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Since updating to 2.1, whenever I create a new artboard in a linked (non-embedded) file, all linked items in my working file are broken with Designer: Instead of showing the linked artboard, I have the linked file preview for each linked item in my artboard file. (the linked file has multiple artboards). Appears each time I reopen the working file, not during the edit process. So the "working" solution for me is to open the document in Photo, manually update the linked file with the resource manager, save it and open it with Designer in order to get the correct rendering of each linked element. Looks like a bug with the Designer Resource Manager as it should update automatically if there are any changes.

Hi all, I'm having an issue with linked affinity designer files in publisher. The steps I am following are outlined below: I save a designer file with different artboards which will be used as pages. I open publisher and use place autoflow to place all artboards as pages in publisher. The reason for this is I am still able to modify the designer file and have the changes automatically feed through to the publisher document. Opening the designer file in publisher and converting artboards to pages will break the link between the original designer file so this isn't an option for me. So long as I leave publisher running, changes I make in designer are instantly reflected in publisher. However, if I close publisher, make changes, then reopen the document, the placed artboards reset to only show the first artboard in the designer file. I then have to manually change which artboard to display which soon becomes tedious when placing multiple designer files with a couple hundred pages in total. I am using the latest beta version of the apps (1971). Side note - a variant of this bug does seem to be present in the release builds, however I am posting this in the beta build forum because the behaviour is changed in 2.2. In 2.1 release build, all placed artboards are reset to "Document", whereas in 2.2 all artboards are reset to the first artboard of the designer file. Because of the different behaviour, I am assuming that Serif has made some changes to this in 2.2, but the bug still remains. Video of the steps I take in 2.2 and 2.1 below (I've sped up the steps in 2.1 to avoid being unnecessarily long and repetitive) Publisher linked affinity documents.mp4 Thanks very much in advance!