Rahel

Re. comments by Ash.
How sad that we have to accept this change so that our icon images conform to the limitations of Windows.
Yuk!

As have I, and yes, it is in Beta so not for sale just yet.
When this Publisher program can manage to perform the two main publishing tasks in the world today - digital books and web based projects, I will be buying it too.
At the moment, it only does little booklets etc so not a priority for me.
As for the icons, most software designers try for something eye-catching and relevant, as the Affinity team have done until today.
My current two Affinity programs are the best I have ever used (for Photos and Design). Perhaps in version 2 or 3, Publisher will reach that level.

There are references to 'don't export layers hidden in export persona'.
At the moment, exporting different versions of a design requires turning on and off various layers as appropriate.
Will Affinity Publisher have an Export Persona?
I do hope so.
 
Regards,
R.

@ Fixx No, not just that. It is the ability to export to EPUB or other book formats.
At present, I can export a book from Pages (or similar) as a PDF, import it easily into Publisher, do whatever I want with it, then I can only export it as a PDF, not as an ebook of any type. The simple question is why? It is an obvious requirement.

Affinity Publisher is meant to be DTP software, or so I thought.
In terms of page design, for brochures etc, Affinity Designer does a much better job.
In terms of book publishing, Apple Pages does a very much better job. Even Libre Writer would.
I decided to test it by recreating from scratch a newsletter which I designed in 1994 (using MS Publisher which came on three floppy discs). I was able to do that and allowing for a little messing around while getting used to Publisher's way of doing things, it was not difficult. I haven't used MS Publisher since the mid nineties and I never once missed it until performing this test.
Affinity Publisher beta seems to be a hacked down version of Designer with Add Page / Master Page features but with no viable word processing function. In simple terms, it has no unique purpose.
It has taken years for Publisher beta to arrive and now that it has, I for one am left wondering what they have been working on because this cannot possibly be it.
I do appreciate this is only the beta version but no one would pay money for software which does not seem to know what it is for.
To end on a plus note, Affinity Designer and Photo are the best software packages of their type I have ever used and I am including Adobe and everything else in that comparison. A huge well done to Serif for producing those two. All I need now is for them to come up with a similar package for DTP.

Affinity Photo is indeed superb, as is Designer. My two favourite programmes in fact.
It is a beta. I did mention that and I have made suggestions for features in the appropriate forum as requested by the people at Serif.
War and Peace? Didn't realise there was a word limit. I did load a 320 page novel into Publisher Beta - well impressed - just could not export it in a useful form.
Freezing over? Where did that come from? I have been in touch with them over various matters over the past couple of years.
I am perfectly calm and have been happily using Affinity Publisher for things it can do for the past two days.
 

Affinity Publisher is meant to be DTP software, or so I thought.
In terms of page design, for brochures etc, Affinity Designer does a much better job.
In terms of book publishing, Apple Pages does a very much better job. Even Libre Writer would.
I decided to test it by recreating from scratch a newsletter which I designed in 1994 (using MS Publisher which came on three floppy discs). I was able to do that and allowing for a little messing around while getting used to Publisher's way of doing things, it was not difficult. I haven't used MS Publisher since the mid nineties and I never once missed it until performing this test.
Affinity Publisher beta seems to be a hacked down version of Designer with Add Page / Master Page features but with no viable word processing function. In simple terms, it has no unique purpose.
It has taken years for Publisher beta to arrive and now that it has, I for one am left wondering what they have been working on because this cannot possibly be it.
I do appreciate this is only the beta version but no one would pay money for software which does not seem to know what it is for.
To end on a plus note, Affinity Designer and Photo are the best software packages of their type I have ever used and I am including Adobe and everything else in that comparison. A huge well done to Serif for producing those two. All I need now is for them to come up with a similar package for DTP.

Affinity Publisher is meant to be DTP software, or so I thought.
In terms of page design, for brochures etc, Affinity Designer does a much better job.
In terms of book publishing, Apple Pages does a very much better job. Even Libre Writer would.
I decided to test it by recreating from scratch a newsletter which I designed in 1994 (using MS Publisher which came on three floppy discs). I was able to do that and allowing for a little messing around while getting used to Publisher's way of doing things, it was not difficult. I haven't used MS Publisher since the mid nineties and I never once missed it until performing this test.
Affinity Publisher beta seems to be a hacked down version of Designer with Add Page / Master Page features but with no viable word processing function. In simple terms, it has no unique purpose.
It has taken years for Publisher beta to arrive and now that it has, I for one am left wondering what they have been working on because this cannot possibly be it.
I do appreciate this is only the beta version but no one would pay money for software which does not seem to know what it is for.
To end on a plus note, Affinity Designer and Photo are the best software packages of their type I have ever used and I am including Adobe and everything else in that comparison. A huge well done to Serif for producing those two. All I need now is for them to come up with a similar package for DTP.

Affinity Publisher is meant to be DTP software, or so I thought.
In terms of page design, for brochures etc, Affinity Designer does a much better job.
In terms of book publishing, Apple Pages does a very much better job. Even Libre Writer would.
I decided to test it by recreating from scratch a newsletter which I designed in 1994 (using MS Publisher which came on three floppy discs). I was able to do that and allowing for a little messing around while getting used to Publisher's way of doing things, it was not difficult. I haven't used MS Publisher since the mid nineties and I never once missed it until performing this test.
Affinity Publisher beta seems to be a hacked down version of Designer with Add Page / Master Page features but with no viable word processing function. In simple terms, it has no unique purpose.
It has taken years for Publisher beta to arrive and now that it has, I for one am left wondering what they have been working on because this cannot possibly be it.
I do appreciate this is only the beta version but no one would pay money for software which does not seem to know what it is for.
To end on a plus note, Affinity Designer and Photo are the best software packages of their type I have ever used and I am including Adobe and everything else in that comparison. A huge well done to Serif for producing those two. All I need now is for them to come up with a similar package for DTP.

Export to EPUB is essential.

Export to EPUB is essential.