John Hind Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Hi, The new templates feature is much appreciated, but some more features are needed to make it truly useful. I'll post these separately for easy tracking: 1. User Defined Fields. Extend the existing fields feature to allow the user to define their own text substitution fields which will be stored in the document and template files. Use case: We define a product brochure template and make the product name a field. This appears multiple times in Masters for example as headings, headers and footers, in boilerplate text etc. If the product name changes or the user creates a new document from the template, the product name only needs to change in one place. Less chance of embarrassing 'cut and paste' errors. More to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 3 hours ago, John Hind said: Hi, The new templates feature is much appreciated, but some more features are needed to make it truly useful. I'll post these separately for easy tracking: 1. User Defined Fields. Extend the existing fields feature to allow the user to define their own text substitution fields which will be stored in the document and template files. Use case: We define a product brochure template and make the product name a field. This appears multiple times in Masters for example as headings, headers and footers, in boilerplate text etc. If the product name changes or the user creates a new document from the template, the product name only needs to change in one place. Less chance of embarrassing 'cut and paste' errors. More to follow. I already use this functionality. All I have to do is insert the fields into the document, on a single page or on a master page. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfriedberg Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Old Bruce, I am sure that John Hind is asking for user defined fields, not just repurposing the fixed set of existing fields. In your example, what's going to happen when the user repurposes Revision and then wants one more field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I would like user defined fields too, but I have to work with the tools I have, not the ones I want. Pšenda and Move Along People 1 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Old Bruce said: not the ones I want. And why is this thread called "Feature Requests & Suggestions"? sfriedberg 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmpessoa Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 +1 Quote architect student (5/10) · designer · developer · geek Affinity Publisher 2.1.1 / Affinity Designer 2.1.1 / Affinity Photo 2.1.1 Windows 11 Pro #22H2 / Dell G15 AMD Ryzen 5 32GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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