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Working with wrap around?
benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Thank you Old Bruce, I'm understanding more about broken links and return return returns now. Very helpful! Much appreciated. -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
This is terrific Old Bruce. I can race ahead now. It all makes perfect sense. Thank you kindly. I posted elsewhere on the Forum that I can't find the Transform window (or whatever it's called). I want to highlight a group of photos and 'batch' set their size so they are all the same proportions (they are all actually the same proportions ... but when I brought them in they were sized at random to get them on the page). In Pages I can just type in the XY size over in the Inspector ... and get all objects or photos the same size instantly. I can't figure out how to do this in Affinity. It seems like it should be obvious. Perhaps you could do one of your magic .... 'just do this' ...? -
In Apple Pages I click an image and in the inspector it tells me the exact size of the image, and I can SET or adjust that size by inserting numbers (so I can get a very exact size). And. So I can highlight a dozen photos and set the size on all of them at once. In Publisher I can't seem to find the box or pop-up box that will allow me to control the size of an object, photo, using typed in numbers. I read that 'Transform' is supposed to do this, but for the life of me even though I have 'Transform' clicked in the Windows menu ... I can't find the box anywhere on the screen. It looks like it should be over on the right with Character, Paragraph, etc. But it isn't. Any tips?
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Working with wrap around?
benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Hi Old Bruce, I opened your document. I see we go from 'Text Wrap' to 'Broken Link'. I Google Affinity Publisher 'Broken Link' and get all kinds of unrelated stuff. Excuse my slowness. Are you saying 'create a broken link to the next bunch of text'? And then how do we go back to 'text wrap' after the pics? Or am I not getting this? Right now where I have a picture on a single page I want to keep otherwise blank I've done the 'Return return return' to move the text to the next page. I AM applying your other direction (adding spacing) where the pics are stacked in between wrapped text -- working perfectly. -
Working with wrap around?
benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
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Working with wrap around?
benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Duh. Thank you kindly Old Bruce. This is perfect. And you sample file I will look at shortly ... as I have a place in the book where there are five or six pages of just photographs. Really appreciated. Ha ha ... when I think of how much time I spend looking for this precise thing in the tutorials (and not finding it). Will report back .... when I check your sample. Most intrigued. All the best ... -
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I know this is a basic protocol, but after going through half a dozen Affinity tutorials that cover everything BUT how the wrapping works ... perhaps I could ask for a bit of advice here? Text and images. Image #1 is what I want to get. In this instance I placed the pictures and grouped them with their captions and pinned them to the page. BUT to get the text flow to jump to the next page and not get all caught up in between the two images I hit the Return a score of times. Image #2 is what I get when I click the Wrapping 'Jump'. The picture balances better when I set it a bit down from the top of the page (and I don't want two lines of text above it, looks awkward). What would be the best way to deal with this? And if I just hit Return a score of times to get the text to start on the next page, am I setting myself up for issues later? All ears, Ben
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Best way to add captions?
benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Anto, I'm looking at your videos again and again. I think I'm getting it. I will keep experimenting, and come back if I have more questions. Thank you SO much for your help today; it has been invaluable: meaning terrific! -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Not sure I understand Anto. How do I 'pin' if I don't click something in the 'Pinning' properties? And if I don't 'Pin' then whenever I change the Body text the Photo and Caption get screwed up in their positioning. Also. Grrrr. When I pin the grouped Photo and Caption 'Inline' they suddenly jump somewhere else in the page. Illogically. If I click 'Float' they seem to stay in the same place, and when I add or subtract body text they move appropriately with the text. -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
I think I'm getting this, a bit. So I clicked off the InLine for the Text, then grouped Text and Photo, then 'Pinned' the 'Group' (from the layers) as 'Inline' rather than 'Floating'. It seems to be working ... moving appropriately as I add text or subtract text to the main body. Did I get it right Anto? -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Aha! That's good Anto. Will do. But right now I can't get either the photo & text or the 'layers' to group. Layer > Group is greyed out. -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
That's why I sent the last screenshot. If I highlight the two layers AP won't let me Layer > Group them as they are greyed out. And if I use the move tool and highlight the photo and the caption text ... the move tool won't let me capture/highlight both simultaneously. Perhaps this has something to do with the 'Pinning'? -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Still trying to figure out the distinctions between pinning and grouping layers. So this is my text, picture, caption, layers, and pinning all in one shot. Maybe with managing the layers I don't need pinning? Though I do want to keep the photo where it is in the overall text of the book. -
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benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Old Bruce, sounds good. I'm trying to figure out how to 'group' items in Affinity (in Pages it was a simple right click, zing, done). Maybe imbedding one layer in another as Anton seems to suggest is the same thing? -
Best way to add captions?
benged123 replied to benged123's topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (macOS and Windows)
Super cool Anto! Will try out. I'm wondering if I can do the same thing, but have the caption BELOW the picture?