[Eye-drop text to copy attributes]

This is a heartbreaker of an omission. I've been copying text formatting with an Eyedropper for as long as I remember. Quark? Pagemaker? I think so.

Creating multiple text styles for every document seems like a mess, and my first attempts to do so -- to format an imported PDF -- did not yield consistent results. In InDesign I only go to the trouble of setting up character and paragraph styles if I'm working on a very long document, or a periodical... and sometimes not even then.

A heartbreaker.

PS: I remember being almost giddy a couple years ago when I learned that in InDesign you could "load" the Eyedropper with a text style and then go through your document highlighting text with the Eyedropper to apply that style.

 

 

[Affinity Publisher feature requests]

Being able to specify leading (line spacing) in multiple ways is convenient. I think  Quark Xpress allowed leading specifications such as +2, +12, -1, etc.  That was nice.

 

Allowing percentages to be entered could also be handy: 100%, 110%, etc.   Many programs permit percentages in certain situations (such as setting the amount of "auto" leading), but why not make it a standard option in the Character and Paragraph setting boxes?