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@Ali Found it, thanks! The percentage value can be changed in the Picture Frame panel. It would be great if it could be summarized. It's a bit confusing.

In comparable DTD apps, images in picture frames can not only be moved with the mouse, it's also possible to adjust the image (the picture in the frame, not the frame itself): The X and Y values, as well as the size in percent. I've been used to this approach for decades. Is there a way to do this in Publisher?

subjective – very sad, a gross error in typesetting technique. That belongs on the to-do list.

@Oufti then I have minus values on the left page. It would be better to have both pages with an identical ZERO in the top left corner of the page.

If I have facing pages in Publisher, Page size DIN A4. Let's say margin 10 mm all round. When I have a text frame x = 10 mm on the left page, it is also x = 10 mm on the right page. That's how I know it as a graphic designer … In Publisher, the text frame is x = 220 mm (210 + 10 mm). An incorrect setting? Doesn't the Linel start from zero with each page? Do I need a calculator for the right page? How do I set it correctly, what have I overseen?

It's a pity, then I just use Quark or Adobe. Mmhhh, why is there no interface for other suppliers? Em Software is a great provider of Xtensions for desktop publishing apps. Unfortunately, Affinity or Serif does not allow third parties to code Xtensions. Quark and Adobe allow it. Too bad. "You can do this:" Thanks for the suggestion. Too time-consuming with thousands of lines, a too high error rate due to if or else entries. Thanks @walt.farrell, the question is answered.

@walt.farrell Exactly, that is what I need. Importing the individual data lines, but don't “just” let it flow in. I need the selected rows to jump to relevant variables. In data merge it looks like this: <p> <title><br> <date><location><br> <info> <p> When designing in Publisher, you define paragraph and character styles, work with tabs for spacing and so on. This gives you a flexible layout that adapts to the amount of text. Event calendars, appointment calendars and much more are created in this way. Then there would be no variable <title>, it would simply be the column, e.g. <a> and so on. This would look like this: <p> <a><br> <b><br> <c> <p> To keep it understandable I used html code above. <br> = line break, <p> = paragraph. It illustrates that the variables (a, b, …) have already been formatted before the import. The next line starts with the closed paragraph. This makes it very easy to obtain a completely formatted document. This can be hundreds of pages in the text flow in seconds, fully preformatted.

Is it in Publisher (macOS) now possible to import CSV data into paragraph and character styles? Very important for this question, I mean an import WITHOUT DATA MERGE! Data merge forces to use fixed sizes, restricts professionals too much. Therefore, please no answers from beginners who do not understand what is essential in a professional sentence. Don't get me wrong, data merge is great for creating business cards that are always the same size. But I'm purely interested in the use of paragraph and character styles in a text flow across pages. In this case, data merge is totally unsuitable. To get back to my question: is there a way to import CSV data into paragraph and character styles?

I didn't expect to find downloads under “View license”, I was looking for downloads. I found it, thanks.

I have a universal license. Publisher is not installed. There are no v2 downloads in my Affinity Account > Downloads & Keys, only the 1 versions and beta versions. Before the question comes, I have the v2 license ; ) Where can I find my v2 downloads?

The Del key has no reaction. Only Backspace works for me, therefore each cell individually. I think I now know why. It's a numbered list, that must be the problem. Numbered lists in tables (I have not tried it without a table) must be treated with backspace. I change my post with a sorry, it works in tables, just not with numbered lists. Thanks for your feedback, I was able to find the answer.

In the help I found the following for deleting table contents: Use the backspace key. If that is currently the only way to delete table contents !? I would like to request that further options be given. Selecting several / all cells and using the DEL key would be a good start

@GarryP It's done. My mistake, bottom was set to top length … everything is fine.

found, thanks! The last line of the paragraph is not backgrounded, but this can be solved with minus bottom margins.

In the Character panel, text can be set with a background color. The selected text then gets a background color. Is there a way to set a background color in the full width of a text frame? If, for example, a paragraph with several lines is marked, you could have a clean box (paragraph width) as a colored background, like QuarkXPress. Is there a comparable option in Publisher?