AdamW

Thanks for taking the time to upload these @MickRose. Really appreciate it. 👍

Hi StuartRc - Glad to hear it. Thanks for letting us know.

Hi, I've uploaded an update to fix this issue loading fonts on startup, the update is available from download link in the announcement at the top of the thread.

Hi, Thanks all, I'll withdraw this build. We hope to have an update / fix later today. If you're affected and can wait great, if not the previous build is here.

Status: Beta Purpose: Updates and Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.863 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- We have a new preflight check for the document colour profile being incompatible with PDF/X. Currently this is generating false positives. This will be fixed in the next update. Fixes And Improvements General Fixed Select > Deselect for Master Page items Fixed crash which could occur when undoing a color format change Fixed rounding error in scale displayed in the context toolbar scaling UI for images Now able to drop folders from Windows Explorer which contain Assets into the Assets Panel Ctrl+Right-Click displays tree of objects to select from Pages panel loses the scroll position when switching between document tabs Fixed Keyboard shortcuts > Apply to all Allow marquee selection in Pages Panel Text Text frame bounding rectangle now remains visible when typing text Fixes for vertically aligned text in conjunction with baseline grid Reverting local formatting in a TOC could cause issues Auto correct quotation marks for French Text Styles panel may truncate style names without clear indication. Fixed use of Tab Character with Initial Words Unable to add tab stop lower than the already existing highest value Line breaks coming from Paragraph Style with Bullets and Numbering is now removed in TOC Fix for the Index Panel showing double entries under certain circumstances Fixed crash which could occur when deleting a TOC Table Formats weren't rendered colour corrected in the panel Fixed Initial Words UI update issue Fixed issue with Spelling > Change UI Find and Replace Fixed issue where Replace All with an empty string could cause a crash Ensure found entry is always made visible in Find and Replace panel Find and Replace did not always advance to next result correctly Text from Master Page frames not selected correctly in Find and Replace panel Images / Frames Converting to Picture Frame could distort the frame content Can now 'Paste as Content' into Master Page Picture Frame Name converted Pixel Layers Name images created from the clipboard Import / Export When creating a new file from a template reset the fields. When exporting don't change the filename field. Fixed placement issue with artboard based afdesign files Custom date formatting on xlsx files could import incorrectly Export Pages field now clears when switching documents Improved PDF export of Type 1 fonts, which could cause failure under certain circumstances Fixed possible crash on PDF Export under failure conditions PDF Export was converting RGB bitmaps to CMYK if the original document had the bitmap's working profile Fixed crash in PDF Export which could occur if a bitmap's colour profile did not match the bitmaps colour format Fix for TGA 32bit export Data Merge Facing page data merge could lose data and assign incorrect master pages Import from Excel files could miss rows whcih started with no data in the first column --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.850 Release Notes for 1.9.0.843 Release Notes for 1.9.0.829 Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.798 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.857 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- We have a new preflight check for the document colour profile being incompatible with PDF/X. Currently this is generating false positives. This will be fixed in the next update. Improvements and Fixes General Fixed Select > Deselect for Master Page items Fixed crash which could occur when undoing a color format change Fixed rounding error in scale displayed in the context toolbar scaling UI for images Fixed checkboxes rendering on Big Sur Fixed issue with Character / Paragraph panel where control layout could become broken Fixed selection state of insertion target buttons on Toolbar Fixed broken font previews on macOS Big Sur Text Text frame bounding rectangle now remains visible when typing text Fixes for vertically aligned text in conjunction with baseline grid Reverting local formatting in a TOC could cause issues Auto correct quotation marks for French Text Styles panel may truncate style names without clear indication. Unable to add tab stop lower than the already existing highest value Line breaks coming from Paragraph Style with Bullets and Numbering is now removed in TOC Fix for the Index Panel showing double entries under certain circumstances Fixed crash which could occur when deleting a TOC Table Formats weren't rendered colour corrected in the panel Changes to decorations could be ignored in Text Style Editor Find and Replace Fixed issue where Replace All with an empty string could cause a crash Ensure found entry is always made visible in Find and Replace panel Find and Replace did not always advance to next result correctly Text from Master Page frames not selected correctly in Find and Replace panel Images / Frames Converting to Picture Frame could distort the frame content Can now 'Paste as Content' into Master Page Picture Frame Name converted Pixel Layers Name images created from the clipboard Import / Export When creating a new file from a template reset the fields. When exporting don't change the filename field. Fixed placement issue with artboard based afdesign files Custom date formatting on xlsx files could import incorrectly Export Pages field now clears when switching documents Improved PDF export of Type 1 fonts, which could cause failure under certain circumstances Fixed possible crash on PDF Export under failure conditions PDF Export was converting RGB bitmaps to CMYK if the original document had the bitmap's working profile Fixed crash in PDF Export which could occur if a bitmap's colour profile did not match the bitmaps colour format Fix for TGA 32bit export Data Merge Facing page data merge could lose data and assign incorrect master pages Import from Excel files could miss rows which started with no data in the first column --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.850 Release Notes for 1.9.0.843 Release Notes for 1.9.0.829 Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.801 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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: Updates and Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.850 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- Fixes And Improvements Text > Interactive > Anchor options missing from shortcuts Fixed possible crash applying Picture Frame properties Opening a template from File > Open or Drag and drop will now open it as untitled Filter Effect Dialog - Enabled the use of global colours --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.843 Release Notes for 1.9.0.829 Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.798 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Available --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.850 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- Fixes And Improvements Updated to work correctly with new 1.8.6 Mac App Store version. Fixes issue in Build 843 that prevented this. Universal build, so includes Intel and Apple silicon code Fixed possible crash applying Picture Frame properties Opening a template from File > Open or Drag and drop will now open it as untitled Filter Effect Dialog - Enabled the use of global colours --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.843 Release Notes for 1.9.0.829 Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.801 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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

Apologies, yes copy and paste failure from the common release notes. Updated now.

Status: Beta Purpose: Updates and Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Soon Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.843 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- Fixes And Improvements Updates to Application Registration General Fixes Crash converting Picture Frame to Text Frame Set DPI and Profile on new image nodes Fixed Context Toolbar image DPI slider Import / Export Fixed crash importing specific PDF Fixed crash importing specific Excel file Duplicated PDFs render as interpreted when context bar states passthrough IDML Import - Fixes for issues with Text Styles after import IDML Import - Improved loading speed for image heavy documents Resource Manager Resource Manager now sorts case-insensitive List SVG previews were rendered too large in Resource Manager Package Fixes for Package when sharing between macOS and Windows Fix for losing track of resources in the event they can't be automatically resolved Text Performance improvements with Hyperlink Panel showing User created anchors on headings could be deleted when generating a TOC with no bookmarks Bookmarks created by TOC not in the correct order when exported to PDF Fixed generation of wrap shapes for certain images with alpha --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.829 Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.798 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Soon --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.843 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- Fixes And Improvements Updated to work correctly with new 1.8.6 Mac App Store version Universal build, so includes Intel and Apple silicon code Updates to Application Registration General Fixes Crash converting Picture Frame to Text Frame Set DPI and Profile on new image nodes Import / Export Fixed crash importing specific PDF Fixed crash importing specific Excel file Duplicated PDFs render as interpreted when context bar states passthrough IDML Import - Fixes for issues with Text Styles after import IDML Import - Improved loading speed for image heavy documents Resource Manager Resource Manager now sorts case-insensitive List SVG previews were rendered too large in Resource Manager Package Fixes for Package when sharing between macOS and Windows Fix for losing track of resources in the event they can't be automatically resolved Text Performance improvements with Hyperlink Panel showing User created anchors on headings could be deleted when generating a TOC with no bookmarks Bookmarks created by TOC not in the correct order when exported to PDF Fixed generation of wrap shapes for certain images with alpha --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.829 Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.801 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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

Thanks, I have fixed the link in Patrick's post. The macOS build is here.

Thanks, I have fixed the link in Patrick's post.

Status: Beta Purpose: Updates and Fixes Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Windows Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Soon Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.829 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- Fixes And Improvements General Avoid reporting some Pass through PDF preflight errors twice 'Edit Detached' on Layer menu is not dimmed when it's inapplicable. Added commands to Edit Linked and Edit Frame Content Find and Replace replacement style selection broken Data Merge Data Merge record filter Added general data merge source info fields (Record Index, Filtered Record Index) Fixed 'Revert Defaults' with Data Merge Layout File Import PSD Import improvements including loss of alpha fix --- Release Notes for 1.8.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.798 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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: Stability and General Testing Requirements: Purchased Affinity Publisher Mac App Store: Not submitted Download: Download Auto-update: Soon --- Hi, We are pleased to announce that Affinity Publisher Customer Beta 1.9.0.829 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 significant update from the 1.8 version available for purchase - we strongly recommend that you do not use this beta for real work as data could be lost and the files you save are not guaranteed to open in previous or future versions of Affinity Publisher. --- Fixes And Improvements General Studio Presets Added checkbox in preferences to toggle canvas rotation with command and scroll wheel Fixed crash with unit editors in New Document dialog etc Avoid reporting some Pass through PDF preflight errors twice 'Edit Detached' on Layer menu is not dimmed when it's inapplicable. Added commands to Edit Linked and Edit Frame Content Find and Replace replacement style selection broken Data Merge Data Merge record filter Added general data merge source info fields (Record Index, Filtered Record Index) Fixed 'Revert Defaults' with Data Merge Layout File Import Placed PSD improvements including loss of alpha fix Placed PDF alpha was premultiplied in preview --- Release Notes for 1.9.0.822 Release Notes for 1.9.0.801 Release Notes for 1.9.0.796 Release Notes for 1.9.0.742 --- 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