SDLeary
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And... .192 still does this.
Just an FYI for the powers that be. Certainly not show stopping, but from the outside it seems like it should be an easy fix.
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On 11/1/2018 at 6:56 PM, Seneca said:
Check you Preferences > User Interface. You should be able to increase the number of decimal points shown there.
Yup, and currently set at three for the inches value.
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In the revised Guides panel, section on Column Guides.
The Gutter box accepts input in hundredths (say .25 in), but once you tab out of the box, the value in the box rounds up to the nearest tenth, in this case up to .3.
This appears to be superficial only. The typed value is actually saved and used, but it could throw someone off.
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2 hours ago, wtmurph said:
Used Quark Xpress professionally for many years and have been very happy with it, but am intrigued about the possibility of a high-powered page layout app at a better price point. I've downloaded the beta of Publisher and have been playing around with it. It looks good but I haven't been able to figure out how to create columns for the entire page - i.e two columns, three columns, etc. I see that I can create columns for text boxes but I want columns in the background of the full page. I may be missing something but if I am, this feature should be a lot easier to access.
This is not currently implemented, and I'm unclear to whether they are going to implement this. If you look up grid, you will find other threads regarding this issue.
Based on what I've been able to scry from the various threads (my opinion only) is that Affinity seems to be coming at the issue from a design angle rather than a book/publishing one, and as a result have not built in a proper layout grid structure. One suggested work around (IIRC from a forum member, not Affinity Staff) was to create a Master page with a full page text frame, and lock it to a particular layer with the desired number of columns and gutter sizes.
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On 10/18/2018 at 6:35 AM, Chris B said:
Hey iaing,
I've just connected a MBP to a 1920x1080 monitor and it seems fine. What scaling settings are you using? I tried 'Default for display' as well as everything under 'Scaled' along with 'Larger Text', 'Default' and 'More Space'.
Is this happening all the time?
Chris,
Just an FYI. I have had this problem periodically too, but when I go back to _try_ and repeat it, it never happens. My setup is a MBP (2015: running Mojave) connected to a Dell UP2516 (2560x1440).
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Try collapsing (clicking the downward pointing triangle) the Vertical Alignment and Baseline Grid sections to see if that recovers space for the Columns panel .
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1 hour ago, MikeW said:
If you registered your Adobe products, they go all the way back. I have them back into the Adobe Pagemaker days listed. You would need to install the "legacy" Java. I know quite a few people running CS4 through CS6 (me I just have CS6 installed). It's way easier using Windows, but I do know Mac people running them. I don't think the latest MacOS will have anything but problems though.
Only sometimes, at least without jumping through a few hoops.
They have changed their back-end software a few times, and they tend to loose user data. This has happened to me a couple of times (InDesign 1.5, DS CS3) and you need to contact Customer Service to track things down for you, so can take some time.
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EDIT: In fact, looking at the Accounts/MyProducts page now, data has been lost again. No history from prior to CS3. Had them fix this twice already.
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On 10/13/2018 at 1:31 PM, walt.farrell said:
The revert button is documented as having two functions. With nothing selected it should revert all the styles to defaults. With something selected it just resets that object.
I haven't played with it much yet...
Hmmmm... that sounds pretty dangerous for a single control. I can see someone "selecting" something, or clicking on it and thinking they did, and rushing up to the icon and then... "DOH!@!"
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Certainly not fixed as of .139/.140.
Just an FYI to Affinity. If master pages are used, and one takes the time to craft them, then when applied to a page, said page should inherit all master elements.
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Quick question for everyone. Are your guide measurements listed based on page origin (top left), or ruler origin.
I have the ruler origin set to the middle of a two page spread (binding), and guide tips showing me position relative to the left or top edge of the document. Certainly not insurmountable, but annoying to have to pause to think about it.
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On 9/28/2018 at 1:26 PM, Old Bruce said:
Messed up my head when I first started setting type. By Hand. I'd get the copy and be told to set it 12 on 14. Found out real quick that meant 12 point type plus 2 points leading not 12 plus 14 points leading. [retroactive-shame-face emoticon]
Could have been worse. Could have been hot lead from a Linotype!
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Thanks for your response. I figured that this was the answer.
The real issue for me is somewhat of a visual one, one of identification. If only the right or left page is showing, it's much quicker to pick the correct master, especially when working on smaller screens where smaller icons are the norm.
Thanks Much
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I may have missed something, but does anyone know if you can designate a single page in Master Pages as left or right? For example, if I want to create different right Masters for various purposes, say the first page of a chapter, is there a setting or do I just have to design for facing?
Also, is there a way to create a spread with asymmetric pages? For example, if I need to create pages a flyout on one side only?
Thanks Much
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I have a similar issue, though mine appeared in .58, and has carried over to the new build.
I tried once to delete a couple of preferences in ~/Library, but that didn't work. Going to try to delete the whole prefs folder and see if that works.
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On 9/6/2018 at 3:25 PM, douglasrthomson said:
To me though, the most important measurement is the pint!
Mind, thats an Imperial Pint.
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4 hours ago, fde101 said:
I use Mellel, but looks like Atlantis is only for the inferior platform, so that may not help much if you are looking at that one.
Mellel is good, as is Nisus Writer Pro, especially for their language support, though I can't stand their interface design (flying pallets or floating pallets).
I've taken to using Scrivener, nice and flexible without the flexibility getting in the way.
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I was also somewhat dismayed that there was no grid system baked in from the beginning. Being able to set columns from within a text frame is nice, but really doesn't allow you to visualize the page as a whole, especially if you will have multiple stories and graphics on the same page... think newspaper, or the excellent example provided by 3joern above.
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how to optical alignement
in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
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If all else fails, creating an outdent in paragraph settings?
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