Sorry... useless!

[maxepopaxe]

Just bought Publisher.

Spent two hours finding out how to make Object Styles. And i mean placing 100 boxes over 20 Pages and then deciding to change Edge Radius, Color, Contour, Text Syle on all Boxes. I can make a Style...but cannot change it? I need object styles like u implemented textstyles.

Cannot even select two objects and change a value for both?

Don't want to select 100 objects to change edge radii or fill color transparency.

Was just not able to find out. Probably not possible. 

Use the same Asset 5 times in a document and then change em all without selecting em all... could not figure out how.

Or what about having the same image over and over again on different pages... how can i replace all instances? couldn't find out.

Will probably go back to Indesign.

 

Edited November 15, 2019 by maxepopaxe

[R C-R]

7 hours ago, maxepopaxe said:

Cannot even select two objects and change a value for both?

For that, using Symbols would probably be best, & to use them in Affinity Publisher you would need to own Affinity Designer so you can use the Designer Persona in Publisher via StudioLink.

[carl123]

8 hours ago, maxepopaxe said:

Or what about having the same image over and over again on different pages... how can i replace all instances? couldn't find out.

Use the resource manager

 

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22 minutes ago, haakoo said:

masterpages

does not work the way i want it.

[maxepopaxe]

27 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Use the resource manager

 

ok, that works for the images... thanks!

42 minutes ago, R C-R said:

For that, using Symbols would probably be best, & to use them in Affinity Publisher you would need to own Affinity Designer so you can use the Designer Persona in Publisher via StudioLink.

so... basically... use another software    will try that out... it's a 55€ try. hope that works

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[maxepopaxe]

thank you for the help.

but imagine you hav a checkbox and that appears not always in the same position

[maxepopaxe]

Can anyone tell me how to use a symbol from Designer in Publisher?

Just found out. nebermint, but thank u all.

maybe i'll stay with Affinity

It's just sad, that Publisher always chrashes while using symbols...

Cheers

Edited November 15, 2019 by maxepopaxe

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17 minutes ago, haakoo said:

A masterpage isn't bound by its size and you can place it anywhere or resize at will.
And there can be multiple masterpages assigned to a page

ok, cool. will also check if that works for me. thank you

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48 minutes ago, maxepopaxe said:

Can anyone tell me how to use a symbol from Designer in Publisher?

If you do not own Designer you can still use a symbol created by someone else in an .afpub document, either as a linked or embedded file. You could also drag the .afdesign file into an empty Affinity Publisher window, which will create a new .afpub file with the symbol instance on its first & only page, then add pages in the usual way & duplicate more instances & place them wherever you want.

If you do own Designer then you can create your own symbols in Affinity Publisher's Designer persona, which also allows you to use Symbols panel options like Detach & Sync. (Refer to the help topic for more about that.)

To give you an idea of what is possible using symbols, I attached Sample Symbol.afdesign & Sample Symbol.afpub for you to experiment with. I suggest opening the .afpub file, selecting any one of the instances, & click the "Edit Document" button in the context toolbar. In the tab that opens, expand the "(Symbol)" layer, select any of its child layers & make a few changes. Now close that to return to the main document window & note that your edit has been applied to all 4 instances.

You can also drag the .afdesign file into an empty Affinity Publisher window, as explained above, & experiment with that.

[maxepopaxe]

Thank u guys... should rename the thread to - proved me wrong... useful!

your tips saved my weekend

[Patrick Connor]

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