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I would also like to request that something like a drag and drop from page to master or a convert to master be added. It would help immensely when using older designs that need to be modified. Thank you.

Thank you so much for starting this topic! I was researching videos on how to do table styles and didn't really find anything. It's probably buried within another video about tables, but what I was looking for was how to set up table styles (format maybe?) that once I create a certain style, I could retain it and copy it to other tables. 
For example, I create planners. I create a monthly calendar template for each month and if I want to change the style of the layout, I currently do them all manually. After updating them yet again this year or if I want to completely change things that is very tedious so I knew there had to be a way to store what so that I could apply it across all master templates.
Because I use text styles, I just assumed it would be called "table styles" but it seems to be "table format". The reason I'm posting this here is that if someone else searches for "table styles" this post will come up for their reference. Thank you!

So I have a suggestion for everyone that wants an affiliate program.
Create something in an Affinity product that leads people to a paid product.
Example...
Create a video on how to make a super simple business card in Photo. You show the whole process but at the end of the video you show a business card that has way more detail and put a link to a mini-course where people can pay you to take the time to go through every detail of creating that biz card. You'd make a hella lot more money AND be able to grow a mailing list to promote more short training courses for people who wanted them. 
Because the software is SO cheap (it really is and you know it!), people who are new will buy the software. Now you have a captured audience! Thank about that for a minute. You helped them buy into your training, and now you can sell different training courses for whatever amount you choose. All you have to do is ask them what they want you to teach them and you'll have more content than you can keep up with.
Sure, I'd love an affiliate program. But to me this is a no brainer. I know I can make money by sharing something that I love (I have all three Affinity products) and I'll continue to share regardless because they are that good. Plus with YouTube you can earn ad money, so there's that. 
There's always ways to monetize if you think beyond an affiliate program. 
Here...I'll give someone this idea. 
I have yet to really teach myself how to use Designer because I'm super busy. I use Deposit Photos and download a lot of vectors that I want to use because it's faster for me. However, sometimes when I download those I'll get several on one page and I can't figure out how to just select and separate the one I want from the whole pack. I hope that makes sense. 
Anyway...do a video teaching how to download vector image packs and separate them into individual images. But then TEACH people how to make the vectors themselves in a mini-course that you charge minimally for just to get them on your mailing list. Heck, you could even do videos on how to create something simple and then do an expanded course.
Sorry for such a long post.
 

There is no affiliate program, sorry

Reviews from “paid” reviewers lose independence and impartiality. 
I am happy to champion products and services I like without remuneration. I benefit from others who do the same.

 

I just signed up having used the trial for the PHOTO and got PUBLISHER as well. I've been using PS CS4 and finally got to the point that it wasn't going to upgrade on my Mac. And, since I'm in my 60s - not 17 - and have no idea how much longer I will be on this planet, I came looking for what I assumed would be a very robust affiliate marketing program (I spent my career in advertising and p.r.). 
To be able to market myself as someone using the software I think would give me added credibility and offer my own "value-add." I will put links up to the software and promote the icons, but yes, it would be nice to get a few extra pennies in the process. 
The people who are going on about the "immorality" of affiliate marketing must not ever watch YouTube videos. It is now getting impossible to get actual fair reviews where the person is not getting some sort of remuneration for opening a box and talking about it for fifteen minutes. 
 
 

I often recommend the Affinity applications when I am on forums and Facebook groups.
My recommendations would be tarnished if I was recompensed for doing that. Amazon reviews anyone?
At the Serif price point I’m happy with a warm glow from helping someone else. That is all the payment I need.

And that actually might be the biggest argument for Serif to not have an affiliate program. Recommendations that do happen will appear more honest and genuine.

Hmm, just because I don't post in the forum often doesn't mean I'm a "newbie" to Affinity. I have all three apps, dating back to the first in 2017 I think. Recently produced a book with Publisher. I use Designer and Photo a lot in my web design work.

I would also like to request that something like a drag and drop from page to master or a convert to master be added. It would help immensely when using older designs that need to be modified. Thank you.

@Jens Krebsthat's pretty neat! Did you have to manually enter all the numbers? Because I do long term planners and while I realize I would only have to do each of these one time, I still would love a wizard that would make sure I didn't have any wrong dates.

That was a good idea. I had not known about that particular screen until Seneca's post above. The screenshot will be useful to others to bring home what it offers.
It's all about the triangles, so let me try to explain as I now understand it (and I invite correction in case of inaccuracies). Let me quote your screenshot so you don't have to scroll during this explanation:
With the triangles, you define starting, middle, and ending columns, and the same for rows (header, middle, and footer). Referring to your screenshot, notice the triangles at the left and the corresponding dashed line at the right. That indicates the boundary of the header rows. Currently there are two header rows. On the right side you see a pair of triangles with corresponding dotted lines on the left. That marks the boundary of the footer rows (currently just one). Everything between would be the middle (body), and that would be repeating. Here, for example, you see two body rows, which is how you get alternating shading. When apply this format to a table with many more rows, the additional rows will be styled according to this middle section in a repeating fashion. If you define only two middle rows, it will be alternating. You could have only one (every row formatted the same), or three or more for different formatting. Let's say you have five middle rows in a table, and your format is defined for three middle rows: they would be styled according the the first, second, third, first and second middle rows, respectively.
All of this is completely parallel for columns: you have starting columns, middle (which repeats), and ending. In the example above, there is only one middle column, so there is no alternating, and the first and last columns are formatted identically to the middle, for a visual appearance of having no starting column. You could choose to have alternating vertical column styles as well.
Another important thing to realize is that each cell in the table format model is assigned a Cell Format (think style for cells), which is what you see down the middle of the window. You can create few or many of those formats, they can be named, and multiple cells can be matched to a single format. For example, if you had a chart that needed only a single row of header and the rest body cells, you would only need two formats total. If you wanted to add alternating rows, then you need a third style for every other row. Each format's style is defined in the rightmost portion of the window.
The last important thing to understand is how to alter the definition of the layout in terms of header, middle, footer, etc. Those triangles are buttons. If you click the left-facing triangle on the top, then it will move the boundary between starting columns and middle columns one cell to the left, meaning you now have only one starting column, but two middle (repeating) columns. You use the minus buttons in the top right corner to delete rows from the model, and the plus buttons in the bottom left to add them.
…Feedback for Serif: It would be nice if undo would work in this window. If one wants to delete a row, it is easy to make the mistake of deleting a column instead, especially when one is learning how this works. It would be best to be able to undo, because otherwise fixing the mistake would mean multiple steps to get back to the starting point.
Back to my fellow users…
In view of the lack of undo, I think I would start formatting a new table format by figuring out how many header rows, middle (repeating) rows, and footer rows—and the same for columns—and then add or subtract columns to get the right number. Next I would move the boundaries to match my intention, and finally I would define and assign my cell formats.

This was my train of thought @Copper Star Media ... "text styles" and "shape styles" (View > studio > styles), so of course "table styles" er, "format".. uh-hello!?
I also create planners, though for projects so they crop-up whenever a project starts or needs a report doing.. so: all the time!
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@garrettm30. To say you'd not encountered the table format dialogue before, you seem to have become a table format expert along with @Seneca in no time. Thanks for posting, you've cleared up something that wasn't immediately obvious (to me).
 

Thank you so much for starting this topic! I was researching videos on how to do table styles and didn't really find anything. It's probably buried within another video about tables, but what I was looking for was how to set up table styles (format maybe?) that once I create a certain style, I could retain it and copy it to other tables. 
For example, I create planners. I create a monthly calendar template for each month and if I want to change the style of the layout, I currently do them all manually. After updating them yet again this year or if I want to completely change things that is very tedious so I knew there had to be a way to store what so that I could apply it across all master templates.
Because I use text styles, I just assumed it would be called "table styles" but it seems to be "table format". The reason I'm posting this here is that if someone else searches for "table styles" this post will come up for their reference. Thank you!

Hello @Seneca
Good work. Fascinating. I've not tried to recreate the table myself using the table format and it looks a bit opaque (as in: not intuitive) on a couple of things.
1) You talk about dotted lines denoting header and footer, which I see... yet in the format window there's only the dotted lines tell me anything about the header/footer. Where/how do you specify those?
2) I added another 20 rows and sure enough they automatically alternately coloured. I have absolutely no idea how you've set that up? It's completely opaque to me.
I'm also really intrigued and not fathomed how come your white vertical boundaries actually do show-up where mine refused point-blank to do so...
Really pleased you accepted my challenge. Thanks for taking the time - very generous of you. I'm sure lots of people will find it really valuable besides me. I'm going to find some time to give this some head space when I've a break between deadlines.
I've attached a screen shot of the 'studio > table format' you mention for others who might come along here and struggle with what they're supposed to see - just for info.

@Seneca Thank you for that. I fancy myself to have a pretty firm grasp on Publisher, and it is a really exciting thing to discover something pretty major I never knew before. I didn't know you could double-click an item in Table Formats (and I didn't try the alternate approach Edit "format name" menu item). That panel that comes up is entirely new to me, and it looks awesome. Now I must resist the urge to start putting tables into my work where they don't belong, because as I said, I don't often have the chance to use tables, and they are of a basic sort when I do.
To the Serif documentation team, I would recommend a video about that Edit Table Formats dialog. I watched all the tutorial videos back in the early days, and just now I went back to rewatch the table tutorial video again, but sadly it only goes so far as what I already knew before Seneca enlightened me. It looks like the Edit Table Formats dialog has some real power, but exactly how it works is not entirely clear at first glance, such as what the various triangles do. I think I get the idea now, but there may be some interesting capabilities in the usage that I haven't considered.

Hi @garrettm30, it's all done with Table Styles. Have a look at my file and at the View-> Studio->Table Formats (if it's not opened). Double-click Hosting Plans Table and explore the styles. Have a look at the table format on the left of the window. Observe where the Table Head ends and where the Table Footer begins (dotted lines) everything in between are the contents of the table. If you set the table this way the raws will observe alternating colour. I didn't bother naming most of styles, etc. But once you have table styles applied the alternating rows work as they should.

Challenge accepted:
I didn't bother matching the colours on your table. I didn't bother creating Text styles that would match the styles of your tables exactly.
The only thing Publisher cannot achieve is the round corners and cell vertical gradient fill (which I asked for already).
But I think this comes darn close to what you want to achieve.
Yes, you can add as many rows in between as you need and the rows will continue to alternate.
Best regards
 
 

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The table feature strikes me as not very well developed.
There's been a feat accomplished launching Publisher so well developed btw. I can understand the Table feature has not had the same attention as the rest of the app.
I hope it's an area identified for attention going forward.
Just for clarity: the only reason to have a table feature within Publisher is for pretty tables. Pretty. Please maintain this focus and don't drift into "mini Excel" territory.
So, having tried to use it, I'd like to request the following:
Easily alternately style rows / columns (ie: every third row) Copy-paste cell styles from cell to cell Fix the line styling workflow. It appears the last applied style persists in the dialogues (toolbar and studio panel). To reproduce this.. create a table, select a few cells and style the line (dotted and thicker/thinner). Then select a cell in the original style... you'll see the dialogues reflect the last style setting... Ability to clear contents of multiple cells (ie: right click -> clear selected) Ability to create a *visual* space between columns by making the borders white. See attached. In the attached
On the left is a screencapture of a Publisher table. At the top it's selected and clearly shows it's divided into columns.. below is the table when not selected. You can see the white column borders are completely ignored.
On the right is the reason why you might want to do this - not untypical of the kind of table I need to do regularly in brochures and flyers. The table on the right is your challenge btw, though it needs to have 20 rows in the middle alternately mid-grey and light-grey.... best of luck should you choose to accept this mission. 👍

OMG I LOVE YOU GUYS! (AND GALS!!)
I have all products on both mac and pc and just tried the PSD smart objects and WAHOO!!  IT was worth the wait. Ya'll are the best! Can't wait to test some of the other new features. Thank you for all the hard work and such a fabulous product!

Not having to wait for the developers to add missing features and advanced macros/actions.

A lot or programs since 90's allow to do this, like Microsoft Office programs using Visual Basic to automate tasks.

I'm glad to hear that's worked for you!
Short answer, no, that's not supposed to happen. This is a logged bug with our developers and we're working to fix it ASAP. Apologies for any inconveniences caused in the meantime!

This looks like a bug we fixed but you would still have ot recreate any tables that were suffereing from it.

Thanks Dan! For some reason I think I did that, but I can't remember. LOL I will make sure I choose that option in the future and if it doesn't work, I'll report it as a bug. Thanks much!

Hi Copper Star Media
If you need to make changes that affect the ongoing document, not just the pages already created then you need to check the following option in 'Spread Setup' for both your already created spreads, and your master spreads, as these are affected by different settings. If you change all current spreads margins, but not your Master margins, all new spreads will use the Master margins - which are now incorrect. I hope this helps!