Jens Krebs

It's in the TEXT menu, there's a submenu called "Spelling". Turn off "Check spelling while typing" — made me slightly mad as well.

Hi All,
We have just made a new build available of the 2.4 beta live - version 2.4.0.2240 - which will be available to you on auto update shortly. The fix list for this build is here.

In addition to those fixes we have made a couple of tweaks to insertion target locking based on your feedback:
You can now choose to lock your insertion target to insert inside your selection. All lock insertion options can now be applied on iPad via a long press on the relevant option, in addition to alt-click. Thanks as always for your continued feedback!
Ash

Even though, ordering the newest artboard on top and exporting the first created one (bottom of the stack) first, makes absolute sense and is logical, it would help if the artboards were numbered through, starting with the bottom one and counting upwards — maybe with the counter number in brackets, independent from the name of the artboard and unchangeable (always updating when moving artboards in the layers off course). Displaying these numbers in an additional column in the layers palette could be optional. Would help greatly in seeing the export order for those who use the artboards as pages in multipage documents.

Another vote vor "insert inside" from me.
My use cases:
- Using rectangles as image frames in Designer, copying a file from a folder and inserting it with STRG+C
- copying and pasting adverts from one file into prepared frames

Another vote vor "insert inside" from me.
My use cases:
- Using rectangles as image frames in Designer, copying a file from a folder and inserting it with STRG+C
- copying and pasting adverts from one file into prepared frames

Hi All,
Another update to the 2.3 beta has just been pushed and should be available to you now via auto-update. Various fixes are included in this which are listed here.
Thanks,
Ash

Here's a list of some of the bugs which have been fixed in beta build 2.3.0.2096
Please reply in this forum only to comment on any fixes which are in this list (in particular to let us know if you notice that something we say is fixed isn't!) To report any new bugs please do that against the relevant new feature post, or if unrelated to new functionality in the Other bugs & issues forum.
(A) Bug fixes which affected all platforms 
Fields Panel - 'Created' field fails to update when using 'Save as' on documents [AF-70] PDF passwords - Allowable characters not consistent between creating and opening [AF-124] Unable to place/open password protected PDF created by Acrobat [AF-121] Changing Language of text and updating Text Style does not remove red squiggly spellcheck lines under text in a separate frame until reopening file [AF-50] Cross references - allow anchors and index marks to be filtered by name [AF-2] When a document is opened, the Index panel may show limited or no entries until Update is clicked  Edit placed pdf doesn't show any layers in the layers panel  Word footnote imports with tiny font size  DWG file stuck on loading [AF-346] Presets can't be added for just the black and white adjustment [AF-520] (B) Bug fixes which affected Desktop (Windows and macOS)
Editing placed PDF fails to save changes until source file is saved and reopened [AF-31] Opening a password protected file (Made in publisher) fails to render images  Copying a frame with an index in allows multiple indexes to be in the same document [AF-329] Unable to delete selected anchors from TOC in user file [AF-30] Running Headers Settings- Inconsistent casing on dialog settings [AF-42] It should not be possible to use 'Move Inside' to place a Symbol inside itself [AF-562] View > View Mode >Hide effects inconsistency [AF-644] Alt + Click / Alt + Shift + Click on a new brush to retain size no longer functions for Pixel tools [AF-463] User File - Select Same > Fill fails to detect other objects with the same HEX applied (possible rounding error?) [AF-527] Replacing Style Source Chapter in Book results in Book without a Style Source Chapter - app crashes when exporting/printing file [AF-223] Paragraph break point regression over V1 allows commas at the start of line [AF-38] Hyperlink control value not set when choosing a preset  Unable to launch the app without linking my app to my account - licence specific  User File: Text Wrapping issue with vector cropped embedded PDF document [AF-58] Table of contents and Index Page numbers do not update on Book Output [AF-59] Cross-references can be inserted on a Master Page but do not function as expected on Pages  Toggling scale override in the transform panel clears the move data entry preview  Clicking at the end of a line with a break character can incorrectly position the insertion point [AF-57] Exporting a file with substituted fonts to Password PDF fails to load images and text when opened [AF-19] Placed restricted PDF fails to draw when switching from passthrough to interpret  Saving a book silently fails if saving to a disconnected device  Hyperlinks to anchors in different chapters warn that the anchor is off spread  On the Edit Table Format dialog, you can't type values for the Frame or Cell Format's Fill setting  Hyperlinking to book chapters requires the anchor to be re-selected  Text doesn't re-flow when group size indirectly increased [AF-333] Password protected PDFs fail re-linking when missing resources  Previously viewed page fails after text entry  Embedded profile isn't recognised when opening a Password Protected PDF exported from Publisher beta Tooltip for Create Custom Field is incorrect after deleting Custom fields [AF-17] On the Edit Table Format dialog, tooltips are the same for table and cell insets  Packed Footnotes can appear in the wrong linked text frame [AF-834] (C) Bugs fixed which specifically affected Windows
Mouse cannot control text caret when renaming existing anchor [AF-312] Develop Lens Correction does not function on macOS Sonoma [AF-513] The Font search box can expand to fill the width of the context toolbar when typing [AF-56] Shapes do not retain colour if selected via numerical sliders in colour chooser [AF-396] Develop Sliders are not auto enabled when expanding view or changing a value [AF-314] Batch Dialog: Hang when expanding the filetype dropdown  Tooltip for Add Custom Field in Fields Panel missing in 1971 Windows [AF-15] Tabbing out of the White Balance field collapses the group  New Batch Dialog tweaks  Curve visual not updating correctly when a node is adjusted next to a cornered node  Node Right Click context menu is missing dividers on Windows [AF-14] Edit Table Format - Amending the Fill using RGB sliders on a CMYK doc will render an RGB table preview [AF-230] Changing White Balance Temperature without enabling the White Balance section auto-collapses panel instantaneously [AF-316] Active toast when closing document with colour picker active causes cursor to be invisible  Assistant toolbar icon does not function with Settings dialog already open  Index panel is missing Show Index/and References options in Preferences [AF-21] Edit In with a passworded PDF and an adjustment fails to redraw  Pasting text in N'Ko alphabet crashes app [AF-54] Images lost when editing a password protected PDF  Hyperlink Properties' Character Style dropdown is out of view for Book Chapters  Windows Unable to drag asset subcategories around within asset category by mouse [AF-403] Brush dialog is missing the input field for brush Size [AF-380] Guides Manager contains a limit for the Spread Origin value [AF-29] On the Structure section of the Edit Table Format dialog, positions of add/delete buttons are reversed across platforms  The Table Formats panel displays formats one per row in a single column regardless of the panel's width  File partially locks up app after exporting to SVG (all pages)  Move cmd+K (Find in Layers Panel) from Misc to Layer in Shortcuts  User File crashes when changing Footnotes Notes>Initial Advance or Min Advance [AF-791] Open Template for Editing will open it as Untitled [AF-254] Flood Select Tool doesn't have the new CTRL + ALT shortcut for Add to selection [AF-601] (D) Bugs fixed which specifically affected macOS
Preserve Alpha box and label vanishes after calling dialog a 2nd time  Light UI: Scroll bar background is white which makes it difficult to see  View Mode and Insert location button groups are transparent without a document opened in Light UI [AF-22] MFA/2FA dialog shows empty grey pop up on macOS  Password protected file not loading all pages text  MacOS Keyboard shortcuts list changes depending on the selected Persona before opening preferences  Remove unwanted/missing projects from Recent [AF-203] Text Style Panel - numeric entry for colour values in sliders not possible [AF-204] Keyboard shortcut for Pixel Category > Tools doesn't save after a restart [AF-206] Shortcuts list is not Persona aware and we can set shortcuts for non-exiting actions  Drag-dropping a file from Finder inside itself shows a Recovery file warning  Recent doc previews aren't generated until after releasing scroll bar  Text Key Keyboard Shortcuts do not function on macOS Sonoma [AF-508] Anchor book mark truncates on Mac  Anchor panel 'jumps' up when editing existing anchor name, provided parent - child hierarchy group is present  New Anchor button not disabled when it should be  Text Frame > Columns doesn't update Units correctly when switching between multiple open documents  Cannot enable Show Topics in Index panel preferences [AF-328] Duplicate entries for keyboard shortcuts  Opening two .afbook files stored in different directories but with the same file name causes an app crash  Slow typing with Anchors panel and long list of anchors  Insert Hyperlink Dialog can be resized and hides Character Style dropdown  Delete cross-reference does not work across multiple stories  Editing a hyperlink to another books chapter doesn't auto populate correctly  App locks when replacing files  The Find command on a text selection's context menu is dimmed, though the command can be invoked via the Text menu  With one or more table cells selected, Font Colour on context toolbar displays a cell's fill colour  Basing a style on an existing one can set Initial Word end characters as [No Change]  Keyboard shortcuts for showing/hiding panels are in different categories across platforms  (E) Bugs fixed which specifically affected iPad
Localisation - Add custom field button has clipped text  Not asked for embedded PDF's password when opening parent document, app crashes on going to Affinity's Home screen  Names of new navigation options on View menu include the word 'page', whereas desktop uses 'spread'  Table of Contents is Toc when it should be ToC  Go to Page command affects the document view differently than equivalent desktop method  Initial Words > End Characters are not being remembered if changed from default. [AF-46] Go to Page command treats its input as spread number, not page number  If you have reported a bug and it is not yet fixed, please do not report it again. More fixes will be made during the 2.3 beta cycle.

Apps: Publisher
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad
In Find and Replace fields are now available from the drop down. This will also include any custom text fields you have set up, therefore making it easy to replace many instances of a text string within your document with a custom text field for example.

In addition, as was requested during the previous beta, we have now added the option to ‘Convert Text to Field…’ from the right click menu when you have a text selection.

Apps: All
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad
You can now choose whether you want the background of the Asset Panel to be light, dark, checkerboard or automatic based on your current Light/Dark UI setting. This behaves in the same way as changing the background colour used for layer thumbnails.
This is primarily to be able to switch the background to achieve greater contrast for the particular assets you are looking at.
You can change the background colour from the burger menu at the top of the assets panel.
          
 

 
 

Hi All,
Below is the list of all new feature and improvements which are included in the 2.3 beta (bug fix list is available here).
To learn more about these features please click on the link to go to each feature's dedicated post. To give feedback or report bugs against any of these features please reply to that same post (also check out bug reporting and feedback tips).
• Move Data Entry improvements
• New tags panel for adding Alt Text to images and objects
• Spiral Tool
• Ability to change Asset Panel background colour
• Fields now available in Find and Replace
• Pixel grid added
• "Keep selected" preference now available in Pencil Tool
• Create and place password protected PDFs
I should say in general we are now aiming to do slightly smaller updates more regularly than before so we can test and release in smaller chunks. This will allow us to get improvements and fixes out quicker, as well as having overall benefit to the stability of the apps.
The beta phase will now be shorter (4-6 weeks) for any update, and for that reason we will be avoiding any significant changes to functionality during beta as we focus on fixing bugs and correcting unintentional behaviour. This does mean that more of your improvement suggestions may need to wait until a future update (e.g. like some of the Move Data Entry suggestions you made during 2.2 beta which have now been added to 2.3), but please keep those suggestions coming!
Getting the 2.3 beta
If you have not enrolled into the beta program yet and would like to take part, you can do so here. This will immediately give you access to the latest 2.3 beta builds to try for yourself.
If you are already enrolled in the beta program you have two options:
1. If you still have the 2.2 beta installed, you can now run up those beta versions and you will be prompted to update them to the 2.3 beta.
2. If you have uninstalled the 2.2 beta, you will need to go back to Your Account -> Downloads and product keys and find your previous order for the Affinity Beta Software Program, and you can download the 2.3 beta from there.
Thanks,
Ash

Apps: Publisher
Platforms: macOS, Windows and iPad
There is a new Tags panel in Affinity Publisher which allows you to add Alt-text to any image or object when exported to PDF for accessibility purposes.  To use just open the Tags panel from the Window menu, select the image or object you want to add Alt Text too and add your description in the box:

Alt Text Source
As well as adding your own custom description to any object, you can also choose to scrape the Alt Text from the Title, Description or Headline meta data which may be embedded within the image in question.

Mark as Decoration
You also have the option to “Mark as Decoration”. This means no image description will be exported or used by screen readers as the item is purely there for decorative purposes rather than important to the understanding of the document. It’s primarily there so you can positively tag an image as not needing a description so will not return as needing one in preflight.
Preflight
Options have also been added in preflight to make it easy to check your document for any missing Alt Text should you wish. When creating or editing a profile you will see a new section for Alt Text. Here you can choose whether you want preflight to return a warning if images, placed documents or vector objects do not have Alt Text added (or marked as decoration).

Export
In the advanced section of PDF export there is a new option of "Tagged PDF". This is required to be checked if you wish to export your PDF including any tags you have added. Currently this is off by default for all factory PDF presets, although we do intend to make this on by default for all non-print based factory PDF presets.
General note on accessibility features
I also just wanted to say that there are a number of accessibility features we are working on which will be added in upcoming updates such as reading order, heading tags and other document structure tools important for screen readers. For the time being, and so to not go off topic, please keep comments on this thread focused on the new Tags Panel / Alt Text feature added in this version.

Strange, really strange, must have been really, really lucky.
Keeping my fingers crossed for the fix, glad you identified the issue ... I sent the text out to the client and am expeting it back late next week. Would be great if it worked by then. 🙂

I think we posted at the same time, so you might of missed my last reply.
There certainly is a bug at play here which also affected 2.1, so i think you must of got lucky in the previous times it worked or perhaps the setup wasn't exactly the same in those files or the pages were inserted in a different location in the file.  But its certainly a bug and hopefully will be fixed shortly  

The workaround still applies in this case.  As would switching the document from facing pages to single pages, something i hadn't thought to try until you mentioned it  
But i couldn't find anything about this already logged when i searched Jira (i was using the wrong search terms, so thats on me) and checking this issue with QA they have pointed me to 2 issues that are logged and i'll be updating both of those in the next few minutes  

Hi @stokerg,
Surely this shouldn't happen when inserting two new pages before the first page as the original first page remains as a right-hand facing page. I think the workaround in the thread you linked to refers to inserting a single new page thereby swapping the associated master page order for respective pages (though I've not read the thread in detail).
Does this suggest that changing the document from facing to non-facing pages prior to inserting new pages and then reverting back to facing pages would also work?
I'm aware this has been discussed at length in another thread where this causes major issues but inserting new pages in InDesign simply works without any of the associated problems seen in Publisher regardless of whether inserting an even or odd number of pages.
Do you anticipate that this is an area that is likely to see improvements further down the line bearing in mind that page insertion is a regular and often necessary occurrence within a document...

Hi @Jens Krebs,
Thanks for the file.
I thought i'd seen something like this before and on searching the Forums a bit more, i've found this thread and more importantly this reply, which does apply to your file as well.  So, If you view Page 1 and in the Layers Panel, right click on the Master Page layer and select Edit Detached and then add your 2 pages, all the other text will remain  

Thanks, I have uploaded the file to you link @stokerg
Looking forward to seeing what you can find out. 🐵

Thanks, I have uploaded the file to you link @stokerg
Looking forward to seeing what you can find out. 🐵

Doesn't appear to be Sonoma related, as i've also just been able to do this to a 200 page file and it worked as expected.
@Jens KrebsI'm also not sure why this isn't working for you, so the file would be helpful.  If you'd rather not attach the afpub file to the Forums, i've created you a Dropbox link here to upload the file to  

Hi @Jens Krebs,
I've just tried this on Monterey with a 125 Page document and it worked as expected so I'm unsure why this isn't working with your file unless there is a Sonoma related problem here.
Are you happy to upload your Publisher file so we can take a look at possible causes? If you'd prefer not to upload it to the public forum someone from the moderation team will be able to provide a private Dropbox link for you to upload your file so the Serif team can take a look.

I have noticed, that the comma on the numeric keypad is not always recognised as decimal separator , meaning I have to awkwardly swivvel from quickly typing my measurements with the right hand to using the period on the letter part of the keyboard.
My suggestion: ALWAYS use the comma / period key on the numeric keypad as decimal separator when filling in elements of the UI (measurements, colour values, tabs, font sizes, leading and so on).

Hi All,
A new beta build is rolling out now - version number 2.2.0.1971 - which will be available to you on auto update within the next hour.

As mentioned with the last build, we are now feature complete and in fact expect the build next week to be a release candidate. There are just 2 little things in terms of functionality we have changed in this build:
Move data entry has an increased duplicate limit of 999 We have decided to give Create Symbol a default shortcut of cmd+shift+K (macOS / iPad) or Ctrl+shift+K on Windows when in Designer persona. Of course there are also many bug fixes too which are listed here.

Thanks,
Ash

You can also wait for the official patch to version 2.2 and leave the beta program after updating and before beta 2.3 starts.

That is what I’m saying, but I cannot share the file.

It's about 160 pages with about 60 different text styles and about 150 images.
The "<>" that needs removing are leftovers from HTML commands that are spread throughout the text.
As I haven't had any find-replace issues in the version 2.0 and 2.1 and fewer find-replace commands in 2.2 have worked fine, I'll update the post above as soon as I have found the cutoff point when it stops working.
I remember InDesign having something similar a few years ago, find-replace stopped working in texts with more than 10.000 characters and it messed up the ,replace' part by adding the numer "1" to the replaced text after the limit was reached. Fun times. 🙂
Update:
Cutoff point seems to be somewhere about 1.500 results.