JRS Posted November 8, 2019 Share Posted November 8, 2019 Can anyone tell me how to re-order the pages? I assumed it would just be dragging the layers to their new positions, but that didn't seem to do anything. Also, what if I want to add additional pages? I tried adding a new layer, but that didn't seem to quite work either. Thanks in advance for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, JRS. Which application are you using? How is it organized? How was it created? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRS Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 Thank you Walt. 1.7.3 Affinity Photo. I had an existing, multiple-page, PDF that I opened within Affinity and planned to edit the txt & images (no problems there), re-arrange page order (not sure how to do) and supplement it by creating a few more new pages (not sure how to do). Hopefully I've clarified the questions. Thanks so much for your time. Jace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 OK. In Photo, when you open a PDF file the pages become Artboards, 1 per page. To reorder pages, in the Layers panel you would drag the (Artboard) layer up or down the stack. Pages will print (or export to a new PDF) based on the order in the Layers panel, bottom to top. Page 1 in the printed output or new file is on the bottom of the stack, page 2 just above that, etc. The layer names won't matter, nor their position in the workspace; it's purely based on their position in the layer stack. To make a new page, you need to make a new Artboard. However, Photo does not have the Artboard Tool to let you do that. Artboards are more generally a Designer function. Your easiest approach in Photo to get a new Artboard is probably to duplicate an existing one (select in the Layers panel, then Ctrl/Cmd+J (Windows/Mac)), then give it the name you want, then delete the Artboard content (expand the layer in the Layers panel, select the child layers, and delete). Then using the Move Tool you can drag the new Artboard somewhere where it's not on top of the one you copied. Alternatively you can select one on the workspace, Ctrl/Cmd+J, and then drag it somewhere, then rename it, then delete the content. It would be easier in Designer (as it supports Artboards more completely), or in Publisher (which is page-oriented), but the above should get you going using Photo. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRS Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Thank you for the great steps - that worked perfect. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 You're welcome Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Well on a Mac it's easy to reorder pages with some tools, Publisher probably offers to do that in the meantime too. On Win there are also tools which do ease these tasks. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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