Fish.Townsend Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 (edited) I'm new to using Affinity Publisher on Mac to create monthly Newsletters. I'd like to save Pages I've created as Masters. Affinity Publisher Help says this can be done with the Book Layout Editor, but there's no further direction anywhere for finding the Book Layout Editor. Thank you in advance for your input! Edited January 24, 2021 by Fish.Townsend Newsletters missing an s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Welcome to the forums @Fish.Townsend I’ve never heard of the “Book Layout Editor” but I don’t know every area of the software either. In which part of the Help did you see it mentioned. You can probably copy the layers from a page and them paste them into a master page You might want to clear the contents of some layers – text, picture frames, etc. – when you have pasted them but that should work unless there’s an easier/better way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I think Fish is referring to the Page Panel https://affinity.help/publisher/English.lproj/pages/Panels/pagesPanel.html Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 14 minutes ago, firstdefence said: I think Fish is referring to the Page Panel https://affinity.help/publisher/English.lproj/pages/Panels/pagesPanel.html But where does that say you can create master pages from document pages? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish.Townsend Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 I'd love to show a snapshot of what I was seeing. Of course now it's not coming up at all (in the help/search on the desktop). The title was "Create Master from Page." If I get it back again I'll post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish.Townsend Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, GarryP said: Welcome to the forums @Fish.Townsend I’ve never heard of the “Book Layout Editor” but I don’t know every area of the software either. In which part of the Help did you see it mentioned. You can probably copy the layers from a page and them paste them into a master page You might want to clear the contents of some layers – text, picture frames, etc. – when you have pasted them but that should work unless there’s an easier/better way. Thanks GarryP for the idea to copy over layers. I can see how that would get it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 44 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: But where does that say you can create master pages from document pages? It doesn't but I thought there was some confusion over terminology so logically the pages panel would be the go to reference. Having said that I can't find any reference to a book layout editor nor a create master from page. What version of Affinity Publisher are you using? Did you have other apps open at the same time and maybe accidentally searched with their help files? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 In the help... "Master pages can be populated by copying and pasting content from a publication page to the master page." Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish.Townsend Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 8 hours ago, firstdefence said: Did you have other apps open at the same time and maybe accidentally searched with their help files? Seems like this is likely, since I can no longer re-create the search result. firstdefence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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