Cineman

THRILLED to work with Publisher! Similar screen refresh issue when changing Preferences settings. First screen grab is the Preference window. Second screen grab when Preference window is closed.

Feel free to post any you find. So far I found this one in the PDF Export > Advanced options. Move the sliders and they become detached and hover over the app afterward. Have to quit and restart to make the disappear.
 
 

Been scanning through last dozen or so pages to catch up; looks like no additional sneak-peaks since December but hopefully we'll get a beta in the next couple months. As someone who uses InDesign on a regular basis to make a living, it's a little disappointing that INDD / IDML import wasn't a "Release 1 feature," but I understand it's a complex undertaking to get it right. I'm not even sure Adobe has gotten it right yet.
 
It's obvious release 1 is more about setting a foundation for the future than grabbing InDesign converts to the cause, and that's OK. Can grab the coverts later when it's a more stable, full-featured app. 
 
InDesign today is a good document layout and design application, with a set of features that's already about as deep as it needs to be. Certainly miles ahead of Quark or PageMaker in their best days. Where it falls short (aside from Adobe's stupid licensing scheme) is performance and stability with larger documents, and ease-of-use when it comes to simple things like renumbering text across multiple pages or sections, and having a dictionary system that isn't dumb as a brick. Too many visits to InDesign Secrets to find an obscure workaround to things that shouldn't require workarounds. But I'm OK sticking with it for another year+ until AP is a more mature product.
 
However for the second major release, there is no justification for me — and I would guess for many others — to buy Publisher until such time as we can open INDD or IDML files with it, and reliably work with the content in those files to re-save as AP format. PDF import won't cut it because — unless Serif can work some magic I can't currently foresee — all the text flow information, paragraph and character style information, object editability, etc is lost. Put another way: PDF is basically a "low IQ" container format. Doesn't really matter what app you're using, working backward from a rendered PDF to get back to a "live source document" type setup, is a PITA. I wouldn't even contemplate that workflow, I'd just wait until there was proper InDesign import available.
 
Beyond that I think most of what I'd look for is already planned for 1.0?
Something akin to master pages Simple TOC creation and style editing (another area where InDesign is needlessly complex) Robust pagination and sectioning options with easy access to change same Standard vector toolset for creating custom paths and shapes that can define content flow + graphic clipping Robust Stroke / Gradient / Fill / Transparency options Round-trip editing (right-click graphic, go to app, edit, save come back, change is shown) PSD, TIFF, AI, native Photo files, native Designer files Intelligent text flow and text wrap options Robust character and paragraph editing / style setup options (including robust kerning, support for all major font types, etc) Easy options for changing default bullet and numbering (and their style options), anywhere on any page. Robust find-replace (by selection, page, document) Robust font replacement / automation Intelligent dictionary that actually learns WTF I tell it to learn more than 50% of the time. Strong PDF export options for print and web browsers That would be a pretty good start. Anything past that is gravy for my workflow.
 
Things I can wait for:
Robust table support Very long document support (as in 100s of pages) Automation stuff   
Things I couldn't care less about: 
Converting print design documents into web pages or iPad books. If I need to build web pages I use the right tool, ditto iPad books. Turning Publisher into an Illustration program / with similar toolset so you don't have to go into an illy program (bad idea) probably others i can't think of

Been scanning through last dozen or so pages to catch up; looks like no additional sneak-peaks since December but hopefully we'll get a beta in the next couple months. As someone who uses InDesign on a regular basis to make a living, it's a little disappointing that INDD / IDML import wasn't a "Release 1 feature," but I understand it's a complex undertaking to get it right. I'm not even sure Adobe has gotten it right yet.
 
It's obvious release 1 is more about setting a foundation for the future than grabbing InDesign converts to the cause, and that's OK. Can grab the coverts later when it's a more stable, full-featured app. 
 
InDesign today is a good document layout and design application, with a set of features that's already about as deep as it needs to be. Certainly miles ahead of Quark or PageMaker in their best days. Where it falls short (aside from Adobe's stupid licensing scheme) is performance and stability with larger documents, and ease-of-use when it comes to simple things like renumbering text across multiple pages or sections, and having a dictionary system that isn't dumb as a brick. Too many visits to InDesign Secrets to find an obscure workaround to things that shouldn't require workarounds. But I'm OK sticking with it for another year+ until AP is a more mature product.
 
However for the second major release, there is no justification for me — and I would guess for many others — to buy Publisher until such time as we can open INDD or IDML files with it, and reliably work with the content in those files to re-save as AP format. PDF import won't cut it because — unless Serif can work some magic I can't currently foresee — all the text flow information, paragraph and character style information, object editability, etc is lost. Put another way: PDF is basically a "low IQ" container format. Doesn't really matter what app you're using, working backward from a rendered PDF to get back to a "live source document" type setup, is a PITA. I wouldn't even contemplate that workflow, I'd just wait until there was proper InDesign import available.
 
Beyond that I think most of what I'd look for is already planned for 1.0?
Something akin to master pages Simple TOC creation and style editing (another area where InDesign is needlessly complex) Robust pagination and sectioning options with easy access to change same Standard vector toolset for creating custom paths and shapes that can define content flow + graphic clipping Robust Stroke / Gradient / Fill / Transparency options Round-trip editing (right-click graphic, go to app, edit, save come back, change is shown) PSD, TIFF, AI, native Photo files, native Designer files Intelligent text flow and text wrap options Robust character and paragraph editing / style setup options (including robust kerning, support for all major font types, etc) Easy options for changing default bullet and numbering (and their style options), anywhere on any page. Robust find-replace (by selection, page, document) Robust font replacement / automation Intelligent dictionary that actually learns WTF I tell it to learn more than 50% of the time. Strong PDF export options for print and web browsers That would be a pretty good start. Anything past that is gravy for my workflow.
 
Things I can wait for:
Robust table support Very long document support (as in 100s of pages) Automation stuff   
Things I couldn't care less about: 
Converting print design documents into web pages or iPad books. If I need to build web pages I use the right tool, ditto iPad books. Turning Publisher into an Illustration program / with similar toolset so you don't have to go into an illy program (bad idea) probably others i can't think of

Been scanning through last dozen or so pages to catch up; looks like no additional sneak-peaks since December but hopefully we'll get a beta in the next couple months. As someone who uses InDesign on a regular basis to make a living, it's a little disappointing that INDD / IDML import wasn't a "Release 1 feature," but I understand it's a complex undertaking to get it right. I'm not even sure Adobe has gotten it right yet.
 
It's obvious release 1 is more about setting a foundation for the future than grabbing InDesign converts to the cause, and that's OK. Can grab the coverts later when it's a more stable, full-featured app. 
 
InDesign today is a good document layout and design application, with a set of features that's already about as deep as it needs to be. Certainly miles ahead of Quark or PageMaker in their best days. Where it falls short (aside from Adobe's stupid licensing scheme) is performance and stability with larger documents, and ease-of-use when it comes to simple things like renumbering text across multiple pages or sections, and having a dictionary system that isn't dumb as a brick. Too many visits to InDesign Secrets to find an obscure workaround to things that shouldn't require workarounds. But I'm OK sticking with it for another year+ until AP is a more mature product.
 
However for the second major release, there is no justification for me — and I would guess for many others — to buy Publisher until such time as we can open INDD or IDML files with it, and reliably work with the content in those files to re-save as AP format. PDF import won't cut it because — unless Serif can work some magic I can't currently foresee — all the text flow information, paragraph and character style information, object editability, etc is lost. Put another way: PDF is basically a "low IQ" container format. Doesn't really matter what app you're using, working backward from a rendered PDF to get back to a "live source document" type setup, is a PITA. I wouldn't even contemplate that workflow, I'd just wait until there was proper InDesign import available.
 
Beyond that I think most of what I'd look for is already planned for 1.0?
Something akin to master pages Simple TOC creation and style editing (another area where InDesign is needlessly complex) Robust pagination and sectioning options with easy access to change same Standard vector toolset for creating custom paths and shapes that can define content flow + graphic clipping Robust Stroke / Gradient / Fill / Transparency options Round-trip editing (right-click graphic, go to app, edit, save come back, change is shown) PSD, TIFF, AI, native Photo files, native Designer files Intelligent text flow and text wrap options Robust character and paragraph editing / style setup options (including robust kerning, support for all major font types, etc) Easy options for changing default bullet and numbering (and their style options), anywhere on any page. Robust find-replace (by selection, page, document) Robust font replacement / automation Intelligent dictionary that actually learns WTF I tell it to learn more than 50% of the time. Strong PDF export options for print and web browsers That would be a pretty good start. Anything past that is gravy for my workflow.
 
Things I can wait for:
Robust table support Very long document support (as in 100s of pages) Automation stuff   
Things I couldn't care less about: 
Converting print design documents into web pages or iPad books. If I need to build web pages I use the right tool, ditto iPad books. Turning Publisher into an Illustration program / with similar toolset so you don't have to go into an illy program (bad idea) probably others i can't think of

Been scanning through last dozen or so pages to catch up; looks like no additional sneak-peaks since December but hopefully we'll get a beta in the next couple months. As someone who uses InDesign on a regular basis to make a living, it's a little disappointing that INDD / IDML import wasn't a "Release 1 feature," but I understand it's a complex undertaking to get it right. I'm not even sure Adobe has gotten it right yet.
 
It's obvious release 1 is more about setting a foundation for the future than grabbing InDesign converts to the cause, and that's OK. Can grab the coverts later when it's a more stable, full-featured app. 
 
InDesign today is a good document layout and design application, with a set of features that's already about as deep as it needs to be. Certainly miles ahead of Quark or PageMaker in their best days. Where it falls short (aside from Adobe's stupid licensing scheme) is performance and stability with larger documents, and ease-of-use when it comes to simple things like renumbering text across multiple pages or sections, and having a dictionary system that isn't dumb as a brick. Too many visits to InDesign Secrets to find an obscure workaround to things that shouldn't require workarounds. But I'm OK sticking with it for another year+ until AP is a more mature product.
 
However for the second major release, there is no justification for me — and I would guess for many others — to buy Publisher until such time as we can open INDD or IDML files with it, and reliably work with the content in those files to re-save as AP format. PDF import won't cut it because — unless Serif can work some magic I can't currently foresee — all the text flow information, paragraph and character style information, object editability, etc is lost. Put another way: PDF is basically a "low IQ" container format. Doesn't really matter what app you're using, working backward from a rendered PDF to get back to a "live source document" type setup, is a PITA. I wouldn't even contemplate that workflow, I'd just wait until there was proper InDesign import available.
 
Beyond that I think most of what I'd look for is already planned for 1.0?
Something akin to master pages Simple TOC creation and style editing (another area where InDesign is needlessly complex) Robust pagination and sectioning options with easy access to change same Standard vector toolset for creating custom paths and shapes that can define content flow + graphic clipping Robust Stroke / Gradient / Fill / Transparency options Round-trip editing (right-click graphic, go to app, edit, save come back, change is shown) PSD, TIFF, AI, native Photo files, native Designer files Intelligent text flow and text wrap options Robust character and paragraph editing / style setup options (including robust kerning, support for all major font types, etc) Easy options for changing default bullet and numbering (and their style options), anywhere on any page. Robust find-replace (by selection, page, document) Robust font replacement / automation Intelligent dictionary that actually learns WTF I tell it to learn more than 50% of the time. Strong PDF export options for print and web browsers That would be a pretty good start. Anything past that is gravy for my workflow.
 
Things I can wait for:
Robust table support Very long document support (as in 100s of pages) Automation stuff   
Things I couldn't care less about: 
Converting print design documents into web pages or iPad books. If I need to build web pages I use the right tool, ditto iPad books. Turning Publisher into an Illustration program / with similar toolset so you don't have to go into an illy program (bad idea) probably others i can't think of