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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

 

Posted

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.

Posted

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.

  • 5 weeks later...
Posted

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.

 

 

 

Posted

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.

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