[Can I set all artboards with the same guides]

Thank you.

That's what I thought maybe the case.

[Can I set all artboards with the same guides]

Hi,

I have multiple artboards and have found I need to adjust the guides. Can I change all of them at once on every artboard.

I have tried selecting 2 artboards then adjusting the guides but it only applied the guides to one of the artboards

Thanks

[publisher studio panels greyed out]

Hi,

I have just updated to Publisher version 2.2  on my Windows 11 pc and have opened it for the first time.

None of the studio panels will open. The text in the list of studio panels is in greyed except for those with the next arrow and when I click on them, the options are in greyed too. This occurs whether the the panel has a tick to show its supposedly opened or not. These panels will not appear.

I have checked they haven't opened on the other screen or behind any other windows.

It is a bit hard to use when pages, layers, colours, navigation, etc aren't open. I have checked some of the tools and I can insert text and shapes and colour them, so I can use them through the tools.

While writing this I was checking on how I was able to open the character panel before temporarily, and found the solution. As it wasn't something I expected I have continued writing this in case someone else has a similar experience.

The solution was to click on the a symbol for the character style on the context toolbar. As soon as I did all the ticked panels appeared and the list of panel names wasn't greyed out anymore.

I have included a screenshot.

 I hope this helps someone else.

[Designer-booleans greyed out]

Hi Walt,

I worked it out today. I had previously grouped some of the shapes. I thought I had ungrouped them all but missed some. Once all were ungrouped, the Booleans appeared and I could use the add Boolean.

Thanks for your reply. At the time I hadn't realised the issue.

[Designer-booleans greyed out]

Hi,

I am creating a landscape in an artboard in Designer-Windows. I have selected multiple shapes and can't use the Add boolean to make them into one shape as the booleans are greyed out.

However, I can create a new artboard, add two shapes and it works fine. Any ideas please?

Thanks

 

[export to pdf]

Hi Walt and NPM,

I found it. I totally missed the list at the top. 

Thank you.

[export to pdf]

Hi Walt

Thanks for the reply.

When I click on that drop down list it only has the two png options.

[export to pdf]

Hi

How do I export to pdf a file in Affinity Designer 2 that is composed of two scanned images (.png) and a text frame. When I open export I only have png options. I can't see pdf.

I have Windows 11.

Thanks

[missing font]

Hi,

I have replaced a laptop and after installing the font used in many of my affinity created documents, the font is replaced with another, even though I reinstalled the font I want. How do I correct this without opening my many documents and replacing the font correctly in each.

It can even display the font name correctly but the text is still in another font. When I select the font and replace it with the correct font, the displayed font name will now be shown in the text correctly.

Any ideas.

Thanks

[Designer use own margins from printer]

Hi RC-R

To clarify, 

I made an earlier comment that I had the 'retrieve margins from printer button" on my Windows 10 AD desktop version 1.10.4.1198.

My reply was to Walt's comment that there is no new page option, as he thought I was mistaken. I referred to new page options instead of new document. I was trying to say that it would be more useful to have the button re 'retrieve margins from printer' when creating a new document rather than then, needing to edit the new document to get the correct margin for my printer. Sorry for any misunderstanding. 

It thus, appears that it must be a Mac issue.

 

[Designer use own margins from printer]

New Document where you select the size of the document.

 

[Designer use own margins from printer]

Is this referring to AD on Macs or all?

I am using AD 1.10.4.1198 on Windows 10 and have the retrieve margins from printer button but unfortunately it is not in new page options. At this point I have to know what my printer margins are and type them in, else I have to say create. Next, I need to go to document setup > margin tab and there I find the button at the bottom. 

[designer cat shape]

hi R C-R,

Thanks for the reply. I agree that the original sitting cat is the best. I went to the other post and found it interesting. The alt key didn't work for me but another mentioned shift key in windows which worked well. I was also able to import the three versions of cat into my assests. Thanks a lot.

[designer cat shape]

Designer- the cat shape has changed from sitting to walking and no longer appears in the shape options tool. Why is it not included - only available under customise? Thanks

[new document window partly missing]

Thanks FirstDefence,

I have windows 10. I did the cascade windows and it worked straight away.

 

[new document window partly missing]

Hi,

I have tried to open the new document window in Affinity Publisher on my desktop, but it floats off screen so that the top of the window is missing everything above the line 'press ready'. It doesn't occur in Designer or Photo. It happens on both the laptop and the attached monitor screen.The laptop is touch screen but I can't move the new document window using touch either.

Any ideas on how to get it to appear fully on screen - either screen.

Thanks.

[product licence]

Hi,

I am about to reinstall Windows 10 on my computer. I bought Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher for desktop from the Affinity store/website. 

When I searched the forum to find out how to locate my licence information, I found a post showing the path to locate the licence.xml file. I have located these for Publisher and Photo, but when I do the same for Designer and open the 1.0 folder it is empty. There is also a Common folder but I didn't see anything relevant there either.

Any ideas.

Thanks Christine

Solved. I found out that I can log into my account at Affinity and access the details there. Thanks

 

[give a shape a concave bevel]

Thank you

I had forgotten about the full menu for effects.

I have got close to what I want. Just experimenting.

 

[give a shape a concave bevel]

Like this, 

thanks for the reply.

 

[give a shape a concave bevel]

Hi,

I have a circle and would like to make it concave just like the concave bevel in Word. How would I achieve this please?

Thanks 

Christine

[Publisher - Text frame - add inside margin]

Thanks to all,

It was just the inset for the text frame. I didn't know the terminology inset.

[Publisher - Text frame - add inside margin]

Hi,

I would like to know how to add cell margins to my text frame in publisher. The text is flush against the bounding box which I find visually annoying and text can be hidden by the arrow or dot on the boundary. Is there a simple way to do this please?

Thanks 

 

[Opacity set to 100% yet appears partly transparent]

Thanks for the replies, 

I have solved the problem. One I missed an opacity setting. The other white rectangle I replaced and the replacement worked fine. Still have no idea what the problem was with it. It wouldn't accept any colour I set. 

[Opacity set to 100% yet appears partly transparent]

Hi,

I am still learning. I have inserted two objects that are set to white with 100% opacity, thus they should be solid white. However, they are placed over other objects of colour and that shows through the white objects with part transparency. I can't figure out why. Am I missing or forgetting a setting somewhere? 

Thanks for any help.

[(publisher) force a line break]

Thank you Walt. Just what I needed.