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This has been requested before (several times).
This is perhaps the most active thread on the request…
 

Thanks to Serif I officially pulled the plug on Adobe. 

This is not a matter of being disinterested and this reply is to all readers of this thread, it is just prompted by your comment
As the writers of PagePlus you would hope we recognise what is good about it, so in many respects this thread is encouraging to see. With Affinity Publisher, Serif have written a new DTP app from scratch and core functionality needs writing (and any bugs fixing) before other features can be added. 
There are 5000 posts in this suggestions forum (in 3 weeks!) and we are a small team whose role is to spot/investigate bugs and offer tech support, but we cannot reply to each post/suggestion in this forum. We are still trying to respond to the backlog of bug reports in the bugs forums, which is our current priority. Tony B is head of development and has addressed a number of the main threads here, and many of the Serif developers are reading these posts.
Serif have to be realistic about what can be achieved in version 1 of this application, so it is conceivable that you will need to wait until Affinity Publisher has the features you are wanting before you buy, but please be aware that unlike the Plus range Affinity range will add new features in free patches until version 1 development is complete and we start work on version 2. When the free Affinity Publisher beta process is complete (and it is put on sale) I would expect to see a Version 1 roadmap like there is for Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo . So once Affinity Publisher is released you should be able to choose if Affinity Publisher will fit your needs, or if the feature(s) you need have been promised in free 1.x.x updates or if Affinity Publisher V1 is not for you. I do not think it is wise to say too much here about the future of our apps beyond a simple roadmap of features that are coming in free updates, as it would give other companies terrific competitive advantage to see where we are going.
 

I was hoping that something had changed since that post ... It is an absolute must to have some better text anti-aliasing  options. We couldn't replace Fireworks (still our main go to app) or Photoshop with Affinity Designer/Photo without this feature. I think Affinity have done a great job but as a newbie looking at Designer I think they are adding some more advanced vector features whilst overlooking a few key/fundamental features required in everyday use, especially if you are primary concerned with screen/ui/web design mock-ups or creating design elements/components for screen then its a must. I'm not trying to hammer the Affinity devs, just trying to offer constructive feedback, I'll keep my fingers crossed for a future version.

Yes, this will change in the next beta.

Yes.
Text > Highlight Fields

Yes.
Text > Highlight Fields

Once again I have closed out the wrong image in AD!!!!
I do this WAY too often as there simply isn't enough contrast between the active and the inactive image. Either a different color or a bit more contrast - PLEASE.
 

Nice idea. I'd rather go for centered text. (And thanks for inspiring me with those pics).

Oland.afpub

Would love to see point level width/size control for points in a stroke, like Moho 12 has. Also segment hiding would be very useful!
See video example attached.
segment-stroke-size-by-point.mp4

Master Pages are symbols. So congratulations… you have nested your first symbol! 

Yes.
Text > Highlight Fields

Thanks for the help everyone  - I'll get that reported
 

I see your 4 and I raise you another 4!

By default the number keys set opacity - which is fine. BUT AD doesn't distinguish between the standard numbers and the numeric keypad, to which I'd really like to assign a bunch of other shortcuts.
 
With 15 keys on the numpad, and at least 3 different modifiers, there are >45 keyboard shortcuts going to waste here!
 
Also, under the current system, if I do set a numeric keypad numeral as a shortcut, it doesn't warn me that there is an existing clash with the opacity function... worst of both worlds!
 
Thanks for your consideration.

I am seeing Previews on my PC.
At the top right of the Text Styles panel is a small menu. Can you click it and check whether Preview is selected.
 

The bullet is generated by the list, and uses the formatting of the first character, so when, for example, the Y is selected the bullet is too. Unfortunately the selection highlight doesn't reflect that. We'll get this fixed.

You are misunderstanding what Balance Text is designed to do.
It balances the length of the text within each column, regardless of the width of each column or the number of columns.
In the GIF I have some text, add a 2nd column, initially with Balance Columns enabled, so the text is always roughly the same length on each side.
In the second half of the animation, I turn off Balance Columns, so the text is mostly in the left hand column.

It does not balance the width of the columns themselves.

Functionality void of efficient work-flows is of little use.
Aside from bug fixes to present functionality, my biggest hope is that work-flow procedures are reassessed and made to be efficient, streamlined. 

Is there some way of setting the colors for guides?
I find that default color (blue) can be very hard to see and would like to set it to something brighter and more noticeable.
The same holds true for margins and bleeds. It would be really nice if we could control these colors directly.

I would also like to suggest the "Balance ragged lines" feature. This is something I use in almost every publication I produce.
For those who do not know what I am talking about, this is a feature from InDesign. Imagine a center-aligned heading that is just a bit too long to fit on a single line. Normally, this would mean only the last word or so would get bumped to the next line. Such as this:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy
dog
Balance ragged lines would instead display the following, without any need for forcing a line break:
The quick brown fox jumped
over the lazy dog

Could be clip to canvas has been turned on. 
Default keep press is \
 

I am very confused.
For the past week this forum has been inundated with demands, in various forms (posts, blogs, videos) that Affinity Publisher have the ability to create a layout as a Master Page, and then make local changes on each page of the document.
I am confused, because Affinity Publisher can already do this!
I am very confused because nobody at Serif has pointed out that Affinity Publisher can already do this!
And no, I am not talking about the workaround of cloning the Master Layer on a Page, turning off the Master and working on the local copy.
Before I elaborate let me say…
Neither the process nor the UI for the current implementation is elegant. Since Master Pages use Symbols, and Symbols in Affinity are buggy, there are bugs. The functionality is not feature complete and to be honest not stable enough for retail release. But the core functionality for basing Pages off a Master Page and making local variation is already working within Affinity Publisher.
Follow along…
Create a new document. Create a Master Page. Add a Text Frame to your Master Page. Apply the Master Frame to Page 1. Duplicate Page 1 (so that you now have 2 identical pages). Ensure that you can see both the Layers Panel and the  Symbols Panel. Click the Sync button in the Symbols Panel (to turn off synchronization of symbols). Go to Page 1 and unlock the Master Layer . Select the Text Frame and type something. Note how the text appears on Page 1, but not on Page 2, nor the Master Page. Unlock the Master Layer on Page 2. Select the Text Frame and type something different. Note how Page 1 and 2 now have the same layout but different content. Click Sync in the Symbols Panel (to re-enable synchronization of symbols). Go into your Master Page and try moving the Text Frame. Note how the Text Frames on Pages 1 and 2 also move to the new position. In the Text Frame Panel change the fill and stroke of the Text Frame. Also resize and rotate the Text Frame on the Master Page. Note how all these attributes also change on Pages 1 and 2. Turn off sync, goto Page 1 and uncheck the visibility of the Text Frame. Note how it is hidden on Page 1 but not the Master or Page 2. Turn sync back on, go to the Master and add a Picture Frame. Click Place… and select 3 pictures from your file system. Apply the first to the Master Page Note how it appears on Pages 1 and 2. De-sync, then apply the second picture on Page 1 and the third on Page 2. Note how every page now shows a different picture. Re-Sync, and move the Picture Frames on the Master. Note how the pictures on all pages move. Things I noticed along the way…
When some attributes are desynced they take others with them. Change the content of text, and you also desync all other attributes of the text (font, font size, colour etc). Text Frames seem to move an resize more reliably that Picture Frames. The old bug where you end up with a new symbol every pixel when dragging a nested symbol reared its ugly head here. Right now the only way to see which attributes are in sync is to hover over the item in the layers panel, and read the tooltip. Not friendly. Although you can reapply the Master to reset everything, we could also do with the ability to re-link selected attributes, on specific objects. Still, I remain confused as to why Affinity are not actively promoting this feature since it has to be the most talked about issue on the entire forum!
 
 

This thread is locked, there is a newer beta available from the thread pinned to the top of this forum
Click here to download the latest beta for Windows
Status: Public Beta
Purpose: General Testing
Requirements: None
As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 
We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post here.
Any problems actually using this version please post to post in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Many thanks for your continued feedback.
Please post any bug reports here. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
Fix List
Document / Page Management
- Fixed crash opening some documents containing images on a Master Page
- Pages Panel updated to improve layout and performance
- Add Page buttons now enabled correctly after converting Artboard based document to Spread on Windows
- Removed bleed setup from Add Master Page dialog, it is a document setting
- Select Anchor to page should be selected by default for scaling in spread properties
- Fixed Page redraw after deleting artboards

General Tools and Menus
- Added Layer > Arrange, Alignment, Geometry, Transform, Insertion
- Added Layer > New Layer, Layer > New Adjustment
- Preferences options missing from dialog drop down menu
- Fixed marquee zoom when using the <Space>+<Ctrl>
- Fixed Find and Replace text field drop menus on Mac
- Fixed toolbar customisation - Distribute, Operations on Mac
- Fixed Guides editing default for Select Tool on Mac
- Updated minimum Zoom Out for view
- Fixed crash when assigning keyboard shortcut to File > Place on Windows

Text Tool
- Symbols indicating overflowing text added to text frames
- Fixed bug redrawing text flow after unlinking text frames
- Text wrap options dialog fixed for light UI on Windows

Text Panels / Text Style Editor
- Tidied Paragraph style dropdown drawing on Mac
- Fixed application of Kerning by dragging icon on Mac
- Text Styles Panel fixed to display description fully
- Fixed deselection of Stylistic Sets from Character Panel
- Fixed Initial Words not applying in Text Styles
- Fixed hyphenation Minimum Score not applying in Text Styles
- Fixed bullet character style for bullet not applying if tab stop value is 0 in Text Styles
- Fixed 'Ignore space if same style' not applying in Text Styles on Windows

Tables
- Icons added to table row / column extenders to advertise their purpose
- Table tool headers now reflect insets
- Frame settings now applied correctly to new tables
- Double-click on default format now edits that format rather than creating a duplicate

Resources / Resource Manager
- On File > Open, if linked resources are missing, request to locate

Assets
- Fixed Asset thumbnails when asset include image in CMYK document

Picture Frames
- Fixed Convert placed image to Picture Frame
- Custom zoom and placement maintained when Picture Frame is resized

Print / Export
- All formats now export with optional bleed
- Fixed export of Artboards in embedded afdesign files
- Print model not saved with pre-set on Windows
- Double sided prints always flips on longest side on Windows
 

This thread is locked, there is now a more recent beta available from the thread pinned to the top of this forum.
Click here to download the latest beta for macOS
Status: Public Beta
Purpose: General Testing
Requirements: None
As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity where you may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. 
We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems installing or running up, please don't hesitate to post here.
Any problems actually using this version please post to post in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Many thanks for your continued feedback.
Please post any bug reports here. Please feel free to leave general suggestions and comments in the Discussion Forum.
Fix List
Document / Page Management
- Fixed crash opening some documents containing images on a Master Page
- Pages Panel updated to improve layout and performance
- Add Page buttons now enabled correctly after converting Artboard based document to Spread on Windows
- Removed bleed setup from Add Master Page dialog, it is a document setting
- Select Anchor to page should be selected by default for scaling in spread properties
- Fixed Page redraw after deleting artboards

General Tools and Menus
- Added Layer > Arrange, Alignment, Geometry, Transform, Insertion
- Added Layer > New Layer, Layer > New Adjustment
- Preferences options missing from dialog drop down menu
- Fixed marquee zoom when using the <Space>+<Ctrl>
- Fixed Find and Replace text field drop menus on Mac
- Fixed toolbar customisation - Distribute, Operations on Mac
- Fixed Guides editing default for Select Tool on Mac
- Updated minimum Zoom Out for view
- Fixed crash when assigning keyboard shortcut to File > Place on Windows

Text Tool
- Symbols indicating overflowing text added to text frames
- Fixed bug redrawing text flow after unlinking text frames
- Text wrap options dialog fixed for light UI on Windows

Text Panels / Text Style Editor
- Tidied Paragraph style dropdown drawing on Mac
- Fixed application of Kerning by dragging icon on Mac
- Text Styles Panel fixed to display description fully
- Fixed deselection of Stylistic Sets from Character Panel
- Fixed Initial Words not applying in Text Styles
- Fixed hyphenation Minimum Score not applying in Text Styles
- Fixed bullet character style for bullet not applying if tab stop value is 0 in Text Styles
- Fixed 'Ignore space if same style' not applying in Text Styles on Windows

Tables
- Icons added to table row / column extenders to advertise their purpose
- Table tool headers now reflect insets
- Frame settings now applied correctly to new tables
- Double-click on default format now edits that format rather than creating a duplicate

Resources / Resource Manager
- On File > Open, if linked resources are missing, request to locate

Assets
- Fixed Asset thumbnails when asset include image in CMYK document

Picture Frames
- Fixed Convert placed image to Picture Frame
- Custom zoom and placement maintained when Picture Frame is resized

Print / Export
- All formats now export with optional bleed
- Fixed export of Artboards in embedded afdesign files
- Print model not saved with pre-set on Windows
- Double sided prints flips on longest (wrong) side (on Windows)