[Tags and Tag Colour panel in Publisher]

Publisher Layers can have a Tag Colour, Publisher images can have a Tag. That's not a great user interface. I'd suggest renaming Tag Colour as Layer Colour in the Layers panel. It probably won't happen because Serif has always called Objects as Layers so that would confuse things. Or maybe Layer Marker instead of Tag Colour.

[How to check the ink coverage]

@Giorgia Just re-reading the printers comments, their 150% limited applies to text - presumably that is because of the thin lines in some fonts - particularly at small sizes. I'm not convinced you can make a dark green with that limit. Or a rich red or many other intense colours. Having said that I would say that using digital printers can be problematic with some spidery fonts because of the resolution of the machines.

[How to check the ink coverage]

I find it hard to believe that their maximum coverage is 150% though I don't know what machine they use for printing the wedding menus. On most paper/cards the maximum would be nearer 250 or 300. I wonder if you chose a stock that was very delicate and couldn't take much ink. Also, it is not good if some sheets were okay and others were not.

[Canva]

To me, it's partly the existence of this forum which has engendered a sort of loyalty to Serif in it's attempt to make decent and cheap software in a market dominated by Adobe. Big companies have bought small companies since companies existed and I have no ill feeling towards Serif for allowing itself to be bought out. I can see why they think it's a good thing for them (not just the money) and only time will tell if it turns out to be a good thing or not for it's customers. Presumably at some point a super-duper subscription only version will come out and users will have to make their own minds up about that. Thanks for the ride.

[How to place a pdf image complete with bleed]

You need to make sure that when you select the placed PDF, the PageBox setting is set to BleedBox.

[Feature request: split text frames into separate lines]

I'd like to be able to convert multiline paragraph or art text to separate lines of paragraph text or art text, while keeping the position of the text.

[Rotate/newly align/change direction of text WITHIN a form]

Hi @waterworks  draw 2 overlapping circles of different diameters, then geometry subtract, convert to text frame. I don't know what the "form tool" is.

[Affinity Designer 2: PDF export has wrong dimensions]

Hi @FelixKThe cropped page size (using Acrobat Pro) is 145.04 x 211.08. I am surprised version 1 was better than version 2. If you still have version 1 you could always export as PDF and then import into version 1. You could even try reducing the size of your AD file to 210.94 (or similar).

 

[unalterable text frame with little crosses]

The text frame is locked. Select it with the Layers panel - then unlock it with the shortcut Ctrl Shift L or use the mouse).

Maybe you selected the object and then used a shortcut (Ctr L) by mistake.

[no printing of large pages in Publisher 2.2.1 with Epson stylus pro printer]

If I was using a large format printer I would always make a PDF first and then print from Acrobat or InDesign. I would do that with any software. You don't want to be printing for several minutes and then have something go wrong. Just my opinion.

[Move data entry improvements]

The Data Merge Layout Tool is worth looking at for Step & Repeat. A file is attached here. It's a bit clunky but maybe Serif could tweak the code a bit and have it as a separate Step & Repeat feature. I agree that the InDesign Step & Repeat command is very useful but the Affinity one has the potential to be much better - i.e. live rather than static.

Data Merge Layout Tool.afpub

[Rounded corners on (every other) table row]

Hi @Noah 79585 It's easy enough to do not using a table. I've attached a file.

Not a table.afpub

[Ability to combine multiple text frames.]

The problem with the linking text frames method is that you lose the look of the original content because all the spacing between the frames gets lost. A nicer way might be to export the selected text frames  as a PDF and then open that PDF with "Group lines of text into text frames" selected. Then copy the required text frame back into the original document.

[Text Frame Styles]

I agree that the Styles panel is half baked. Tagging objects with a colour in the Layers panel can be useful because you can then select all objects with the same colour and change fill, outline, insets etc.

[How to create an oval document with bleed for stickers?]

Hi @AndreasS - Bleed is always rectangular (I think). Printing stickers with a cutout shape is something different. The normal practice is the create a spot colour called CutContour and tag the outline shape with that spot colour. Then export to a PDF making sure to keep spot colours. I would check this with your print supplier. I would also suggest doing a forum search for "CutContour".

[Publisher V2 - How to Impose Pages in PDF Export?]

17 hours ago, Bill Deevy said:

We would be very interested to hear from other print pros who are using Affinity and what imposition solutions they're using?

I've been using PLDA for many years for digital impositions. Most of it is very simple to use though it can also do quite complex stuff. There is a 14 day free trial.

[How can I keep content of other pages off my spine's bleed?]

Hi @Stephen_H I understand what you are saying but I think you are seeing a problem that doesn't really exist. Any imposition software that a printing company uses will remove any inner bleed and keep any outer bleed. It doesn't matter what the exported PDF looks like - I agree it can look a bit messy with bits of  facing pages appearing in the bleed area.  Also, printing companies might normally provide an electronic PDF proof for you to check.

[Convert from PMS to CMYK colour]

Double click the round fill area in the Colour panel or at the bottom of the Tools panel. That brings up the Colour Chooser. Then change one of the CMYK values, then back again. Easiest way is to use the mouse scrolling button to go up and then down. That changes the fill to CMYK rather than Pantone.

 

[[Pub 2.1.1] Reordering a picture frame above another in the Layers panel will nest it instead]

In the 2.2 Beta on Windows this problem doesn't seem to happen.

[Publisher - Prints come out too small]

On my printer when I scale at 100.5& the display shows 101 but the output is printed correctly at 100.5%.  Scaling at 100.3% displays 100% but the actual print does seem correct. So it might be worth experimenting with the scale value in increments of 0.1%..

[K only is missing]

Thanks @Return - it was an RGB document and making it CMYK did the trick. The K image still won't print but that's a different matter and I have reported it.

[K only is missing]

In Publisher Beta 1847 on Windows, when I select an image the "K only" button is missing. On 2.1.0 it is between "Replace image" and "Fill".

[Character transform shear not applied when text is printed]

Fault confirmed on Windows 10, except PDFs are exporting okay and the placed PDF with slanted text does print okay.

[Making two-sided half-fold stand up cards with Publisher]

Hi @Print Monkey On the specific tent card question why not just use a Master Page with the top text frame rotating 180 degrees as required (for editing or outputing). There is no need to use spreads. Or am I misunderstanding the question?

[now files exported as pdf by affinity designer not import on Corel draw and other pdf editor, also preview is blank always when export]

Hi @AMB RAJ I couldn't open the pdf in CorelDra version 19 - I get an error message. I can open it in Acrobat. I then printed to a PDF printer from Acrobat and the resulting PDF file opened okay in CorelDraw.