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Hi there Lee D, Thanks very much for your reply. So far this error never happened before the last latest update to both Publisher and Photo. I have version 2.4.2 installed in all three apps. This does not happen when I create a new document from scratch. It only happens when I open a template and modify it and export. Afterwards, when I'm finished creating the document and exported, I then close off the program and the error pops up. Attached is the "show details" text pasted into a text file. Hope we can locate the problem. Affinity Publisher Error_Quit Unexpectedly.txt

Hi there, Sorry if this has been reported already..... I have a Macbook Pro, late 2013, 13"Retina, Running macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 Processor 2,6 GHz Dual-Cor Intel Core i5. 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Ram. Graphics Intel Iris 1536MB. After using Photo & Publisher, upon closing both programs a warning appears saying that they quit unexpectedly. This is not true because I closed both apps myself. They didn't crash for any reason. Therefore I think this is a bug. This happens every time I close the apps. Hope this gets sorted out.

Hi there Callum, I've done what you suggested and toggled the tool bar on and off but the problem is still there. I never had this problem with the previous version of Publisher. I forgot to mention that this problem is also happening in Photo and Designer since I updated all apps.

Hi there, Since I have updated to Publisher 2.2, when starting the program, the user interface does not load correctly. The top row of icons is partially hidden under the top menus. This never happened with the previous version. At first I thought it was a setting which needed to be changed under the UI section in Preferences. I have a macbook pro with Catalina OS. Is there a setting which needs to be changed? This in my opinion is a bug. Many thanks.

Hi there, I am running Affinity Publisher version 2.2.0 on my Macbook Pro with OS Catalina. When attempting to open a template made by myself, Publisher does not display anything at all. There is no document open. I then attempt to open a new document from scratch and nothing happens. I then need to close Publisher and are able to create a new document from scratch.

Hi there Amy, It sounds like you are making progress with your book in Affinity Publisher. I must say that I think the problems with footnotes come in when importing them from MS Word into Affinity Publisher. I've used Adobe InDesign CS6 in the past for book layout. I have a client whose books have hundreds of footnotes which he created in MS Word and when importing his documents into Affinity Publisher, I have had to "clean up" his text styles section. When he wrote his books, he would copy and paste different articles from off the internet and put them into his word documents. As the text was pasted into the Word document, it would bring along with it a whole bunch of unnecessary formatting from the documents online. This created incredible problems when importing into other software, even Adobe InDesign. I can also say that Adobe InDesign has a more evolved form of MS Word importing which is quite good and I have not had the problems I have encountered with Affinity Publisher. I hope you continue to press on to learn more so that you achieve the success you desire. Kind Regards to you....

Hi there nowill, Thanks very much for sharing your situation here. I've had a look into your Affinity Publisher file you posted. Here are some suggestions for your footnotes. Firstly, remove any unused text styles from inside MS Word before importing the document into Affinity Publisher. Don't use the Edit > Paste Without Format option when bringing in your footnotes from MS Word. When Creating your footnotes in MS Word, use very simple formatting. Use the "Place" command under the file menu to bring your text from MS Word. In the Text Styles panel inside Affinity Publisher, remove any unused text styles after import by clicking on the 3 little lines next to the Text Styles Panel and selecting, "Delete Unused Styles". It's too confusing to work in a document with a whole bunch of extra styles which you are not using. Have a look at my suggestions with the screenshot of the Notes panel and use the same procedure and settings in your Notes panel. This should help you start to sort out the issues. Hopefully someone else with some more insight might be able to give input to you here on this forum. Regards to you.

Hi there Amy, Thank you for your question. I am hoping that my answer will help you. See my screenshot image. First, create a style for footnotes text. Yes! Edit "footnote Reference" Character style. This is very important. Go through the settings carefully. If you get it wrong you can go back and edit again. Create a "Footnotes number" Character style as well. I suggest add a new page below your other pages and just type any single digit number there. Apply whatever font to it and size etc. Go to the text styles panel and create the character style for that number. Be careful with spacing and other things. Once all of that is set up correctly, then go to the "Notes" tab and put in the settings as you see them in my uploaded image. Hopefully your footnotes will come right and be as you expected. You might need to play around with those notes settings to get it right as you like it. Hope this answer helps you.

When I load AF pub files inside the Publisher 2 Books Tab, Publisher crashes when I open a file from within the books tab.

Hi there to you all, I've uploaded a screen recording as Stokerg has suggested. I've been an Affinity Publisher user from the start and have not had this issue. I have a late 2013 Macbook Pro 13 inch, Retina model with 8GB or Ram and the usual stuff. I am using MacOS Big Sur. I had to upgrade from Mojave because version 2 of all Affinity Apps would not work it. I actually wanted to install Catalina but I had so many issues with the installation freezing and so forth, so I had to go with Big Sur. I've installed all the updates until now, but not sure what his problem is. Screen Recording 2022-12-09 at 14.10.35.mov

Hi there Walt, Thanks ever so much. I also want to mention that all other text styles in MS Word do not behave in the same way. For some reason, all those text styles are added into the MS Word document even before the import is done by Affinity Publisher. Would you recommend that I remove them before the import within MS Word or afterwards inside of Publisher. Kind Regards to you.

Hi there Anto, I've already tried to delete unused styles and it does not remove them at all. Not sure what this is all about.

Hi there to you all, When I import an MS Word document into Affinity Publisher through the "place" option, Publisher duplicates a number of different text styles from Word. I then have to delete them one by one which is a pain. Is this a bug or is this normal? Is there a way of deleting all duplicate text styles. Some help with this would be greatly appreciated. Many Thanks.

Here is what I feel is a bug which was not experienced in version 1. When starting a new document and coming to the margin section to change margin sizes, once I have highlight (selected) the first number and typing a new number in, when a second digit is typed, the first digit disappears and I have to go back and put the number in again. this also happens in the bleed numbering section of a new document.

Hi there to you all, I've been busy with importing my older projects I did for clients using Adobe InDesign CS6, but importing the MS Word files because they contain hundreds of footnotes per project. I've managed to format the footnotes to my liking but there is still a problem. Even after unchecking the box next to "Allow Split Notes", I have a footnote reference number in the main text on a left page, but it's corresponding note is on the next page. Is this right? Maybe I have misunderstood the purpose of this setting, "Allow Split Notes." Does this mean that the footnote at the bottom of the text underneath the line must not be split up to another page? Or is there another meaning to this? Any help or suggestions will be most appreciated. Many thanks....