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Yes, thanks, thanks, thanks.

I really know what people need: a tweet from Tronald Dump … or was it a tweed? @ Tia Lapis Don't worry! Serif will do what only Serif will do.

Art (of reading) needs the skills of the viewer. ;) You can read/interpret/see what you want and you can write what you want. Depends on the skills. If there will be a “Vital” he can think what he wants. Perhaps “Vital” only reads “noise” or “no nonsense” or … Well, “Vital” could tell us if “Vital” drops in …

One way (with the advantage to change the result easily): 1. add a bigger yellow/red rectangle than your glass on the level/position you want it 2. Cut it 3. activate the (upper part of the) glass and use “Paste Inside” HTH

NOise. NOise. NoiSE. NoiSE. Noise. Noise. NOise. NoiSE. NoiSE. h†h

Or just fake news? ;) Hm. Hm, having justified doubts, Yogi9409?

No news. And after more than one month the printers have forgotten it? :( And within one month it was not possible to update the pictures on https://affinity.serif.com/de/designer/workbook/ and use correct quotation marks there. ;)

Right, fernandolins86, this is not just “some dust texture” …

Do you think that linking to external files in Designer will become true before the launch of APu in 2017 or 2018 … and the interchangeable file format wasn’t promised? Not easy to suggest a solution without a screenshot or the file: Have you tried all options to get a smaller PDF, Rocketdrive?

Seems we used the wrong words and bought too few copies of AD.

We don’t have your file so we cannot tell you specific details. But as MEB already pointed out, check the thread, please. A black Affinity cat has great tips and tricks for you there.

It already was explained that the file format is optimised for speed rather than size.

Welcome in 2017. It already was explained that the file format is optimised for speed rather than size. Do you really think it is a bug?

If you missed the praise for your pun: :wub: :) :wub: :D But really not hoping “the developers will be filled with remorse”, just piping constantly u n a l i n g e d S O S until dropping down the Christmas tree. :( ;)

Welcome here, Turtle_Island. Please try to use “Image” instead of “Custom Shape”. Does that help? If even copy and paste (from AD) does not work, try to export PDFs.

No, just a binary way to explain that some more users are in great distress without that feature. From now we hide messages in dashed lines. ;)

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Witze werden ohnehin ignoriert ;), aber wenn etwas fehlt, sollte es ein Bug sein. Und ja, Windoof haben wir auch. Workaround: Einfach den Zeilen-Auswahlrahmen als Abstand nutzen, bis sich Serif gekümmert hat.

Da muss man ja schon Hellseher sein, um die Ursache für das Problem einzugrenzen, weil hier in der deutschen Version nichts fehlt. Falls ein Reset nicht hilft, bitte direkt Serif anmailen oder einen Bug-Report schreiben.

There is still no context menu but simply use View ▹ Customise Tools… (not Toolbar) in both apps to reach the separator lines. :)

Crazy that users don’t find the distance lines. A bit like the problem with the light text colour of the search field here on top. Serif wasn’t able to improve that.

Did not critique, just telling facts. But if you only Interpret in one way: If somebody is saying that he designs stunning stuff and he shows something else, his needs for linked text in Affinity Designer get implausible. It wasn’t said that you have to use other apps. But only the market pressure (this is what was meant) could change the decision of Serif not to add features like linked text "directly” into Affinity Designer. This (topic) is about the Affinity Designer Customer Beta (1.5.5 - Beta 1) and it does not really make sense to discuss those Affinity Publisher features here (more for bugs and thanks) because you already knew that they will need time (until 2017 / 2018 [Affinity Publisher]).

Still no hope to have it (and the SVI) before “Pages”?

This is what you think but Dave Harris already answered what Serif will do and will not do. No idea why you asked for APu features in AD here again. There are other design apps that also have features that Affinity Publisher will have. BTW: No designer would do what you have done with texts. One example that really hurts:

Mac users are waiting for a macOS version since the announcement in 2014 and Windows users for a Windows version since the announcement in 2016. "Exactly the same length of time”?