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Hi @Chrisw5, try ESC and then 'V'. ESC activates the text frame (or leaves the text input) and 'V' switches to the Move Tool. d.

Basically this is correct. When I tried before posting I realized that a page with text and a wide margin did not wrap at the page border but at the text block. Changing the bounding box property did not help. That's the reason why I came up with the 'container'. Maybe I have to look into this closer and perhaps there's a bug... d.

Hi @Roger terry, yes, this is possible. Place the PDF in the document at (about) the size you want it to be on the page. Create a rectangle at (about) the size you want it in your layout. Make sure this rectangle is above the text layer you want to wrap around In the layers panel drag the PDF on top of the rectangle. A blue indicator below the rectangle layer shows up and just drop the PDF there. The PDF is now clipped by the rectangle. Click on the rectangle in the layers panel to make it active. On the toolbar click on the 'Show Text Wrap Settings' icon. It's the left most in this screenshot: The 'Text Wrap' window shows up. There you can select one of several wrap options. They are previewed live. I hope, you can follow this explanation. Cheers, d.

Hi @lulgi, Affinity Designer introduced in it's 1.7 beta version custom presets for documents. This should work for business cards. For Avery labels you can create your own AD document with all the settings and design you need, save it in a folder called e.g. 'Templates'. To create a new document from a template you simply open one of your files, save it under a new name and fill in your data. This should work almost the same way d.

Hi @elmonopascual, I can replicate this in APub. It happened to me yesterday but I thought I had mistyped something and at first did not consider a bug. I just tried again and you are right. d.

If you click once on a picture frame with a picture in it a button on the toolbar shows up that says 'Replace image'. I think this does the same thing. Except it's not a double click d.

I don't have a tablet like this (apart from the iPad) so I value your statement as a possible future shopping recommendation. Wacom's seem to have a certain reputation. Interesting to hear that Apple is not alway perfect (in your point of view) d.

Thanks @fde101, I am glad to have a real mouse wheel under my finger. I assume this qualifies me to be 'old fashioned' Please consider my Apple Pencil as an utensil to step onto the next level d.

You are welcome d.

I am not really familiar with Apple computers and hardware. So, it is possible to mimick a CTRL+mousewheel action with a 'magic mouse'? Even my Windows laptop offers with it's trackpad this two fingers gesture. And I just discovered that this together with the CTRL-key zooms in and out. You learn something new every day d.

Yes for sure. The idea is to remap to a key that is close to the CMD (or CTRL) key and is not used by another tool. On either side of the keyboard whatever fits personal needs best. d.

Congratulations! I'm glad you found a way to get this done. And this in the limited environment of APup without the full fuctionality d.

I think we're propabely trapped by the fact that APub is not finished yet. As of this early beta all the extra functionality that will come with APh and AD integrated in APub is just not there yet. This is a known limitation and you are right to look into a temporary solution in the meantime. Cheers, d.

Yes, because I wouldn't know how to call it correctly I meant to refer to the Transparency Tool that offers to apply a gradual shift of transparency from value A to value B (or even more if you add stops inbetween). d.

Yeah, delve in there It will be easier once it is possible to paint with a pixel brush on the mask (= version 1.7 of APh is integrated into APub). BTW, in the mean time you could switch to APh and play there with masks to get a hang of it. Cheers, d.

Hi Chris26, thanks for the screenshot, that helps. I was referring to a transparency 'gradient' that is exactly horizontally. That way you can fade the right border of the top image and a transparency of 0 (zero) is assigned to the pixels at the right border. If you apply a transparency diagonally you will have pixels of different transparency along the border and this creates the effect as seen above. What you can try (I'm not at my APub computer right now) is to assign multiple transparencies. The first one like the one you show in your screenshot. Then you create a group of the pictureframe of the top image (not both images). Then you can apply a horizontal transparency fade from left (no transparency) to right (full transparency). This should give a smooth transition. d.

Hello @afdojo, welcome to the forum! Once you typed in your text switch to the move tool (V). The you see at the top of the text frame an extra handle. This one is to rotate the entire text frame. If you hold down the SHIFT key while rotating you can easily clock in 90 degrees. The other way would be to look at the Transform Panel. There is an input field labeled 'R:' which stands for rotation. There you type in 90 and hit ENTER. I hope that helps. Cheers, d.

This is correct, that is another prerequisite. We're getting there d.

But a clever workaround d.

Hi @nyghtfalcon, welcome to the forum. Footnotes are not supported yet. Regarding the missing screen capture with your post: I think new users to the forum have to post a certain amount (3?) of posts before they can use attachments. See 'Text > Spelling > Show Spelling Options' and in preferences 'Auto-Correct'. I hope this is what you are looking for Cheers, d.

Hi @walt.farrell, please see my post (with screenshot) from today. If APub's window is not wide enough the 'Lock children' checkbox get's cut off and is hidden behind a double right arrow flyout sign. Can you find it there? d.

Hi @Mr. K, as Patrick Connor from Serif posted a short time ago the help is still work in progress. So we, the forumsters, have to help each other The 'Page Box' referres to a placed PDF (or embedded document. I assume this will also apply to placed APub documents...?). You can choose what part of a placed document you want to show. Does this make sense? d.

I see, so you don't have a mouse wheel You could remap in Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts>Tools>Zoom to a key close to the left Command key (on my german keyboard this would be '<' on an english keyboard this is '\' as far as I know). Then you could toggle to zoom and back to the previous tool. Not the same but not bad, either d.

OK, I understand. Then you should be able to accomplish what you want. You just have to make sure that 100% transparency is not outside the top object. Otherwise you get that kind of abrupt dividing line. I'm sorry, my advice towards masks in APub is a little misleading at the moment. They will be fully usable once the Photo Persona is enabled. At the moment there are no pixel tools in APub and you cannot paint on a mask with a brush. That is what I was thinking of. What you can do at the moment is apply a gradient (from white to black) to a mask. This fades out the image as well. But it is basically the same as the Transparency Tool. From what you write about your experience with masks in Photoshop I do not have to explain you anything in this regard I assume you are aware of the mask tutorials for APh at vimeo? After a little training, experimenting and getting used to it I am able to handle masks quite good in Affinity Photo and Designer. d.

Look into the transparency tool (Y). Or look into masks. I'm in a hurry but I'm sure you'll figure this out. d.