too big for my laptop screen!

[Jo Potter]

Hello,   I have just downloaded the trial version to see if I like the new version, (been using serif since 2007) but it is too big for my screen and will not let me adjust the length of the page/screen, as a result the bottom cannot be seen of used. hope that makes sense? can anyone tell me how to do this please? 

Edited November 11, 2020 by Jo Potter

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums Jo.

First, this is not a new version of the application you've been using since 2007. It is a totally new, and different application.

But to perhaps resolve your problem: you have the window maximized. If you click on the Restore icon in the upper-right corner (  ) you should be able to resize the window by dragging a corner or edge.

I am surprised that the window is larger than your screen. Did you have an external monitor installed when you first opened it, that you have disconnected? Or have you adjusted the Windows display scaling settings after the application opened?

[Old Bruce]

It is really rather difficult to get the pages resized, there is a 'sweet spot' you have to grab with the mouse. Observe my first failed attempt. ( I cut a lot more of them out)

[Fixx]

You set page size in document setup as you wish. You use zoom and pan controls to see document as you wish.

Or do you mean part of the application window is outside screen and cannot be dragged to size as grab area is outside the screen?

[Jo Potter]

13 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums Jo.

First, this is not a new version of the application you've been using since 2007. It is a totally new, and different application.

But to perhaps resolve your problem: you have the window maximized. If you click on the Restore icon in the upper-right corner (  ) you should be able to resize the window by dragging a corner or edge.

I am surprised that the window is larger than your screen. Did you have an external monitor installed when you first opened it, that you have disconnected? Or have you adjusted the Windows display scaling settings after the application opened?

Thank you for the welcome.

 I have been using all the Serif products for a long time now and have been very happy with them all but sadly lost my PagePlus and PhotoPlus CD in a house move and need to replace so downloaded the trial of this, I thought that this was the replacement for my PagePlus Publshing software but is there something else I should be looking at instead?

I know my way around Serif and PC quiet well so have already tried what you suggested and that still leaves the bottom bit off the screen so still unable to adjust it to fit,  also when I wanted to open a file the buttons to cancel or select are also off the screen and don't allow me to make that smaller either.     I did manage to find the 'sweet spot' ,as suggested in another reply, in the bottom right corner but sadly this only allowed me to narrow it not shorten it?

Edited November 12, 2020 by Jo Potter

[Jo Potter]

13 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

It is really rather difficult to get the pages resized, there is a 'sweet spot' you have to grab with the mouse. Observe my first failed attempt. ( I cut a lot more of them out)

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Hello and thank you, I found the 'sweet spot' but it only lets me narrow it not shorten it so still unable to use it ... 

[Jo Potter]

5 hours ago, Fixx said:

You set page size in document setup as you wish. You use zoom and pan controls to see document as you wish.

Or do you mean part of the application window is outside screen and cannot be dragged to size as grab area is outside the screen?

Hello and thank you, yes I am talking about the application window which is outside the screen and cannot be dragged to correct size, that said I did manage to get to the bottom right bit to do this but it only let me narrow it and not shorten it  ... so unable to use the application...

 

[PaulEC]

According to Serif the minimum screen resolution for Affinity apps is 1280x768. Does your screen fit this?

[Jo Potter]

19 minutes ago, PaulEC said:

According to Serif the minimum screen resolution for Affinity apps is 1280x768. Does your screen fit this?

thank you , yes adjusted the screen resolution to see, but it is still off the bottom and un-adjustable

[GarryP]

Your first screen-grab is 1366×768 pixels, which seems a little bit of an odd size to me for a computer monitor (but I'm not an expert in this area).
What sort of display are you using?

[Jo Potter]

4 hours ago, GarryP said:

Your first screen-grab is 1366×768 pixels, which seems a little bit of an odd size to me for a computer monitor (but I'm not an expert in this area).
What sort of display are you using?

Hello, anything else gives me black lines around the top or sides 1366x768 is a perfect fit to my screen, it is a laptop btw, don't know if that makes any difference though' also not sure what you mean by 'what sort of display are you using'?

[walt.farrell]

If you click on the Start button on the Windows taskbar, and type

display resolution

you should get a search results list where (probably) the first entry is about changing the display resolution. If you click on that, you'll get a Windows Settings dialog, which should have a section that looks something like this:

Your numbers may be different, of course. Can you give us a screenshot of them?

[Jo Potter]

24 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

If you click on the Start button on the Windows taskbar, and type

display resolution

you should get a search results list where (probably) the first entry is about changing the display resolution. If you click on that, you'll get a Windows Settings dialog, which should have a section that looks something like this:

Your numbers may be different, of course. Can you give us a screenshot of them?

Hi, here is the screen shot showing what it is set to and what is available. 

[Jo Potter]

2 minutes ago, Jo Potter said:

Hi, here is the screen shot showing what it is set to and what is available. 

Hi,  I have just put the first button to '100% recommended' and now have the proper size so can adjust it now but sadly makes everything too small on the laptop now.  Hope that when I have adjusted it it will stay like that if I re set it back  to the 125%.... not had this issue with any other programmes they must adjust to my screen size or something

[Jo Potter]

Hello everyone, I have solved it by changing a setting, thank you walt.farrell , sady it now makes everything on my screen bit too small for me... anyhoo... I can give it a go and see if this will do me for publishing needs .... 

thanks for all the help 

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

I would suggest trying the following sequence of steps:

1. Set the Scale to 100%.
2. Open your Affinity application, and make sure the window is not maximized, but is in "restored" state (middle icon on upper right of window), and smaller than the screen size.
3. Close the Affinity application.
4. Set the Scale to your preferred 125%.
5. Open the Affinity application again.

[Jo Potter]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

You're welcome.

I would suggest trying the following sequence of steps:

1. Set the Scale to 100%.
2. Open your Affinity application, and make sure the window is not maximized, but is in "restored" state (middle icon on upper right of window), and smaller than the screen size.
3. Close the Affinity application.
4. Set the Scale to your preferred 125%.
5. Open the Affinity application again.

I did this but when I put it back to 125 it went off the screen again so have now set it to 115 and it is working there ok but everything still a bit too small for me 

thank you for the help

[IssyVivi]

Hello

I have had the same problem : Solved ! Go to https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Workspace/workspaceModes.html?title=App and document windows

Read the entire information, very useful, and try out the different ways of reducing and increasing the size of your window - it's all explained.

(For those of you trying to help with this topic the 'user' was referring to a program called Serif.)