ProColorGraphics Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Can you create a default for a set of symbols that will always be available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Symbols are on a Per Document basis, so you can't make a set of symbols that are application wide so they can be used by multiple documents, only per document. But... they are kind of transferable, Make a symbol in document 1 Copy/Paste it to Document 2 In document 2 you can duplicate that symbol and if you make edits to one, that edit will be reflected in the duplicate. The oddity is in document 2 the symbol won't show in the symbols panel until you select create The symbols in Document 1 and 2 become separate entities and changing a symbol in document 1 will not affect the symbol in document 2. Hope that makes sense Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Symbols are on a Per Document basis, so you can't make a set of symbols that are application wide so they can be used by multiple documents, only per document. Unless, of course, you make a Template document, and put the Symbols in it, and then start your new documents using that Template. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Unless, of course, you make a Template document, and put the Symbols in it, and then start your new documents using that Template. Actually come to think about it, you can add a symbol to the Assets panel, Assets are Application wide. If you drop an Asseted < new word Symbol onto the workspace it will show as a symbol in the symbols panel so you can duplicate and edit thus having Application wide symbols. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ProColorGraphics Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 15 hours ago, walt.farrell said: Unless, of course, you make a Template document, and put the Symbols in it, and then start your new documents using that Template. That is what I did for now. Works good, but I will try out the Assets way too. I run a sign/graphics shop, and using Illustrator forever, so I am trying to get the things I need for that setup in Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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