Kendrick Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 I am trying out Affinity Publisher- My application is technical writing (directions), so I have been using Microsoft Publisher where I can write the directions in a text box & drop shapes (e.g. arrow, etc...) to point to the affected area in a picture I inserted. I have attached a .jpg from Microsoft Publisher as an example. I am looking for alternative software that is equal to or better than MS Publisher. I find their annual fee disturbing! Can you easily insert commonly used shapes, like arrows between textbox & pictures in Affinity Publisher? Quote
Catshill Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 I would use Affinity Designer for this very straightforward task. Quote
firstdefence Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 It's easily possible in publisher. To make the job easier you could create several lines with the Pen Tool with arrow heads applied to the curve via the Stroke Panel and save them as assets, like so... This lets you drag and drop ready made arrows that can then be positioned and edited as needed, you can also make text titles to drag and drop onto the image or text. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Komatös Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 If you use Windows or MacOS, you can download the Publisher as a 10-day trial. You can then test whether Publisher meets your requirements. https://affinity.store/get/publisher/trial/ Quote MAC mini M4 | MacOS Sequoia 15.5 | 16 GB RAM | 256 GB SSD AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Sapphire Nitro+ RX 9060 XT 16 GB | 32 GB DDR4 3200MHz | Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (26100.4351) Windows 11 Pro on VMWare Virtual Machine (on Mac) Affinity Suite V 2.6.3 & Beta 2.6 (latest) Interested in a free (selfhosted) PDF Solution? Have a look at Stirling PDF No backup, no pity.
carl123 Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 1. Draw a line with the pen tool and in the stroke panel you can add various arrow heads to one or both ends 2. There is an arrow asset pack here... just download, unzip and import it into your assets panel https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/37188-some-bw-arrow-assets/ 3. With any arrow image/shape you download from the internet you can use File > Place to add it to your document 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.
thomaso Posted August 28, 2022 Posted August 28, 2022 For frequent use it can be worth to combined set of arrow + text frame in a Constraint Group and save it in the Asset panel. It makes it easier not only to place arrow together with text (possible with a simply Group, too) but in particular to adjust the arrow lengths + keeping its text frame centred, while each single item remains editable. – For instance: measure w arrows & crop marks.m4v Quote • MacBookPro Retina 15" | macOS 10.14.6 | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 • iPad 10.Gen. | iOS 18.5. | Affinity V2.6
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