kanihoncho Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Is there a way to copy text attributes from one text block to another text block with out having to set up character and paragraph styles? I know the comparison of Adobe products can't be avoided . . . I can select a block of text and then select the eyedropper tool and click on another block of text and all its attributes will be transferred - size, font, color, etc. If I have eight blocks of individual words (using Designer) and I finally get the text attributes the way I want them, can I quickly transfer those attributes to the other text blocks I am an old school analog-to-digital typographer/designer that designs on the fly. I don't preset all my text parameters at the beginning because I am constantly changing things. Once I am happy with the design then I go in and format the entire document. With InDesign I have the ability to highlight text and create a style from it with a right-click command. Adobe has really screwed up their main product line - Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Used them recently on a job and they are SO BLOATED and operationally confusing nowadays. I do like AP and AD but feel Publisher is the biggest one of the three that falls short Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Does Edit > Copy to select the initial formatted text block followed by Edit > Paste Style to apply the formatting to your other text blocks give you what you need? Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Hangman said: Does Edit > Copy to select the initial formatted text block followed by Edit > Paste Style to apply the formatting to your other text blocks give you what you need? I don't think that works for text attributes (font, leading, kerning, etc.). 15 hours ago, kanihoncho said: With InDesign I have the ability to highlight text and create a style from it with a right-click command. You can do that in the Affinity applications, too, except instead of using a right-click you use one of the icons at the bottom-left of the Text Styles panel, where you should find a +P, +A, and +S for creating Paragraph, Character, and Group Text Styles from the currently selected text. 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...
Hangman Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 25 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I don't think that works for text attributes (font, leading, kerning, etc.). As far as I can tell it works for everything font related, size, colour, leading, tracking, horizontal scale, vertical scale, baseline shift etc., everything apart from kerning but that's a good thing as kerning is character pair specific meaning if it did accommodate kerning you would potentially end up with a bit of a mess when pasting to alternative text using different character pairs... Old Bruce 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.4.2 | Affinity Photo 2.4.2 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.7.4, Magic Mouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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