MickRose Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I can't work it out either. I have a 10 record xlsx file called Book1.xlsx which has loaded okay. But how do I show where the data is meant to go? Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Have a look at the Fields panel. Mark your text where your data should go and double-click the appropriate field in the Fields panel. For better visualization Menu -> Text -> Highlight Fields. Patrick Connor 1 ------ 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...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2020 @MickRose I think this question should be in the beta forum, but.... I have used Text > Insert > Field > More... and inserted the xlsx column titles using double click from the list (like other Fields can be added in text). Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Thanks Patrick & Joachim_L Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I briefly checked it out and was left scratching my head. I am sure it will make more sense when I actually research how it works in Publisher. It was not clear or evident though as I thought it should be when looking at it. I am not new to this so thought I could/should be able to figure it out quickly. I tried loading a csv file with a little over 9000 records. It did not show me the fields available for merge. I thought maybe I need to hit generate to bring that up. Well that was not the right move, took ages for it to go through the data and was left with a large publisher file with I am assuming 9000+ pages. Again going in completely blind so it may work well once I understand Affinities method, but it certainly did not stand out obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 14, 2020 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2020 @wonderings & @MickRose I think leaving this in that old feature request thread was going to lead to lots more posts in the wrong place, so I have put your posts here Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undercovergypsy Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 I really appreciate - in my software on Windows 10 it does not have typical field choices or database selection. It looks like this (ignore cursor) I am just trying to show my workspace and the choices: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, undercovergypsy said: in my software on Windows 10 it does not have typical field choices or database selection. You set up the data connection in the Data Merge Manager: Fields are inserted from 'View > Studio > Fields' Cheers, d. sfriedberg 1 Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Working great for me for 8up business cards - made a template - tested - NICE! Seneca and Patrick Connor 2 Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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