TomJr
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Hey Chris,
Basically I just created a new 8.5x11 doc. But I just tried an 5.5x8.5 doc, worked fine.
After I saw your response, I tried the 8.5x11 again. Now looks fine.
Totally strange.
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@Chris B Has this issue been resolved? I'm seeing this also in Publisher v2.3.1 (Mac) too.
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My issues have been happening long before V2, I've just been dealing with it, and thought I should address it now. Happens in Designer too.
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My issues have been happening intermittently long before V2, I've just been dealing with it, and thought it was time to address it. Happens in Designer too.
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@anto I have a 30" LG Monitor connected directly to the Mac Studio, along with 2 others to the left and right of it. Does that help?
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Hi all,
I've seen this occasionally over the years in both Publisher and Designer, where the full page view shows the view attached in this post. I'm posting this from using the latest version of Publisher (2.3). I've seen this occur in silicon and Intel Macs.
Obviously, the whole page should be white, but as you can see, there is only one part of the page in white, the rest is the pasteboard color. In this particular example, I was opening an IDML file, and this is what I got. I doubt it has any bearing, but thought it worth a mention.
If it helps, I'm running:
Apple M1 Max Studio (64GB ram, 4TB SSD)
MacOS 14.1.2
Affinity 2.3
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I was poking around, looking for a solution on this (what InDesign calls "smart quotes") for a small book I'm putting together. Although I don't see anything to use in the Find/Replace dialog, I did find a workaround.
My best practices include Style Sheets (or Text Styles here). So within my text style edits I changed Language/Typography Script to Auto, and now when I search for a quote, I just type in a quote in the result it show me within the text box.Hopefully there will be a better solution in any upcoming update to Affinty Publisher.
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2 hours ago, stokerg said:
Hi @TomJr,
The only way I've been able to replicate this, I started a New Document at 72DPI and created a style from a 6pt stroke and reapplied this to a shape in the same document and the stroke value was correct. I then tried it in a New Document which was at 300DPI and applying the style gave the 'wrong' value. I say the wrong value, I suspect it's the correct one for the DPI of the document.
You see a similar thing happen when copying and pasting strokes between different DPI documents.
I checked what you tried, and I'm seeing that too. However, the experience that brought me here was creating and applying the Style within the same document! I would add the "wrong" value was off by a couple of hundred points! Literally.
However, I think I might have found the solution, based on what you said about resolution. I noticed when I applied the styles I created, the "scale with object" must have been selected when I created the style.
Once I deleted the styles I made, I recreated them with the "scale with object" box unchecked, and that seems to fix it.
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I am using V2.1.1 of Designer, on an M1 Max Mac Studio (4TB SSD, 64 GB Ram, on OS 13.5)
I started by creating an object with a stroke color and stroke weight I wanted to keep as a style.
I created 2 Styles:
- 6 pt, 100% black stroke
- 9 pt, 40% black strokeWhen applying what I created to an object or stroke, the stroke width created is NOT what I made in the style. As a matter of fact, the stroke width is different each time I apply it (300 pt, 63.9 pt, etc - strange!). The color seems to work fine.
I'm open to suggestion here, if anyone else can replicate this so it works correctly, let me know. All I know is that I need to manually change the stroke weight to what I created in the style each time after I apply it.
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5 hours ago, Lee D said:
@SStohelitCan you try opening the attached test file on your system. It's just a collection of shapes, text brushes etc I made, it's over the 200k mark you reference.
Also have you tried creating a new Admin user account in Windows to see of that resolves the issue, just in case it's related to permissions in anyway?
I am having the same issue as @SStohelit. @MikeTO mentions that Affinity recommends working directly off the internal drive. Frankly, I have not been doing that, but do have a few files I cannot open in AD2. Can I get some help here, or should I try to d/l AD1 and resave it?
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LeeThorpe,
Thanks for your response.
Yeah, I saw those, but nothing specific for creating a key command to snap object to margins, page edges. Having those is a real time saver in my day-to-day layout work with InDesign.
IMO, the Key Command assignments in Publisher V2 for this would be a great feature add.
Tom
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V2 of Affinity is awesome, really enjoying the new features.
InDesign allows key commands for moving objects, etc. Is there a way to assign a key command for snapping objects to margins, pages, etc.
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Is it possible to assign a key command to snap a selected object to a margin, page edge, or guide? I don't see that listed as on option in the Key Commands area.
If not, I think it would be a great feature to add.
Thanks!
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Looks to be the same issue for the GH6. I don't have one yet, but tried opening a RAW file I was able to download to check out.
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On 2/16/2021 at 12:12 PM, muelli75 said:
On AP 1.9.1.952 its not possible, to add more than 1.000 pages at once. Maybe this is a general restriction - often we are needing documents with 7.500 (numbered) pages.
So we heve to do this in 7 steps. It would be nice, if we can add 9999 pages at once.
I believe it's been mentioned before, but a Book function might be nice.
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Hey all,
Thanks for continuing to improve and dedicate the hard work to make Affinity products the best on the market.
I recently used AP to produce a 24-page ad booklet for a fundraiser. It was a learning curve for a production/print ready piece. I've posted some of those in the appropriate forums.
Imagine my surprise when I saw that a "Collect" function was added to the beta. A welcome addition.
However, will we see the ability to collect ALL files (linked files, fonts and the AP doc) to send off to a vendor. Yes, I know (and have) sent a final pdf to vendors for printing, but I have one vendor that may actually use AP at some point.
Thanks!
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A strange behavior found today....
Today I drag/dropped a pdf on the pasteboard of my Publisher doc, and I did get a dialog of missing fonts, and options for which pages to load.
However, no such dialog on using the Place command. Looks like a bug, so I'll post this there as well.
Using InDesign as an example, you get an alert of missing fonts from within a document and within imported art as well. Seems you only get an alert of missing fonts in the main Publisher doc. Neither Font or Resource Manager show it either.
I got bitten by this yesterday when I sent a pdf proof of an ad program to a client, only to have him call to tell me several pages looked strange. That's when I figured out what happened. I can't really expect that businesses that submit ads as a pdf know to embed the fonts first, so this wouldn't happen, but there you are.
My quick solution was to outline the fonts in the original document and export the art again. Not a best-practice move in my book, but until I learn Publisher better, that's what I'll do.
I have reported a feature request that Publisher include the ability to check for missing fonts within imported files.
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I would like to see Publisher have the ability to check for missing fonts within imported files.
Using InDesign as an example, you get an alert of missing fonts from within a document and within imported art as well. Seems you only get an alert of missing fonts in the main Publisher doc. Neither Font or Resource Manager show it either.
I got bitten by this today when I sent a pdf proof of an ad program to a client, only to have him call to tell me several pages looked strange. That's when I figured out what happened. I can't really expect that businesses that submit ads as a pdf know to embed the fonts first, so this wouldn't happen, but there you are.
My quick solution was to outline the fonts in the original document and export the art again. Not a best-practice move in my book, but until I learn Publisher better, that's what I'll do.
An addition to yesterday....
Today I drag/dropped a pdf on the pasteboard of my Publisher doc, and I did get a dialog of missing fonts, and options for which pages to load. No such dialog on using the Place command. Looks like a bug, so I'll post this there as well.
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On 7/15/2019 at 8:42 PM, JimWelch said:
+1 from me as well. This would be great.
I'd also love to check for orphans and widows as well. I think we can use some advanced search/grep for that, but having that built into a preflight would be great as well.
Actually, you can control this when you create a Paragraph Style. I don't recall InDesign checking for those in it's Preflighting.
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On 9/19/2019 at 4:40 AM, Sean P said:
That's not a problem and it does indeed make sense! The shortcut actually adjusts the Paragraph Leading value in the Paragraph Panel. The Character Panel's Leading Override will reflect what leading value is being used. When set to Auto it will use the Paragraph's value and places it inside brackets to represent it is using that value.
However as you manually put an override in that will overrides the Paragraph Leading which makes it appear as though the shortcut doesn't work.
Glad you're enjoying the products
Sean,
In all honesty, I'm agreeing with Mark on this. Just didn't know it works that way, and it was becoming frustrating. Walt is also correct that it is DEFINED as an override.
Might just be the way I'm used to doing things from "other" software.
What I'm saying is that if I need a specific amount of leading on a paragraph, I can simply create a Paragraph Style for that, and make twiddly adjustments locally when necessary. That's where those key commands for those adjustments come in handy.
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I began to do a video, with new docs on all Affinity products, and the key command works fine....so now I was really wondering...
So I went back to my original doc in Affinity Photo, and found I had a value of 30 in the Character/Positioning and Transform/Leading Override. Once I changed the value to Auto, I was able to use the Key Command. So it appears that locks in any leading without begin able to adjust it. Looks like user error on my part. Sorry about that, all!
The doc is too big to attach here, but hope my explanation is clear. Thanks! I do enjoy Affinity products!
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Chris, so sorry, I missed this response.
I am on the M1 Max Studio, so no. BTW, seeing this issue on 2.4.1 (just released). However, going to the Settings/Performance/Display, and clicking "Use only integrated GPU (requires restart)" seems to fix the issue.
However, I still have a 2019 MacBook Pro. I don't use that nearly as often with Affinity as I do on the M1, so right now don't know if the same issue resides on it.