AdamW

Yes, for the purposes of Find & Replace a field is treated as single entity, so you can, for instance, search for all instances of a field and change local formatting, or replace the field with another field, or replace found regular text with a particular field.

@MikeTO - I'll start off by admitting I have not had a chance to read this cover to cover - so far I have merely dipped in and skimmed in a few places. However what I have seen seems very well presented, informative and accurate. I would like to thank you for making this available as a free resource and also take this opportunity to thank you for your contribution on the beta forums which has been both notable and significant. Adam Whitehouse Project Manager, Affinity Publisher

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes and updates Requirements: Licensed Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad (registered to an Affinity ID account) App Store: Not Submitted TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/2JoTYQbv --- We are pleased to announce that the first Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Customer Beta 2.0.3.1674 is now available. This beta is an update to the 2.0.0 version recently released to all customers and will form the basis of our first patch. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. --- - Trash can added bottom left for quick delete (command controller toggle now moved to burger menu) - Clearer drop zone indication for dropping layers inside - New document and open buttons on Home Screen now expand additional options by default (without needing to swipe down) to make them more easily discoverable - New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align) - afpackage fails to find Resources on Open - Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances - Unable to drag aftemplate and afpackage files into the app - Allow opening afdesign / afphoto / afpub files as template - Improvements with PDF Import and Layers - Fixes for RTF import - font name discrepancies, fields in footnotes - Update for HEIF importer - Fixed lack of preflight warning on Print or Export - Export Panel UI fixes - Pen tool tweaks and fixes - Split and Reverse missing from Node Tool - Fixed some tool drawing issues relating to selections across spreads etc - Hit box of scaled text could be incorrect - Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient - Fixes for line breaking in some odd cases with punctuation - Merge runs of tabs using leaders - Tweaks to fix some spurious behaviour on interaction with Apple Autocorrect - Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text - OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks - Insert Filler Text does not work if not in text insertion mode - Resource Manager updates - Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files - Fixed crash on Replace Image - Fixes for Drag Drop of Stock images - Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly - Command Controller positioning improvements - Fixes for Display Scale Zoomed - Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes - Master Page management improvements - Fixed some view corruption issues when switching pages / master pages etc - Status bar layout / clipping fixes - Document grid fixes - Context menu fixes - Fixed Navigator in multi-spread views - Fixed assigning shortcuts from a keyboard cover - Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names - Unable to open Guide or Grid settings after dismissing by tapping the canvas - Localisation updates --- To be notified about all future iPad beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this release announcement thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes and Updates Requirements: Licensed Affinity Publisher 2 (registered to an Affinity ID account) Windows Store: Not Submitted Download: MSIX Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that the first Affinity Publisher 2 Customer Beta 2.0.3.1670 is now available as a download from the link above. Please note: We are working on an equivalent MSI/EXE installer to ALSO be available before the time this 2.0.3.x beta cycle finishes, and becomes a public release. This beta is an update to the 2.0.0 version recently released to all customers and will form the basis of our first patch for 2.0.0. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. --- Known Issues - PDF Layers can failing to import for opened and placed PDFs. This is a regression over the 2.0.0 release. --- Updates and Fixes - New Document: Custom Document Preset order is not retained between app sessions - afpackage fails to find Resources on Open - Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances - Improvements with PDF Import and Layers - Fixes for RTF import - font name discrepancies, fields in footnotes - Update for HEIF importer - DWG Import scaling improvements - Opening and closing chapters in a Book can leave the files locked / read only - Crash opening a bunch of chapters from a Book simultaneously - Export Panel UI fixes - Preview exported PDF fails on Book exports - Fix for export of Books with Bleed - Fix for Booklet printing model - Fixed some tool drawing issues relating to selections across spreads etc - Pen tool tweaks and fixes - Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text - OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks - Hit box of scaled text could be incorrect - Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient - Fixes for line breaking in some odd cases with punctuation - Merge runs of tabs using leaders - Resource Manager updates - Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files - Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly - Light UI Improvements - Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes - Clipboard: 32 bit DIB support added - Auto Flow Place: Added an option to auto-flow place to replace the content of already populated picture frames - More attributes are retained when replacing images in frames - Pages Panel, double clicking does not zoom page to view - Ensure global colour edits update live - Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names - New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align) - Localisation updates --- To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this release announcement thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes and updates Requirements: Licensed Affinity Publisher 2 (registered to an Affinity ID account) Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: ZIP Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that the first Affinity Publisher 2 Customer Beta 2.0.3.1674 is now available as a download from the link above. This beta is an update to the 2.0.0 version recently released to all customers and will form the basis of our first patch for 2.0.0. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. --- - New Document: Custom Document Preset order is not retained between app sessions - afpackage fails to find Resources on Open - Fixed spurious future version error under certain circumstances - Improvements with PDF Import and Layers - Fixes for RTF import - font name discrepancies, fields in footnotes - Update for HEIF importer - DWG Import scaling improvements - Fix for export of Books with Bleed - Preview exported PDF fails on book exports - Opening and closing chapters in a book can leave the files locked / read only - Crash opening a bunch of chapters from a book simultaneously - Export Panel UI fixes - Fix for Booklet printing model - Fixed some tool drawing issues relating to selections across spreads etc - Pen tool tweaks and fixes - Fixed hang that could occur composing vertical centre aligned text - OpenType handling does not respect lookup flags such as IgnoreMarks - Hit box of scaled text could be incorrect - Gradients on text strokes don't render unless the fill also has a gradient - Fixes for line breaking in some odd cases with punctuation - Merge runs of tabs using leaders - Resource Manager updates - Fixed various issues involving handling of placed document files - Placed documents with bleed can fail to render the bleed correctly - Fixed Help menu links - Light UI Improvements - Fix for disappearing rulers - Many and various Layers Panel updates and fixes - Auto flow place: Added an option to auto-flow place to replace the content of already populated picture frames - More attributes are retained when replacing images in frames - Pages Panel, double clicking does not zoom page to view - Ensure global colour edits update live - Select Same Name should only select objects with user supplied names - New clearer icons for stroke properties (cap, join, align) - Localisation updates --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this release announcement thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.5.1214 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.4 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixes and Updates - Mitigated UI stalls caused by a bug in macOS 12.0.1 (as best we can, things won't be back to normal until Apple fix the underlying issue). - Attempted to fix graphics corruption for some users of earlier macOS versions. Publisher 1.10.4 Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.2.1187 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixed document with 'Save History' failing to save after promoting a Group to a Layer. Fixed PSD import of Linear Burn blend mode being imported as Multiply. Vector import (SVG, IDML etc) can be created at incorrect size. Space incorrectly gets added to text on clipboard if you double click a word to highlight. Fixed bug when deleting multiple pinned objects at the same time. Other assorted small fixes. Previous Beta Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.2.1187 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixes and Updates Fixed document with 'Save History' failing to save after promoting a Group to a Layer. Fixed PSD import of Linear Burn blend mode being imported as Multiply. Vector import (SVG, IDML etc) can be created at incorrect size. Space incorrectly gets added to text on clipboard if you double click a word to highlight. Fixed bug when deleting multiple pinned objects at the same time. Other assorted small fixes. Previous Beta Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.2.1167 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Placed .afphoto documents can cause redraw issues PDF Passthrough could crash when rendering entire placed document Positioning pins should not find frames that are not editable Hyperlinks with 'MailTo' fail to export when containing a space Issues with borderless printing Miscellaneous stability updates arising from specific cases Previous Beta Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.2.1167 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixes and Updates Placed .afphoto documents can cause redraw issues PDF Passthrough could crash when rendering entire placed document Positioning pins should not find frames that are not editable Hyperlinks with 'MailTo' fail to export when containing a space Miscellaneous stability updates arising from specific cases Previous Beta Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

It just means we've updated the beta to recognise 1.10.1 as a 'Purchased Version'. The previous beta build won't validate and run against a 1.10.1 installed via the Mac App Store.

Status: Beta Purpose: Compatibility / Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.2.1156 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Issues with the Affinity Web Services 'My Account' Page 'Replace' in the Resource Manager converts Linked to Embedded Invalid URL hyperlinks prevent PDF export Other assorted minor fixes Affinity Publisher 1.10.1 Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Compatibility / Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.2.1156 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.1 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixes and Updates Compatibility with the 1.10.1 Update Invalid URL hyperlinks prevent PDF export Date & Time field format options not appearing Other assorted minor fixes Affinity Publisher 1.10.1 Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.1.1138 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.0 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixes and Updates Fixed crashes on load of specific documents Fixed Convert to Curves crash with underlined text, emoji etc. Chinese/Japanese fonts fail to load/be found when language is set to Chinese/Japanese respectively Invalid URL hyperlinks prevent PDF export Fixed crash on launch when a sync'd asset references an unavailable font Affinity Publisher 1.10.0 Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Mac beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread

Status: Beta Purpose: Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not Submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Not Available --- We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.10.1.1138 is now available as a download from the link above. If this is your first time using a customer beta of an Affinity app, it’s worth noting that the beta will install as a separate app - alongside your store version. They will not interfere with each other at all and you can continue to use the store version for critical work without worry. This beta is an incremental update to the 1.10.0 version recently released to all customers. We recommend that you use this beta in preference to the release version if you are affected by any of the issues listed below. --- Fixed crashes on load of specific documents Fixed Convert to Curves crash with underlined text, emoji etc. 'Replace' in the Resource Manager converts Linked to Embedded Previous Release Notes --- To be notified about all future Windows beta updates, please follow this notification thread To be notified when this Publisher update comes out of beta and is fully released to all Publisher customers, please follow this thread