3joern Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Hi, does anyone have an idea where the § comes from and how I can hide it. A logo I got as a PDF has this in all the text boxes as info and it drives me crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLC Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, 3joern said: Hi, does anyone have an idea where the § comes from and how I can hide it... Hi @3joernMain Menu > Text > untick Show Special Characters Quote Why relying on your users to report errors is the dumbest thing you’ll ever do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 The § is a section mark. Like other special characters, its visibility can currently only be switched on or off in Affinity Publisher. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3joern Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 ok, and why is it visible in Affinity Designer when I only can hide it in Publisher? 😵 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 When you save the file after enabling ‘Show Special Characters’ in Publisher, it’s saved with the special characters displayed, so when you reopen it in any Affinity app those characters will still be displayed. I’m sure you and I are not the only users who would like to be able to switch off their visibility in Designer and Photo. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 49 minutes ago, Alfred said: When you save the file after enabling ‘Show Special Characters’ in Publisher, it’s saved with the special characters displayed, Surely it would make more sense not to save the file with special characters showing. I can't imagine why anyone would want to, they could just re-enable it again if they need it when they reopen the file. It should be just a view option within Publisher not saved with the file itself. GarryP 1 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3joern Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share Posted November 23, 2021 the 10 year old logo pdf I got 100% never face the publisher. If I just open the file, the special characters is not visible, it only shows, when I start work in the text box, but after that, it shows all the time. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I think that there is a bug which causes Affinity Designer to be stuck with Show Special Characters = On for all the various files it opens until it is restarted and has no special-characters-turned-on file open. Alfred and 3joern 2 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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