Same file, same external drive, same version of Publisher 2, one fails

[dconti]

I have Publisher 2 installed on my desktop and my laptop. I have been using my desktop to work on a document for the past several days with the goal of outputting a PDF file to send to a commercial printer. Whenever I make a change to the file, I re-export it to PDF. Suddenly after one such file update, while trying to export to PDF, I get the error: "An error occurred while exporting to: filename". The files are all stored on a USB drive. I immediately removed the USB drive and connected it to my laptop. Export works fine. I retry on the desktop, no go. Desktop worked fine for hours, then failed but laptop works fine. What might be going on here?

[MikeTO]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Are you on Ventura? It might the same issue as with saving to an external drive. That's a known issue with 2.0 and Ventura. The issue was also present in 1.10 but was fixed last week so the corresponding fix to 2.0 should be included in the next update.

 

[dconti]

I must apologize for not having stated that both of these systems are Windows 10. 

[dconti]

So no comment on this? Anyone ever seen a problem like this?

[walt.farrell]

Have you tried the 2.0.3 beta? It has a fix that may be related.

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/175805-affinity-publisher-2-customer-beta-2031670-windows/

[dconti]

Thanks, I'll take a look at that. On a related topic (PDF output), does anyone know a way to create a booklet with embedded fonts from Publisher? I used to do this all the time with InDesign but it doesn't seem to be available for Publisher. I work with a very small print shop and they don't have a way to rearrange the pages for printing like the "Print/Booklet" option gives me but that utility doesn't have the ability to embed fonts. Last time I had to rearrange it all manually. Also had to disable auto page numbering and put page numbers in manually.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.