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I use GREP a LOT in InDesign when doing book layout; I'm especially fond of a search+replace command/script (I'm not a power creator of GREP stuff, so I don't know the exact term) that finds and adjusts paragraphs so that the last line of the paragraph has a minimum of two words. Does anyone have any idea how to replicate that in any way in Publisher?
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Print book layout
patrickfoster replied to patrickfoster's topic in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
A lot of work needs doing, for sure, at least from our perspectives as users. That said, I've been using Publisher to build out novels for a client since its release this past summer, and while there are some extra steps, it's more than made up for by not having to pay Adobe every month. Would I like Publisher to do more of the stuff I want it to do? Surely. Will I manage until it does (or if it never does)? Absolutely. -
Publisher Beta crash on save
patrickfoster replied to Phil in Welland's topic in [ARCHIVE] Publisher beta on macOS threads
Hi— Nope, created in release 1.71; I had fun in the beta but I wouldn't have tried to work in it. Do you still want the file? -
Hi— Mac OS, 10.14.5. 2015 MacBook Air, 2.2Ghz Core I7, 8GB ram, 256GB storage. Initial failure was trying to save 30.1 MB afpub file; 99.5% text with some small vector embeds. Was working fine, until it suddenly wasn't. All saves to my internal SSD, no external saving. Pasting crash was from trying to move a text box from the original document to a new, smaller afpub file (ended up recreating the book as individual chapter files, rather than one long one.) Also, had three random crashes yesterday, from no discernible action, when using smaller files. The only pattern was that I had two afpub files open at each time it crashed. Thanks for the help. pf
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Publisher Beta crash on save
patrickfoster replied to Phil in Welland's topic in [ARCHIVE] Publisher beta on macOS threads
This is happening to me as well. Any sense of how to resolve it? -
I use an external Bluetooth keyboard a lot with my iPad; I just noticed yesterday that I couldn’t input file dimensions into the new document setup screen using the keyboard; I had to actually touch the numbers on the screen. It’s a little thing, but it would speed things up if Designer could accept numbers typed from the keyboard in dialogue boxes. (I say BOXES, even though I haven’t tested it elsewhere, sorry.)
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Book publishing
patrickfoster replied to kirtonm's topic in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
Not at all; and I couldn’t agree more. Anything that gets us all to the tools we need is fine with me. -
Book publishing
patrickfoster replied to kirtonm's topic in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
Well, I did say in my experience. -
Book publishing
patrickfoster replied to kirtonm's topic in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
Thats not accurate in my experience; working with individual files for chapters makes managing books much easier. -
The InDesign feature I use most—weirdly—is the INDB book feature, where InDesign creates a container file of sorts to hold a pile of individual InD files that make up an entire book, as well as manage their page numbers. Being able to manage chapters individually is vastly easier than working on a 300+ page single file. Would love to see this implemented—or something like it.
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Hi— Sorry to be so long replying. No, its not a PS printer, but the same font prints from other apps (TextEdit, Illustrator) although I suppose there may be some emulation working behind the scenes. Printing from curves works fine; I'm just trying to be sure how things work before I sent a job off to a press, say. Thanks, I'll keep testing.
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Thats an excellent point, I'll test it. Thanks!
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When I create a rich black object (CMYK 65/65/65/100) in Designer, and print it to my b&w laser printer, I get not a solid black but a slightly dot-patterned one, as if the file is trying to separate itself. Which makes all black text look awful. I can get a solid black print if I set the document colour mode to Gray, but mostly what I want is crispy black text surrounded by colour objects if needed. Am I missing a step? Thanks—
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Hi— The font is Gotham HTF. I did end up using curves to get it to print via PDF, but that can't be the ultimate solution; i feel like I've missed a step; either that or I've found a brand-new bug. :) I apologize for using'hash text'; there may be a technical term but I don't know it. Photo of print attached to this message. As far as I can see, the font is being replaced by postscript gibberish. All of that text is set in Gotham HTF in the document itself. Renders fine on screen; won't output. Thanks for the help—
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I set up a mostly text-only doc in Designer for layout; used an actual paid-for HTF font, and it looks great on screen. When printing, or exporting to PDF, I get postscript hash text instead of the font/text. Font was manually activated using Font Explorer, and I've had zero issues with the font or printing the font using Illustrator in the past. Also tested the font using TextEdit, no issues there, either. Any idea? This is as close to a deal breaker as it gets for me; seems unwieldy/antiquated to convert text to curves to print or export.