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Alfred reacted to a post in a topic: Inconsistency With Print Form
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Suetonius started following Spell checker not working , Inconsistency With Print Form , Adding a measurement to a line that automatically displays size value and 4 others
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With Publisher, as a matter of course, I tend to work in A4 format. (Why? Because I do!) I also am frequently called print a variable no of copies of A5 booklets. So, my Opus Magna is ready and I turn to the Print form. First of all I type in the no of copies and hit return. Arrgh! It's sent the *!%@ thing off to the printer and I haven't set the scaling. Cancel! Cancel! Cancel! Right, back to the form. I'll not get caught again, so I'll set the scaling first this time. Hit return. Arrgh! It's sent the *!%@ thing off to the printer again and I haven't set the no of copies this time. I have lost count of the no of times I've done this. Setting any other parameter doesn't generate an automatic print instruction, why should this? And before you reply, well, don't press return, may I remind you of the old adage, "When you're up to your a**e in alligators, it's difficult to remember you came to drain the swamp". Why should I have to remember not to use return on this occasion? It's a d***'d annoying inconsistency. Anyone agree?
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H'mm. Me too! Looking at it since February 23, eh? Let's face it ... it is a bit of an obvious omission given that the measurement tool actually displays (if only momentarily) what's needed. I hate to highlight the elephant, but, I have, after all, drawn the darn object. I know it's 400mm (or whatever) and I certainly wouldn't use the measurement tool for drawing accuracy. What I want is the ability to tell someone looking at the plan that it's 400mm so they don't have to get their scale out. So, really, I guess the real question is what's the point of the measurement facility? Yours in extreme puzzlement.
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White Space (or lack of)
Suetonius replied to Suetonius's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Ooh dear! One of these days. In spite of checking and re-checking, when I posted my original question, I had simply mistyped the top margin figure (3mm instead of 13 mm), but, in classical fashion, read what I wanted to see. Sorry chaps - my abject apologies all round. I shall now go to a darkened room. π -
With Publisher v.1 I printed successfully labels as required onto A4 sheets on a PC.. Simple enough, I created a "page" the size of a single label, created a coloured bar from edge to edge and vertically centered, with overlayed white text. When it came to printing, I selected N-up and filled in the spacing details for the labels. Since the page size was the same as the label, I also selected 100% scaling. I then printed off the desired labels without any bother. After a time, I needed to print more labels, but now, the print completely ignores the vertical spacing of the bar (along with the space above it) and prints the top of the coloured bar hard against the top of the label. Now we come to the tricky part. Since last printing these labels, I have migrated to v.2 AND converted to a Mac Studio M1 running Ventura. I am running round in circles. Any ideas?
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Like the rest, Bit Defender blocked my .exe install. Downloaded straight from Serif. Digital signitures were present. Simpy disabled Bitdefender and they all installed without a problem. Re-enabled Bitdefender and all is now sweetness and light. I hope Serif wil contact Bitdefender over this false positive.
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Scale drawings. Absolutely great. Just what I needed. However .... When drawing, there is the measurement button. Click between two points an it gives you the measurement. Except ... 99 times out of 100, I drew it. I already know the measurement. What I need is the measurement not to just disappear, but to allow me to make it part of the drawing, so other people, on a printed diagram, will know what the measruement is, rather than get a ruler out. Otherwise I have to choose a line with arrowheads, carefully draw it in, then add the appropriate length caption. How frustrating is that ... or have I missed something?
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Thanks for the information, all ... much appreciated. I'm afraid I was originally of the opinion that a plug-in was a plug-in and should work. Since then, I've done a bit of digging and realise my thoughts were naΓ―ve in the extreme. In fact there are three files involved with my problem - an 8bf (the 'standard' filter plug-in ... but with 'Automation' in the title), an 8li Automation file and an 8be Export file, so I can now understand the problem. I well appreciate that the Affinity suite of programs is still coming up to speed as far as matching the likes of PS and I think they are doing a pretty darn good job. I hope that, in the fulness of time and devlopment, these problems might be addressed and overcome, but, in the meantime, I shall be using PZ in its stand alone mode ... a small inconvenience. Thanks again for all your help and thoughts.
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Good morning All When using Photoshop, I used PhotoZoom Pro as a plugin; worked very well. It was unusual in that, instead of behaving like other plugins, it used to appear as a menu item under File>Automate. When I tried to get A. Photo interested in it, it completely ignored it, even though I placed it in the default plugin folder. Didn't list it at all, even as "Unknown". I can use it as a stand-alone program, but it's a lot more convenient as a plug-in. Does anyone have any ideas?
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walt.farrell reacted to a post in a topic: Spell checker not working
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Just to say thanks to Walt. I (in my naivity) thought that setting spelling checker to UK English in Preferences would mean the spell checker would spell check in UK English, but the darned thing kept on presenting me with Americanisms. Sure enought, when I looked at the text style set (placed from Word), there was US English. When I changed that, all was sweetness and light (well, sort of). Thanks again for saving my sanity π€ͺ
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On Selecting Multiple Non-Consecutive Lines
Suetonius replied to Suetonius's topic in V1 Bugs found on Windows
Hi Joachim The problem is (or at least My problem is) that the darned thing seems so intermittent. It's a technique that, once discovered, I use frequently. It happens with any document, not just one. The only thing I didn't mention, and I can't see why it should make any difference, is that the text is usually imported via cut and paste from other media ... usually Word. The one thing is that the larger the number of lines selected, the more likely the crash becomes. I still use it, but have got into the habit of saving just before I do. -
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On Selecting Multiple Non-Consecutive Lines
Suetonius replied to Suetonius's topic in V1 Bugs found on Windows
Ah! You spotted my deliberate mistake. You must've read it before I amemnded it later. I actually meant to say the </Ctl> key. and NOT </Ctl>C Sorry for the confusion. Truth be told, I didn't realise you could do that either until I discovered you could in Word and tried it on Publisher ... and Sapristi! It worked. Well, sort of. π