Birdieman Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I just downloaded the latest windows beta version 1.9.0.902 of Publisher from here: installed it and tried to run it but it asks me for a product key. As it's a beta version I don't have a product key. I've uninstalled previous beta and production versions of affinity and tried again to no avail. Any suggestions please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Welcome to the Affinity forums @Birdieman! There was no need to uninstall the production version. Retail and beta can co-exist without conflicts. In the Product Key box for the beta you have to enter the Product Key of your purchased version. 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...
GarryP Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 For the Affinity applications you need to have the commercial release installed to use a beta version – you can only see the new stuff if you already have the old stuff. Also, you can only install the beta version of the application you have installed – for example, if you only have the commercial release of Photo then you can’t install the beta of Publisher. If you want to try the software you can install a trial version of the commercial release – trials are available via the Affinity website https://affinity.serif.com rather than these forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdieman Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 OK , I only ever had a free trial production version of Publisher. Never paid for it as it didn't have the pdf pass-through which is a must for me. I believe PDF pass-through is not in the live production version yet so guess I'll have to wait for the next release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Birdieman said: I believe PDF pass-through is not in the live production version yet so guess I'll have to wait for the next release. Once the Trial version is updated to 1.9 you'll be able to try it there. I'm not sure how quickly that will happen, though. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdieman Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 OK thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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