PDF export WONKY, and AFPUB Constantly CRASHING!!!

[Patricia Tiffany Morris]

PDF export issues and problems.

1. Random size export: the exact same afpub file exported multiple times after changes made in a few pages. File is saved before export. File is exported as Press Ready with BLEED option ticked. (Can't get bleed option without using press ready) 6x9 page size with bleed yielded 6.125 x 9.3, 6.38x9.25, 6.2x9.3, etc. I have about 8 different file sizes and KDP will not accept any of them. 

• 1A. Set Doc as page, Type as Print Press ready (Also tried as Print), Set page preset : left as custom, Dimensions 6.125x9.25 inches, portrait.. CHECKED ALL SPREADS. NOTE: press ready option kept auto defaulting to print, had to manually check press ready. 
• 1B. Tried exporting PDF with new preset, as PDF no bleed 6.125x9.25 (so that it might TRICK the PDF to include the size for print. THEN tried uploading to KDP WITH BLEED. Settings in Affinity. unchecked bleed. Compatibility PDF 1.7
• 1C. same as 1B, but compatibility changed to PDF x4

2. I tried to resize the document to 6.125x9.25. Locked the size aspect. tried to export that size without bleed. but could not use the press ready option.

• 2A in addition, it messed up every other page. I had grouped items on the pages.
• 2B. I went back to previous setting and it just got worse. I backed out by hitting undo. STILL. never could get back to original file. Thankfully I had made a copy first. This was over 20 hours.
• I took a video of the margins, bleed, page and spread sizes RANDOMLY changing while under the LOCK aspect ratio. It's like one of the pop-up weasel games. Hit one, and another one pops up. INSANE

3. I tried to resize and create a PDF with NO BLEED. and the option was grayed out. (found a similar issue as a topic, but wanted to post my issue in a new thread. KDP won't accept any of the 10 or so version I exported from an original 6x9 size.

4. I wrote this early today and hadn't sent it . NOW> NOW the whole program crashes over 15 times now. I can't use this. I am mortified. I have 3 books to publish and KDP won't accept the ones from this program, but I did 4 of them with NO TROUBLES last fall. I am sending the 15 crash reports to apple. I am sending them to affinity support. BUT I need to know what to do. Yes I've read the FAQ's

• 4A. My asset library is huge. I spent over 150-200 hours populating it so I didn't have to go find photos and artwork.
• 4B. I have over 15 books in partial formatting and 3 of them are overdue for publishing and I can't get a consistent output as a PDF to the exact size. 

If I reinstall the program, do I lose my asset library entirely?

How do I do this? Someone please have mercy and help. I am 10 days into a nightmare. 

 

 

[erchdk]

You can export your asset library to a backup place. SO you do not loose it if you make a complete uninstall/reinstal. But... I also experience the page size changes and objects shuffle slightly around when exporting to PDF. I found that exporting to PDF4/X helped my problem. I have no idea what to make of it or if it's a temporary fix for just this document. I also have issues with colors on some assets changing from document to document even though they are exactly the same press cmyk template...