding the default value in case someone is setting it to zero to create a solid line. I'm not in a position to provide timelines I'm afraid. If you come across similar problems it is possible to go through documents and use The Select, Object, Dashed line menu option to track them down

do you have more than one affinity app open at the same time?

do you recall if you set the dashed line style and then set the gap value to zero to effectively turn it into what looks like a solid line or if they were copy pasted from somewhere ?

@agray for the Education Signage file has similar dashed lines on Page 2. The delimiters used for the Ballroom dimensions. Also the protected backround shape used on all pages is a text shape which appears to also be causing a problem - consider changing that back to a regular rectangle

@atardvark I suspect this may be due to a quirk of the 'Fredrika the Great' font but I'll have to pass this on to the developers for further investigation. Workarounds would be to rasterise any layers using that font or choose another font

There are also a lot of these on the final page - once corrected the file will export in a speedy fashion

@agray - apologies for the delay - I'm looking into your fies and have discovered there are some places where objects have a dashed line style which is causing the slow down. e.g the Sponsor Pavillion Tower file has a group on the first page containing the "Monday October 2" text . This group has rectangles which have the following line style defined on them switching these to solid lines will resolve the issues. They may of course be many other instances. I'm not sure what the cause of these are - it may be some upgrade issue if the files are old or maybe an accidental click. I'll continue checking this file - Just wanted to let you know We're looking into the issue

@MentalFlight are there any invalid or problematic profiles listed in the ColorSync utility ?

what language is the text set to ? maybe the relevant text has not been defined via the Cross references panel

Numbered Paragraph will include the paragraph text upto whatever the sub field limit is ( . is a terminator by default). I've l;ogged an issue to see if we can exclude terminating charcters in the numbering section for this field