Thomas.Scott Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Hi Have a client who wants to be able to make last minute copy changes to a newsletter designed by me, she has a Mac, I use Windows 10. Will Affinity Publisher allow cross platform editing without disturbing the integrity, layout and font metrics of the page design? Deal is I would email her the finished design with copy placeholders, and she would swap placeholder text with new copy. If file integrity is possible, I'd buy a copy of the program for both platforms. Thanks in advance Tom Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_d Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) I believe that files are completely interchangeable between the two platforms. I've opened .afpub files uploaded to these forums from both, and both have worked. Buy, buy, buy... 😃 (Or get the 90-day free trial and give it a whirl before you do.) EDIT: as long as you both have the same fonts... Edited May 2, 2021 by h_d added 'free' jmwellborn 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.0.3, Affinity Designer 2.0.3, Affinity Publisher 2.0.3, Mac OSX 13, 2018 MacBook Pro 15" Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The installed fonts will be the biggest issue, and the version of the fonts. Exporting a Package file, and zipping the .afpackage and the images and fonts directory may be safest. Of course, you need to make sure the fonts you've used have licenses that allow you to share them that way. 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...
Thomas.Scott Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 Thanks for the information, no problem on the fonts, we will stick to Google fonts for consistency with the web platform, what she doesn't have I'll load for her. What's the learning curve on Affinity Publisher? What are the quirks? Have years with Photoshop and CorelDraw, somewhat less with InDesign, none are perfect, but doesn't that make life interesting. Appreciate the prompt assistance. Best Regards Tom S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 18 hours ago, Thomas.Scott said: Thanks for the information, no problem on the fonts, we will stick to Google fonts for consistency with the web platform, what she doesn't have I'll load for her. What's the learning curve on Affinity Publisher? What are the quirks? Have years with Photoshop and CorelDraw, somewhat less with InDesign, none are perfect, but doesn't that make life interesting. Appreciate the prompt assistance. Best Regards Tom S. Welcome to the forums☺️ If you (and possibly your client) can spend a little time watching the official Affinity tutorials for Publisher (see the topic above, “A Guide to Learning Affinity Software”) you should become comfortable with its basics quite easily. At that point if you are stuck, do ask your questions here in the forums. There are many very experienced people who will be glad to help you, I am certain. And no question is a silly one. I should know, because they have rescued me over and over again! Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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