Wolf Wallis

Please delete this post. It is no longer necessary. This has been an exercise in operator error, big time. Have just updated Photo from the App Store to the appropriate 1.8.6. Whatever I did before didn't work. Just after posting the above concern, I went back and tried one more time...this time it worked.
My apologies to staff, who work so hard to help educate others and help with meaningful issues. Also, apologize to the entire Affinity Forum. May you learn from my mistakes and exercise patience before embarrassing yourself with a premature post.
Sincerely,
Wolf

A more sophisticated function for book layout would be essential. Until then, moving pages within the thumbnails in the pages panel will have to suffice. I've laid out a 200+ page book with sections for each chapter. While I certainly found it clunky to have to go back and modify section page numbers to accommodate any manual page movement, I was able to do it. The satisfaction of being able to perform at least that operation was yet another bye-bye wink to InDesign.

Petar Petrenko's comments above, as well as many other comments regarding page movement, InDesign import, and other suggestions, are spot on and the developers at Affinity need to continue burning the midnight oil. Perusing these forums show the myriad problems still inherent in Publisher. Obviously, many are user created issues and learning curve situations; however, much work still needs to be done.

Perhaps I've been too close to finding solutions. Did not realize, but see that Publisher is now on the app store. I have 1.7.3 official release version (from website) and 1.7.3.475 beta build. It's the beta build I've been working with (well, trying to get it to work), but just now updated my 1.7.2 original official release. It also crashes.

Is the app store version any different than the official San Serif web release or the beta builds? 

Trying to limit screen time. Vision improved, eye muscles an issue. Thought about Siri, decided not.

Anyway, busy weekend with EtreCheck and taking care of minor issues it pointed out. Bottom line is this, Still crashing. Attaching EtreCheck Report, Crash Report and Publisher file.

Thought I had a solution and was elated when I removed all Adobe garbage left over. Upon restart, I was able to open Publisher, create a new document and a new paragraph style. No Crash at this point. Closed file, reopened and tried to create a new paragraph style...Boom! Crash!

Attached files are for developers to let you know I'm doing my part to investigate on this end. Worthy to mention that Pauls suggestion to creating a new user profile did meet with success. There were no crashes. Have to admit, didn't like the consequences of having to set up my user account all over, so haven't tried that suggestion lately. 
Amazing in and of itself I was able to save a document. New style (Folio) was created on master pages. Attempt to create a second paragraph style took me back to the drawing board.

Sorry for multiple posts and repeated queries...just trying to solve a mystery. Thanks to all.
iMac 2019-09-30.etrecheck
Affinity Publisher Beta_2019-09-30-175545_iMacUp.crash
Bios and Farewells.afpub

Thomaso, thanks for clearing up the German thread. I gave it the ole college try. Thanks also for your assessment of Dr. Cleaner. It's been good, but I have been increasingly wary of it, especially since it's removal from the app store. Will look into AppCleaner as you suggested.
When I went to Mojave, I did a clean install, everything has been looking good. Your other recommendation, using EtreCheck, is wonderful. It has helped to identify some culprits, but also confirms that I'm in pretty decent shape. Right now, I am quite clean so that is why Dr. Cleaner Pro is beginning to raise my eyebrows.
Wearing my wife's store bought cheaters to read the screen, so taking it slow.  I'm hopeful we're getting close. 

Thomaso, thanks for clearing up the German thread. I gave it the ole college try. Thanks also for your assessment of Dr. Cleaner. It's been good, but I have been increasingly wary of it, especially since it's removal from the app store. Will look into AppCleaner as you suggested.
When I went to Mojave, I did a clean install, everything has been looking good. Your other recommendation, using EtreCheck, is wonderful. It has helped to identify some culprits, but also confirms that I'm in pretty decent shape. Right now, I am quite clean so that is why Dr. Cleaner Pro is beginning to raise my eyebrows.
Wearing my wife's store bought cheaters to read the screen, so taking it slow.  I'm hopeful we're getting close. 

Can't follow the language in last posts, mac and thomaso. Etrecheck I'm running is 5.3.3 from App Store. Purchased advertised 'user package.' Many thanks, wonderful program to analyze the mac. As mentioned, not following last posts...never graduated past English!! 

On a side note, additional to not reading the posts, healing from cataract surgery and reading the screen is equally troublesome! Working through that.

After running Etrecheck and looking at the report, found a few stragglers of old programs, plus some 32-bit apps that will have to go sooner or later. Cleaned things up. As I'm narrowing down, Dr. Cleaner Pro, 3rd party app, may be suspect. Have either one of you installed that app?

Created new admin user account and putting the latest beta build through some motions. Feels strange not having a crash. I would agree with you about the software influence. If not an actual installed app, perhaps a remnant in a plist. 

For now, holding off on switching user accounts. Copying library folders will copy the original crash problem. When the developers get the bug report, it might spark something.
   

Well, I'll be. Pauls, you have something. 
Created a new user account on the mac. Yikes, had to validate the Publisher Beta, but found my activation key and she opened fine. I should also mention I am using the 1.7.3.475 beta build.
Purposely, went through the same routine of creating a new document preset, then, on master pages, created a new paragraph style - with all the same parameters as before.

NO CRASH!

Can you explain why my user account appears to be out of whack enough to crash Publisher? Absolutely no other problems, with Affinity Photo or any other app. How would you recommend I proceed.

Pauls, this is a most incredible development. You need to speak with the developers!

Wish I could help Mac, but I'm still crashing. Fonts have been cleaned up and streamlined, at least Font Book is happy. Removed all extra fonts and went back to system fonts, plus two additional OpenType fonts. The fonts are a combination of TrueType, OpenType, OpenType Postscript.

Other than that, stymied as to what else, even minor, could be causing the crashes.

I'm following the beta notifications and have the latest beta build installed (1.7.2.458) Same crash results. 

All I can tell you is they have logged my issue with the developers and from reading the forums, they are quite gainfully employed with the many other fixes. Hoping something will reveal itself soon.  I'm left-handed and have an open mind. 

Yes, it was the tab, and I think you are correct about the reset fixing. Strange thing also is I wondered how the files before the reinstall would function, so I tried to open them and they crashed the app when trying to open. At least one of them did open when APublisher restored. Anyway, sharing these things in case might help. I think I am clear of this particular hurdle now. So would recommend the reinstall to anyone having various crashing problems. And as I said in previous post, I removed the app, emptied the trash, restarted the computer and download fresh from Affinity Store.

Order. Order! [Slamming my gavel on the block]
Based upon these recent findings and the overwhelming evidence presented by eyewitnesses, it is the opinion of this court that a similar ID book feature must be added to Affinity Publisher and that evidence thereof must be shown no later than the first update after the official release date. Failure to do so will result in a penalty of expulsion from the Association for Cool Software Companies. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Affinity? Council, please ensure that your client complies with these orders lest we be seeing him back here facing a far harsher sentence in the near future.
(long way around to saying: "+1")

The InDesign feature I use most—weirdly—is the INDB book feature, where InDesign creates a container file of sorts to hold a pile of individual InD files that make up an entire book, as well as manage their page numbers. Being able to manage chapters individually is vastly easier than working on a 300+ page single file. Would love to see this implemented—or something like it. 

Somewhere (I'm trying to ascertain where) there is a roadmap from Affinity that mentions when a Create Book feature will be coming. Would hope this very critical feature would be at the top of the list. Even building a 150-200 page book benefits when individual files built on the same document setup can be worked on then combined. Sadly, my old copy of InDesign CS 5.5 will still need to be used. At the same time, I'm learning all I can with Publisher. Wasn't involved in the beta process, so I'm excited to have this new software in my arsenal. Thank you Serif Affinity and someday soon goodbye Adobe.