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I understand what you mean. 
Well, in that case, I support that request!!  This should work differently because it would save lots of time. 
I appreciate your kind help and the time you devoted to explaining all this. 🥇

I'm curious why these new functions were added to Alignment rather than being added to Transform, though. They feel more like object transformation actions than object alignment actions. Am I missing some aspect of how this works?

Updated for Publisher 2.4 (February 2024)
This free in-depth manual is filled with steps, tips, and recommendations for:
Documents, Pages, Master Pages, Sections, and Baseline Grid Character and Paragraph Formatting Text Styles (paragraph and character) Text Frames, Text Flow, and Stories Images and Picture Frames Books and Chapters Cross-References, Table of Contents, and Index Notes - including Footnotes, Sidenotes, and Endnotes Fields - including Page Numbering, Running Headers, and Custom Variables Anchors and Hyperlinks Printing and Exporting Settings This manual does not cover objects, drawing, photo editing, or the other artistic features.
Download:
Publisher Manual Feb 26 2024.pdf
Q&A
Is this really free? Yes, I'm making it available free of charge. It's copyrighted to prevent others from publishing it as their own. Is there a longer manual I can purchase? No, this is it. Is there an iPad version? No, the steps and screenshots are for the macOS and Windows versions. Is there a version for Designer or Photo? No, but many of the features are the same so you should still find it useful. Why does it use a print layout if it's a PDF? It's a demonstration of how to use the features it describes to create a print book. Previous version for 2.3:
Publisher Manual Nov 29 2023.pdf

I understand what you mean. 
Well, in that case, I support that request!!  This should work differently because it would save lots of time. 
I appreciate your kind help and the time you devoted to explaining all this. 🥇

That supposition is incorrect. It is only for creating 1 new Artboard when you create a new Document using that New Document Preset.
It has no relation to creating additional Artboards. As I said above, it would be nice if it worked differently (and this topic is in the Feedback forum, requesting that).
 

An "Add as preset" for any page size would work for me. 🙂

Correctly, "all" formats mentioned in the New dialog should be available, including user Templates, because the user might sometimes want to insert all these options as Artboards. But then the drop-down list would be really long and confusing.
Therefore, I personally think it would require some sort of configurable list option.

It would be very practical to be able to insert the preset sizes such as A5, A4, A3, A2, etc. while working. You can actually insert an A2 artboard manually, but you have to know the height and width first. This is very cumbersome and time-consuming.

Hi @Designer1,
I can confirm this is not a bug within the Affinity apps, as the Presets are designed around the 'Devices' section of the New Document dialog -

From the Help File on 'Adding and removing Artboards':
Therefore, I'll move this thread to the Feedback section of our forums, for our devs to see and consider changing these options - or allowing further user choice when creating preset Artboard sizes.
I hope this clears things up!

To go further, a print file is available for a printer (therefore in RGB), and a print-ready file is intended for a press (CMYK).
(If it had been correctly translated in the French version, it should read ‘Imprimante’ and ‘Imprimerie’ – it says ‘Imprimer’ and ‘Prêt à l’impression’, which doesn’t mean much).
A file ready to print (Press) is a file which generally contains the following elements:
The safety margin: not materialized on the printing documents, this margin guarantees that the elements will not be truncated during trimming (cutting). Cutting marks: also known as cutting lines, they indicate the final format of the document and also make it possible to identify a possible offset between the front and back. The presence of the bleed: for background elements such as in the example below (graphics, photo or simple coloured background), it is necessary to have these elements extend into the bleed area. The dimensions of the document to be supplied must therefore correspond to the dimensions of the final format + between 2 and 5 mm for the bleed.  

That's a good idea. However, the current situation may partly be to protect you.
They do allow that for the image file formats (JPG, PNG, TIFF), where (I think) they support everything in the standards. And they allow it for PSD, with a warning because they don't support all the PSD properties and saving back over the original PSD file can ruin it (e.g., text will be rasterized, some effects will be lost).
It is not allowed for other formats, including EPS and SVG, and that may also be because it is easy to ruin the original file if you save over it. Again, I believe there are aspects of those file formats that are not fully supported by the Affinity applications, so if you were to save over the original those aspects of the file would be lost. So perhaps they make it harder by not directly allowing Save, and not providing a direct way to save over the original file.

Hi, Alfred. 
I came across your comment above while searching for something else. 
I simply wanted to let you know that we in Uruguay do not speak Portuguese. We speak Spanish. 
It is true that we can understand Portuguese quite well, as it has many similarities with Spanish. In a conversation we can easily catch what they are talking about. Same is the case of Italian.
But the official language of Uruguay is Spanish. 
 Just that...  
Best regards from Montevideo! 

@Jowday thank you this is helpful. 🙂

Thank you all for your patience, time and dedication to solving this issue!!
All 3 applications are working perfectly! I have not found any issue by now.
Best regards. Stay safe!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we have released the new update, 1.8.2, that fixes the issue users were having where the app wouldn't get past the loading screen because of fonts. If you purchased the app from the Affinity Store you can download the update from:   https://store.serif.com/update/windows/photo/1/ https://store.serif.com/update/windows/designer/1/ https://store.serif.com/update/windows/publisher/1/   If you purchased the app from the Microsoft Store the update will be available to download from the updates section.

It's OK for me, too. Both are up and running.
Thanks.

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Status: Customer Beta
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As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

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Fixes
(Hopefully) fixed crash at startup related to fonts and font managers Fixed PDF export outputting some 1-bit masks as inverted, leaving them mostly transparent Fixed crash reordering layers via drag/drop when Layers panel is floating  Added "Use Windows Ink for tablet input" preference (enabled by default, disable to use WinTab) 1.8.1.604 release notes

Click here to download the latest beta
Status: Customer Beta
Purpose: Fixes
Requirements: A valid product key (for Affinity Store purchases), or an installation of the full retail version from the Microsoft Store

As this is a beta it is considered to be not suitable for production use. This means that you should not attempt to use it for commercial purposes or for any other activity that may be adversely affected by the application failing, including the total loss of any documents. We hope you enjoy the latest build, and as always, if you've got any problems, please don't hesitate to post a new thread in this forum and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks once again for your continued feedback. 

If you have a general question about the software, please head over to the Questions Forum, or if you have any suggestions, please head over to the Feature Requests forum.
Fixes
(Hopefully) fixed crash at startup related to fonts and font managers Fixed PDF export outputting some 1-bit masks as inverted, leaving them mostly transparent Fixed crash reordering layers via drag/drop when Layers panel is floating  Added "Use Windows Ink for tablet input" preference (enabled by default, disable to use WinTab) 1.8.1.604 release notes

Actually, no they don't   - But I'm sure this is very handy for the majority!

Thank you!!! 

Hi all
This is a new small sample set of brushes I have been working on for several months with base textures, seamless patterns with mixed vector/bitmap nozzles. 
 
It is a larger single set containing 30 raster brushes I have changed the numeric s slightly on the brush reference sheet (it's just a number!) 
 
Sample sheet is attached
 
enjoy!

TexturePainter - 01-S.zip
TxP 1 Set 1.pdf
 
Added A new version of the sample set using AD 1.7 Brush Engine
Used #08 sample set Texture Paint Brush set as latest in sequence!
 
TexturePainter - 08-S.zip
TxP1 BRUSH PACKS TxP 8 01.pdf
 

 
Added Experimental Set combining 2 brush Sets
1. Project Brush Organics 08 (For AD/AP version 1.7)
2.Texture Paint Special Set 08 (For AD/AP version 1.7)
Added luminosity adjustments for effect
 

 
TexturePainter - Effects-09-E.zip
TxPE1 BRUSH PACKS TxPE 9 01.pdf