muelli75 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Hello! I want to copy any marked element by using a mathematic operation in the transform-box (see screenshot). In the actual case, I want to copy the marked boxes 50 mm to the left. In an other DTP-Application, this is possible by typing the operation in the transform-box, pressing the ALT(option)-key and hitting Enter/Return. Easy and the result fits perfect. Sadly in Publisher it isnt possible - that slows down the workflow. Martin William Overington 1 Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, muelli75 said: I want to copy any marked element by using a mathematic operation in the transform-box (see screenshot). It looks as though your screenshot failed to upload. Please edit your post (or make a new post) and try again. William Overington 1 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...
muelli75 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 screenshot added as edit to the original post - sorry for that! Alfred and William Overington 2 Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Just out of interest, why do you have so many text frames, and why do you want to make more? Note: Full-screen screenshots are usually more useful than partial ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muelli75 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 we also do some engravings on tags. this are very small tags which we get on a template. the textsource is an excel-sheet - the easiest way to center the line (h+v) on each tag is this solution. Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Thanks for the explanation. Have you tried the Data Merge functionality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muelli75 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Yes we know datamerge, but its not as useful. The template as 6 rows by 27 lines (162 tags). Most of the jobs have between 60 and 120 datafields. The customer wants his tags twice, first besides and then beneath. For materialsavings we fill up the rows and go down the lines fltr. Have a look at the screenshot. The textboxes are linked, so if havent a full template we delete complete rows until the plate reaches a rectangle near 6 rows and X lines. If we use the datamerge, there is no linking possible and we cant cut the rows. Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Thanks for the extra info’. You could try creating a new thread in the Questions section – containing the details you’ve given (and a link to this thread) – and see if anyone has some tricks and/or tips that might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, muelli75 said: I want to copy any marked element by using a mathematic operation in the transform-box I'm not sure I understand what you want to do? If you just want to copy the selected objects and move the copies 50mm that should be doable 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...
walt.farrell Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 2 hours ago, muelli75 said: Sadly in Publisher it isnt possible - that slows down the workflow. With all of them selected, Ctrl+J (Windows, or Cmd+J on Mac) to copy them. Then in the Transform panel, in the X box, type -= 50mm and I think you'll have what you want. muelli75 1 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...
William Overington Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: With all of them selected, Ctrl+J (Windows, or Cmd+J on Mac) to copy them. Then in the Transform panel, in the X box, type -= 50mm and I think you'll have what you want. Hi Walt What does Ctrl+J do please? William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, William Overington said: What does Ctrl+J do please? It's a Duplicate action (from the Layers panel), kind of a combination of Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste), but done in one step. It also has some additional characteristics known as "power duplicate" that we don't need for this discussoion. https://affinity.help/publisher/en-US.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/duplicate.html William Overington 1 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...
muelli75 Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 thank you @walt.farrell - exactly what I want. Indeed one step more than necessary but good too. William Overington 1 Quote Regards, Martin iMac 27", 2017/Big Sur 11.2.2 MacMini M1/BigSur 11.2.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, muelli75 said: Indeed one step more than necessary but good too. You're welcome. And it's really the same number of steps, I think. Just pressing Ctrl+J at the start rather than pressing Alt at the end (OK; maybe Ctrl+J is 2 keystrokes, and Alt is only 1.) William Overington 1 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...
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