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Thanks Paul—I thought that might be the solution, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. I expected to see it selected once I'd clicked on it, but no ... Clip or Unclip, neither is selected.

Well, first of all, I'm not that used to working with layers. I go back to Paint Shop Pro 4 (1997 I think!) when things were simpler. So if I want to rotate an image, that's what I want to do! I'm still getting use to Photo - it's fine, I just need to know how to use it.

Hi Walt—trying to help out as usual! Yes, what I'd like to be able to do is use this menu— —which I assume is what you mean (I don't have a Menu>Document>Rotate Canvas option—do you?? I'm using 1.8.5.703) but with more control, as I have with PSP, for example. Thanks for helping.

Thanks — yes, I'd got that, and if i copy it and paste it, it's all there, but why would anyone want to rotate it and have the canvas act as a bounding box to cut out parts? It seems so silly—particularly when it doesn't work that way if you rotate the document. Is there a reason?

When I rotate an image I lose the corners— I can't see the whole of the image. I can when I Document>Rotate 90... —why not normally? This must be a basic thing, but, as so many people say, it's really bugging me!

Picking this up after 8 months(!) - What I don't see is the same menu options you show, Walt. You look to have, in your Preferences>Keyboard shortcuts menu Insert filler text and then Intereactive. and some options. I don't - I must be missing something but I don't see what. Searching for Interactive doesn't find anything. Affinity Publisher 1.8.5.703 David

Thanks Walt, I feared as much. The only alternative would be to use A3 Landscape 'pages' ... but sorting out what goes where would be a problem.

Is there any way I can force viewers to view my PDF magazine pages side by side, please? Obviously, double page spreads are wasted if the file is viewed in single pages. I need a way to export it so viewers get the full effect! Thanks.

Sorted. Thanks Walt - stay safe. David

Idiot me, yes 260. OK, I'll go back to the Help file and see if I can! David

But that's not what I see on my version 1.8.2.260 - Doesn't work, either, unfortunately! Have I not got the latest version? David

Yes - it would be nice to just tap CTRL-U or whatever to get there. Hi Walt, thanks for helping.

Is this possible in AP? The Help file suggests that it isn't. I hope someone can prove me wrong! Just a key combination to open the Edit Hyperlink/Hyperlink Properties dialog. Otherwise I'll have to look into macros ... 😞 David

Thanks - yes, I just wondered if I could do it in Publisher, rather than using Photo. No probs.

OK, no rush - I've saved my cutout as a PNG instead, which works fine when I drop it in. Still - if you get an image with a white background, CAN you make the background transparent instead of white - in Publisher? David

I've made a gif with a transparent background. When I place this in AffPub the background shows as white. How do I show it as transparent, so I get the cutout I intended, please? David

Good guess Bruce! Stupid ... Mind you, I still can't see the difference if I set the document to RGB. I've played around with the screen settings too. And the colour picker still shows just the same values for the page and the image background. D

Advice please. I have an image with a dark background and I placed it in the centre of the page, which I wanted to be the same dark colour so the edges of the image wouldn't show. I used a colour picker to check the colours were the same - but when it came back from the printers it shows as a dark background image on a slightly lighter page. Not the end of the world but annoying (I didn't get a proof this time). Interestingly, the image background when in Publisher picks as RGB 28,26,27, so that's what I set the page to - hence the problem. But the same image in PSP 2019 picks as RGB 24,24,24. I'll know next time but - a) does anyone know why the same colour should pick wrongly in Publisher? Surely there must be a reason for this? and - b) am I doing anything obviously wrong? David

I've made a note! D

Thank you very much for going to all that trouble haaakoo. It looks like what I've been doing but I'll try it with a new image! David

Thanks D but it's the first I want, like the top does here - I select the image. I select the Fill Tool - or I select the Fill Tool and then Type>Linear - and the image goes monochrome, which is not what I want. There may be a horizontal gradient adjustment line from side to side (I want a vertical gradient). Playing with the Gradient dialog I can get a vertical gradient but only monochrome. I can't keep the original colours with a vertical gradient - each time I come out of one to go to the other dialog it goes wrong. Version 1.7.3.481

First, it doesn't seem to work on imaged in Picture Frames. Is this right or is it me? Secondly, although I recently got it to fade out an image to transparent at the bottom, I don't seem to be able to do it again. Would someone mind taking me by the hand and speaking very slowly please? Oh, and why does the image sometimes turn monochrome? Thanks. David

Has anyone else found that CTRL-ALT-UP gives exactly the same result as Alt-UP?

OK guys, thanks for your trouble. I see what you mean, and now I look, it's the white line that shows eg. Rounded in Cap.

The Stroke is drawn outside the image. The Align icon/button shows it being drawn within (where the blue lines are), although the tooltip is correct. We need to use the middle icon/button, where the blue line shows it being drawn outside, to Align it within the image. Again, the tooltip is correct. Also - can I set the default as Within? At the moment Publisher defaults to Outside. Thanks! David