Aardo Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 When I import an .afpub file into Affinity Publisher, it imports the file, with page 1 showing. How to switch to page 2? I need to show page 2 of the imported .afpub file. I can't find any such option, neither in the context toolbar, nor in the menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Having the placed document selected, you should normally see the spread selection in the context toolbar. Alfred 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: Having the placed document selected, you should normally see the spread selection in the context toolbar. Alternatively, you can use the Pages panel. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Ok, I figured it out. As @Joachim_L wrote, the spread selector is in the context toolbar. Only I had a Picture Frame selected, and then these settings don't show up. I deselected everything and Placed the document via File > Place, and then it's a different kind of object (a document object instead of an image), and it works. It shows the spread selector in the context toolbar. @Alfred I have no idea what you mean that I can use the Pages panel to select the page/spread of the selected imported .afpub document. How would I go about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Aardo said: I have no idea what you mean that I can use the Pages panel to select the page/spread of the selected imported .afpub document. How would I go about it? Make a right-click on the Pages panel or one of the pages and select "Add Pages From File..." from the context menu. Here you can select your APu document and the pages / range and where to place the document. Quote Only I had a Picture Frame selected, and then these settings don't show up. The settings show up if you click the document inside the Layer panel. You have to expand the picture frame first to do this. Alfred 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardo Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 @Joachim_L Ok, it's clear now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 7/29/2020 at 11:25 AM, Aardo said: When I import an .afpub file into Affinity Publisher, Why "Import"? *.afpub is file from APublisher, so just "Open" it. 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...
Joachim_L Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Pšenda said: Why "Import"? *.afpub is file from APublisher, so just "Open" it. Just an example: I have several documents where "General terms and conditions" should appear. These GTC are in a separate APu document, which I place linked in these several documents. If there are changes to the GTC, I only have to do the changes once in the GTC document. In the other documents the GTC will be (automatically) updated. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Joachim_L said: Just an example: I have several documents where "General terms and conditions" should appear. These GTC are in a separate APu document, which I place linked in these several documents. If there are changes to the GTC, I only have to do the changes once in the GTC document. In the other documents the GTC will be (automatically) updated. I'm sorry, but how does that relate to "importing" that is, converting data from another format to native? Joachim_L 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...
Joachim_L Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I am sorry too, I do not understand your question. The original question was about importing. You asked about a use case why an APu should be imported instead of plainly opening it and I gave you my use case. Maybe I am misunderstanding the whole conversation here? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 15 minutes ago, Joachim_L said: my use case But your use case concerns the Place document (generally Linking and Embedding), of not importing data from another application, such as PSD/IDML/DOC file to APublisher. I was interested, because I don't understand, why the OP is talking about Importing native documents, and therefore, if it doesn't use some inadequate procedure for opening/placing data. To confirm the meaning of the term Import.https://affinity.help/publisher/en-US.lproj/pages/GetStarted/importDocument.html Joachim_L 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...
Joachim_L Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 My mistake. Mixed up the wording here. Pšenda 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardo Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 In my original question I meant Placing an .afpub document into another Publisher document. Not importing. Sorry if this confused you. Pšenda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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