Andy.80 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hi all I have been interested in Affinity Publisher for a few months - now that I have some free time, I decided to take advantage of the free trial. I have just downloaded it. To my surprise, the only way to learn the program is to use tutorials, which seem to be aimed at layout program newbies. In my case, I've used ID and QXP in the past so I don't want to get up to speed as such but to systematically learn/know everything Affinity Publisher has to offer (which is my way of learning new programs), especially given what I have read about AP's low "discoverability". So are there any methods to learn the software systematically? ideally online or print manuals If there are not any at the moment, do you plan to realease any in the future? If so, when? Thank you Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy.80 Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Perfect! Thank you, haakoo. That's just what I was looking for! Why on earth can it not be found (or at least easily found) via the website or from the software itself. It is not even mentioned in the welcome email (which only points to tutorials). Really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Move Along People Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 - Quote Move Along people,nothing to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 You can get the same information via menu “Help → Affinity Publisher Help” (useful if you are offline). There may be some differences between the Help and the online version but they should be pretty much the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy.80 Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks all for feedback My mistake - indeed, a manual *is* accessible from the Help menu within the program. Not sure how I missed this. I still think that such a wonderful resource should be more easily discoverable from the website though and mentioned in the Welcome email. Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 You’re welcome. The Help in the application is normally the best place to look but it’s easier to point someone to a page in the online version. I think it’s worth mentioning that some Affinity functionality may be different between OSes. For example, with Photo, Windows doesn’t have the “File → Acquire Image” function that is available in Photo for OS X. I think this stuff isn’t mentioned when you first start the applications (or in the email) because the Help is where the Help usually is for the majority of applications. Easy enough to miss if you're not used to using it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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