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Hello @Peter Sohn, wellcome to the forum. What you can do is to first create a picture frame and edit the corners in a way you need it. Then right click on it and select 'Convert to curves'. Finally select from the menu 'Layer > Convert to Text Frame'. The drawback from this method is that you can not modify the cornes anymore as you can do in a picture frame at any time. d. PS: BTW, since you are new to the forum. You may not have noticed it, this is the bug report section. A question like this would be better posted in the 'Discussion and Suggestions for Affinity Publisher' forum. It just helps to keep track of topics

Hello @arturoacevedob, I don't think there is a way like drag and drop of columns (yet). But it is relatively easy to mark a whole column (or row), cut it (CTRL+x) and paste it (CTRL+v) at a new position into a newly inserted column. d.

I think that was reported before. Try to double click on the placed EPS, this should open it in a different tab. Look if you see the content somewhere far outside (by zooming out considerably). Move it to the middle and close the tab. Does this bring its content into view? d.

On a second thought I exported the grids as assets. They failed to load into AD 1.6.5 most likely because they were created with a 1.7 line program (APub). I post it here as an attachment (180 KB). Those are of A4 page size but it should be possible to adjust to other page sizes as well. Let me know if this works. d. Layout grid.afassets

I assume it is good news for many that version 1.7.0.133 introduces own page presets. Thank you! In the File > New pop up window it says 'Type > Presets'. I'd rather call this section 'Own Presets' since all other sections like Print, Photo or Web are presets as well. d.

File > New: change some of the document settings and select 'Create Preset'. Rename this preset (and don't close the window). Change again some of the document settings and select again 'Create Preset'. The 'Page Preset' drop down list displays the name of the previously created preset and adds another 'Unnamed Preset' to the bottom of the list. Expected behaviour: 'Create Preset' brings the newly created preset to the top of list (and into view) and it can be renamed immediately. Apart from that I am very happy to see the addition of custom presets to APub! d.

Interesting. I cannot reproduce this. It seems to work here. d.

I came across the same problem some time ago and was helped by some of the moderators. I think it's indeed a little hidden. At least it is there d.

While the functionality of a grid in APub would be helpful, everything is already there to build your own custom grids. Use rectangles, style them, group them and put them in the background or on master pages. You can even save them as assets. See my two screenshots here (one with a layout grid on a master page spread and one with two different layout grids in the assetts panel): I found I had to fiddle a little with the snapping settings to make snapping work. Preset 'Object Creation' together with 'Candidate List' seems to work. I find this important, because it gives everyone who needs it an instant workaround, while other feature requests (e.g. data merge to name just one) can only be implemented by the Affinity programmers. That way we can take away some pressure from the ever so growing list of features that seem to be 'a MUST' I'm not saying the feature request is not neccessary. I just try to find a way to help myself and other forumster. d. PS: I would share the APub document but it has grown to a size of several megabytes and is too big to upload. File size is a different story...

I searched the forum but did not find this one... Create a new document. Create a text frames, switch to the Move Tool. Make sure the text frame is selected and hover the mouse cursor above e.g. the left transformation handle > the mouse cursor changes to a double sided arrow. Now double click. APup instantly freezes. Can anyone reproduce this? d.

I think the Grid Manager is the place to go. I agree, it is not there yet. But it should be possible to enhance the options by what is missing. Currently I miss the option to offset the axes and - as you point out - to assign to certain page areas (as edges or margins). There is already the possibility to save and manage presets d.

I think we will see a mixture of improvements with the functionality of master pages besides the developers and a learning curve on our side (the users) on how to optimally set up and use master pages. I am sure the to be released tutorial videos will also shed some light (and wisdom) on the topic. I'm really looking forward to both parts d.

You can do this by SHIFT+clicking on the little triangle in the lower right half of a text frame. This adds as many linked text frames and fills them with text you import. But at looking again at your question: you want to create 100 pages with empty linked text frames in advance and fill them later with text? I think it does not work that way. d.

That is a valid point. I am sure the programmers are listening and are putting this on their (ever so growing) todo list Cheers, d.

I tend to support that request d.

Hi @alsarraf, there's another way to select multiple artboards quite efficiently. Use the layers palette. Assuming you want to select ALL artboards: In the layers palette click on the top most artboard. Then SHIFT+Click on the bottom most artboard > now all artboards are selected and can be moved with the Move Tool. If you want to exclude some of the artboards you can CTRL+Click on them (make sure to click on the artboard's name, not on the thumbnail). I hope this is closer to what you are asking for d.

Seriously? With the recent busy activity it would rrrrring all the time d.

Hello @alsarraf, you can click on the artboard's name and this will select the entire artboard. You can SHIFT+click on multiple artboard names and select those you want to move. d. PS: ... as @Aammppaa posted one minute ago while still typing

Back at my Affinity computer... Yes, v toggles between Selection Tool and Text Tool and lets you instantly type into a textframe. This is not perfect but close to @Phil_rose's request. d.

Not Dave but at a computer with APub running You can add an existing style to a group by editing the particular style and set it's 'Based on' property to the group style. I think we have to try and see how dependencies work then. d. PS: Dave beat me by a minute.

I think pressing v types the letter 'v' with the Text Tool enabled You first have to press ESC and then v to switch from the Text Tool to the Move Tool. Pressing t switches back to the Text Tool. (Note: I may be wrong because I'm not at my Affinity computer right now). d.

Hello @GFDBILL, and welcome to the forum. I'm sorry to answer your first post here with a not so good message. The question for a movie editing software in the line of Affinity has been asked before and has been answered several times my Seriif's staff. There are currently no plans for such a program. E.g. see here: I hope you find some other program that can be of use for you. Cheers d.

Too bad, because it looks promising Happy coding! d.

'Years' is certainly a long period to wait and I have not seen any other information in the forum, that is more precise. I assume the people at Serif have come to the conclusion to be anxious with that kind of announcements because there were many complaints about the somewhat delayed release of APub beta. It must be really hard for them to find the right balance between their rather open communication and not promising too much d.

Hi @276ccm, you can always create a text layer with your notes, name it 'Notes' and hide it before export and while you are working on the design. This is not perfect but works pretty well You could even create assets with the look of Post-Its and place them as sticky notes. d.