Annabella_K

Thank you It would be awesome if we could link palette files, like images, and choose to update or not. Maybe one day...

I know there are no Global application palettes. But is there any simple way to update colours in multiple files that use the same global palette? Including 1. changing colours and 2. adding new colours to the palette. The way I see it, when you export the updated palette and import it into the other file, it becomes a new pallete. So basically you would rather need to manually change every colour in every file. Or can you link to a palette file somehow? Thanks.

Thank you, it makes total sense. I suspected a), experienced b), but I haven't thought that it may not even work properly.

I know I can manually do that But if such fonts occure many times in your document, it's a lot to do them manually. And then you need to have 2 files saved. The original - in case you need to edit those texts, change a font at rebrand or if used as a template... - and the curve version so you don't have to do it again if needed. But I'm not that experienced. Is it good practice to turn everything to curves at PDF export?

As I can see there's only the option to embed or not embed ALL fonts. Many times designers use fonts that are licensed as "do not embed". It would be nice to have an option to only make "text as curves" from those fonts, and have the rest embedded. It could be set at exporting and maybe specified in a table application-wise for your favourited fonts (all installed fonts would be cumbersome to set). Also, some licenses expressly say you need to rasterize the font (for example fonts from Creative Market). So an additional rasterize option would be nice too if possible, so you still have the editable version in the affinity file and don't have to spend time on rasterizing them one-by-one. What do you think?

Thanks Callum. I don't know if they fixed something or I was doing something wrong before, but it seems to work now. Though at first I thought it still doesn't work with the CTRL key method (to disregard groups why selecting), but then I figured out, that it just the order that matters: first I have to hold down SHIFT and then add CTRL and then I can drag the selection box. Just in case someone needs this too

I haven't used InDesign myself, but I know people do forms with it. I'm not sure if I should link it here, so if you Google "InDesign creating forms", the first result (adobe help) tells you how to do it. Though it probably can't auto-detect as Acrobat can. I still think that it would be a simpler workflow to have it in one place. But to each their own

I don't agree it belongs elsewhere. Because the form is strongly related to the layout. If it's a separate app and you change the layout, you need to start the form again. I formerly used Scribus, which is a free DTP app, and even that has form creating function, but unfortunately, it's not compatible with Affinity. Adobe users can do it in InDesign too. I think Acrobat (or any separate app) is useful for those who don't create the layout themselves. Although, if it's not considered an essential function to the majority, I can imagine it as a plugin or connected as a Persona. So it's a separate software but still can be used within Publisher.

Thanks for the reminder kaffeeundsalz. 👍 I watched all the videos when I started to use Publisher, but I'm so used to Googleing everything (which mostly brings up the forum for me), I totally forgot to check the help file. It really is a treasure

I'm an Inkscape user too, and I miss those alignment options too!!!!

I agree. The same in Publisher.

Thanks MEB, this is awesome 😄

Thanks Walt, just what I was looking for! I wish we could switch it with a button, depending on what works best in each case.

In Publisher when I click and drag with the Move tool, I can select everything that is inside that rectangle. Can I then somehow add to this selection or deselect elements with the same method? So far I can only do it selecting/deselecting elements one-by one, which can be quite frustrating. Thanks in advance!

It would be nice if we could set keyboard shortcuts for the fill and stroke colors - both for selecting colors on the palette and for the color picker tool. I mess up my document a lot of times, because I forget to watch if fill or stroke is active. And the fact that I need to watch it breaks my flow. I like how in Inkscape you can simply left click to set fill color and shift+left click to set stroke color. I think it could be added on top of the existing function, so for example shift+click and ctrl+click, so it wouldn't mess up the original method. I hope this makes sense, I'm too tired to write in English right now :)

Yesss! I miss this too. Not just for design elements but for practical use too. For example, a grid note area in a workbook - this would make it so much easier.

Yes, forms would be awesome! People want interactive PDFs and fillable workbooks these days.

I first noticed that tracking always switches back to 0% in the input field when I come back to edit later. So I made a test. As you can see at the bottom everything was set to 5 (I didn't touch Super/subscript). I don't know if the value in the baseline field is a bug too, or I'm missing something, but it's strange.

@Patrick Connor Thanks

I can actually shift-select multiple images, but still can't change them simultaneously. Because when I click Make linked, it only affects the first clicked image.