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File > New Adjust the dialog settings as you wish. Click on the + icon near the top of the Layout panel to create your preset, using the settings from 2.

  In the My Presets listing, right-click on the preset you want to rename, and select Rename Preset.

Excuse me, I know I'm a newbie, here, but …
In spite of the declarations of not getting into a spitting war of WinDozers vs. MacAholics, that seems to be what this thread has developed into.
Can we please move back to discussing the development of Publisher (and other Affinity products) as they relate to real-world usage and start a different thread for Mac v. Wild, 64-bit v. 32-bit, and company politics? 
I, for one, will greatly appreciate it.
Thanks to MEB for the actual Publisher updates on p. 12!
 

Excuse me, I know I'm a newbie, here, but …
In spite of the declarations of not getting into a spitting war of WinDozers vs. MacAholics, that seems to be what this thread has developed into.
Can we please move back to discussing the development of Publisher (and other Affinity products) as they relate to real-world usage and start a different thread for Mac v. Wild, 64-bit v. 32-bit, and company politics? 
I, for one, will greatly appreciate it.
Thanks to MEB for the actual Publisher updates on p. 12!
 

Hi Designer_George,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
No, this is not available in the current Beta. There's however plans to support global layers in an upcoming version (after Publisher's release).

Hi melriksdesign,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Global layers are already planned for an upcoming update (after Publisher's release eventually but I may be wrong here).

Only someone who is completely amalgamated can react with such foresight and magnanimity

No, not in v1.7 - in a future version whenever it's ready (no eta).

I'm DISmayed at the number of DISSes here for a beta app. 
Patience, people; patience.
Indd and idml import capabilities are important to me, too, just for the record, but I wasn't surprised to find out they are not yet included in the app.
Thanks to all at Affinity for your hard work. I'm certainly not writing you off, yet.

I'm DISmayed at the number of DISSes here for a beta app. 
Patience, people; patience.
Indd and idml import capabilities are important to me, too, just for the record, but I wasn't surprised to find out they are not yet included in the app.
Thanks to all at Affinity for your hard work. I'm certainly not writing you off, yet.

I'm DISmayed at the number of DISSes here for a beta app. 
Patience, people; patience.
Indd and idml import capabilities are important to me, too, just for the record, but I wasn't surprised to find out they are not yet included in the app.
Thanks to all at Affinity for your hard work. I'm certainly not writing you off, yet.

I'm DISmayed at the number of DISSes here for a beta app. 
Patience, people; patience.
Indd and idml import capabilities are important to me, too, just for the record, but I wasn't surprised to find out they are not yet included in the app.
Thanks to all at Affinity for your hard work. I'm certainly not writing you off, yet.

Understood, but is there ANY update as to when to expect the beta, other than "soon" or "this summer, sometime"? (I guess I'm a little more impatient than I thought.)

I'm not indignant, angry, or impatient (well, a little impatient, maybe …)—I'm just REALLY excited, and hoping Publisher comes out in ANY version before August 4th, 2018. Anyone care to hazard a guess as to why? {Hint: In the immortal words sung by Ritchie Havens, "Freedom, FREEDOM"!}
I may have to emulate another poster from pages back (sorry, don't remember your name) who dug out his old, standalone CS6 ID until it does. Only problem is I have about a bagillion ID18 files I'd have to export as idml before I could cancel; and of course, I'll have to go ahead and download/purchase Design and Photo, too.
Anyway, I really appreciate Serif and the development team (assuming Matt_P has some kind of help and isn't having to do it all himself) for giving us what appears to be a viable alternative to MonopAdobeoly.