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More or less already covered in 173668-improvements-for-the-datamerge-and-automation-workflows. Maybe worth joining the two threads... Regarding "Alphabetic fields": I think the order of the fields in the fields list is in the same order as in the data source. At least if you use an Excel sheet as source then it works as intended. So, you may want to check under which circumstances that happens and maybe file a bug report.
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However, there are many features needed and I support more or less all your suggestions, but the missing support for text formatting is unbearable. Currently the only way is to use some kind of tags and then after importing you need to find and replace those with regular expressions. This is very cumbersome and you have to do it after each and every update. So, please, please, please, dear developers! Such a feature is really needed as this is first and most hurting limitation you run into if using data merge! And I think it could be done very simple, at least as a first step. Just provide the possibility to format text similar to HTML tags, or any syntax you like, e.g. <Style1>text</Style1>. On import you remove all those tags, and apply the text style (regardless if paragraph or character) with the same name as the tag name (e.g. Style1) to the text between the tags. With this simple algorithm you would give us a huge relieve, a very huge indeed!!!
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Regarding boolean maybe that may help: Make groups of alternative design elements (e.g. textboxes with different sizes) Place a picture frame on top of the elements in each group Set the blend mode of this frame to ERASE In the data source you need to have a separate column for each group, i.e. for each ERASE picture frame Create a Designer file with page size of 1 cm/inch and fill it with a black rectangle (I think any image type would work, even raster images, but since the image will be scaled in extreme ways I think vector based is more reliable). Depending on other data in the data source you fill all but one of the ERASE columns with a link to the designer file. So you but a link in those columns, i.e. for those groups in APub, you want to hide.
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No, I mean the filter function in Excel, i.e. I have a table with headers and use the standard Excel filter on the column headers. Then I save the filtered Excel file and update the source, which is this Excel file, in AP. Before 2.6 the filtered list was loaded correctly. Now only few of the records are loaded, it seems random which. When I save the list unfiltered and update all records are loaded correctly. The problem seems to exist only with filtered lists. Uploading is difficult as there are a lot of graphics involved. If this description does not help I will setup some simple test files to show the effect.
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Source is an Excel file with filter applied. When I update the source only a few records are loaded. It seems random which ones are loaded. If the filter is removed then everything seems to work. When using the same files (.afpub and .xlm) WITH the filter applied on another machine with 2.5.7 everything works as before. So the new version 2.6 must have a issue with filtered sources (at least Excel files).
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devalias reacted to a post in a topic: Isolation / group edit mode (similar to Illustrator)
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Please, this is really not a big deal to implement... but would mean a lot to many users.
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Viktor CR reacted to a post in a topic: Pinning Styles
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Well, there is not and there is. As already mentioned everything is there, but they forgot to give the option to set the bleed size. Currently the only option is to define the bleed with Designer or Publisher. What you need to do: Create image, e.g. 102x102 mm Resize Cancas to e.g. 100x100 (centered). The canvas size defines the image. You need image elements extending outwards the canvas for the bleed, otherwise the bleed will be empty. File > Edit in Designer/Publisher File > Document Setup > Bleed: set your bleed, e.g. 2mm File > Edit in Photo When you export or print this image then per default you get your canvas, so the 100x100 image, what you see is what you get When you print and set bleed to on, then the defined bleed will be applied and the image parts outside the canvas are printed for bleed
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Thanks a lot. Happy again 🙂
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OK, that would be no problem. But I assumed that doing this would cost me all settings, workspaces, custom brushes, custom page layouts, etc. To word this differently: would uninstalling 2.5 and installing 2.4.2 leave me with a state as exactly, and I mean "exactly", as before upgrading to 2.5 (from 2.4.2)? I really hesitate to ask this, as it may seem like I want to annoy you... but to be honest, this is what I believe: Mistakes happen, even such big ones as this, this is life... but, the important thing is how someone is dealing with such issues... and here my disappointment starts... I should not have to ask such questions. There should be an actively posted solution for all platforms for all variants (windows store or exe) how to deal with this issue, either be using beta, or by reverting to 2.4.2 and how this is done, which consequences each solution would have, etc. If this would have been provided right after the bug was discovered, then I think there would be much less excitement... at least from my side...
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dropbars reacted to a post in a topic: V2.5.0 cannot be started
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I would love to revert to 2.4.2... but... Exactly. I do not use the Webstore versions for a good reason. I use the EXE versions. Trying to reinstall the older 2.4.2 version does not work as the updater cancels. It does not allow to install an older over a newer version. So how can I reinstall 2.4.2 with some few and easy steps?
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Please tell me that I am completely mistaken. If I do not want to join the beta program and use the beta in parallel with losing my settings, etc., which actually I do not want to do, then I have to wait for the next official release, which could take weeks or months, until I can use the Affinity apps again. Until then I cannot do anything. Seriously?
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DieterW started following Pinning Offset Issue and Pinning Styles
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I know and I miss the object styles too. But I was aware of this and didn't suggest object styles. I think I did not express myself clearly. Pinning is closely related to text of course and therefore I think it would be more appropriate to have the possibility to set the pinning options for a text style (rather than object style). When I use pinning I use different pinning settings for different text styles, e.g. headings or normal text. Now it is more annoying than helpful that the last used settings are reapplied. It may be my way of work, but after creating the basic content I jump back and forth a lot and add new objects to the text in different places and so it seldom helps. In addition I end up a lot with inconsistent objects within my text, mostly because of copying them between locations with different settings... But if I could set the pinning options for a text style that would give me consistent and almost always correct settings for a newly inserted or copied object. This together with the inconsistent and faulty Pinning Offset implementation makes using Pinning not an enjoyable experience for me.
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The 'Erase' blend mode in the appearance pane does not work on fill and stroke. When setting Erase in the Layers pane everything works as expected (the whole object including the stroke erases the objects behind). This is not true for Appearance. If setting the blend mode for stroke or fill to Erase it just makes the stroke or fill invisible. However, the other modes in Appearance seem to work. For me this would be very helpful if it worked correctly. For example when combining to cliparts, which technically overlap, but visually should not and one is cut out around the other with a distance. Now I have to set a stroke, expand it, subtract the expanded stroke from the object, etc...
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DieterW replied to DieterW's topic in Feedback for Affinity Publisher V1 on Desktop
My thoughts are... anything would be better than the current solution... I would go one step further than m.d.: Why not giving us the opportunity to apply multiple text styles as is, with all the issues there are (like wrong order, which cannot be changed in the first step). As an experimental feature, which must be activated in the settings. As m.d. mentioned, in most cases users would not apply multiple text styles with the same feature, I would say the vast majority of supporters here desperately are looking for a way to mix different features. I mean, really, this is soooo annoying... Regarding MikeTO comments: I do not fully understand the argument regarding the hidden control structure. There must be some form of data structure of applied styles and features. On top of the text style pane there is a box listing all applied styles and features. I assume there must be an order for this too within the data structure, or at least it should be possible to add it. At first it should be the order of application of the style/feature. I also assume that it should be possible to provide a way to change this order (instead of the current box at top, there could be a simple list of applied styles/features which can be reordered or entries deleted). That is more or less what would help greatly and satisfy most needs (with enough potential for fine-tuning later ). I am sure some issues remain, but we are looking at a 90% "there" and 10% "still not there" situation IMHO. Regarding the issue of missing a trailing space, etc I see no difference to the situation now. In addition, I think the majority of Affinity users is aware of this and could handle it. -
When the Scale (inline pinning) is set to "No Scale" it is possible to have positive and negative offsets. When I change to a scale option then a negative offset remains (although it changes to a percentage for a reason I do not understand). However, it is not possible to set the offset to a negative value with a scale option otherwise. If it is positive or I change it from negative to positive it cannot be set to a negative value (again). This does not make sense as negative values would be needed in many cases. In addition, I do not understand why the offset influences the line height. If I offset an inline image then the next line moves downwards as the line height seems to increase. In all my cases this was not what I wanted or was helpful (quite the contrary). I think it should not influence the line height. If I need this to be (e.g. that the image and next line do not overlap), I can manually increase the line height (leading override) to prevent issues. But I cannot prevent the next line from shifting, as setting the leading override to a fixed value does not help.