Affinitity Publisher 2.0.3 Template Help on Windows 10Pro

[Greyfox]

I wanted to create a custom template for A4 documents that had my choice of font, font size, the text style defaulting to Body etc.
And so I opened the help file, typed in template, and selected Document templates.

And I was confronted with a screen shot that is obviously a Mac screen. Surely it can't be that much of a problem to use screen shots of the actual version in the help file.

On to the para "To set up a target template folder" and it says "From the New Document dialog with Templates selected from the left side. Click Add Template folder."

In the Windows version it is in the New dialog (accessed from the File Menu), not the New Document dialog. The New dialog does have a Templates button on the left hand side, but there is no "Add Template folder" visible, just a tiny, tiny icon? that on my 1920 x 1080 screen looks nothing like a folder. Fortunately the cursor wandering over it did bring up an Add Folder tool tip.

So perhaps the help file could use some TLC.

I've taken a punt and created an "Affinity Templates" sub-folder in my Documents folder, and I have exported a custom template to that. I don't know whether that is the best place to store templates for this new version. I would have preferred to have used a custom Preset from the File\New dialog because templates are too easy to save over, but the Presets don't appear to allow for the inclusion  of a font type, font size, or allow me to have the new document default to Body style.

Any suggestions welcome.

 

 

[walt.farrell]

3 hours ago, Greyfox said:

I would have preferred to have used a custom Preset from the File\New dialog because templates are too easy to save over, but the Presets don't appear to allow for the inclusion  of a font type, font size, or allow me to have the new document default to Body style.

For your needs, Templates are the way to go. It is not that easy to save over them, if you use them properly. You select a Template while doing File > New, and you get an Unnamed document. If you Save that document you get a .afpub file, not a .aftemplate file.

[R C-R]

11 hours ago, Greyfox said:

I've taken a punt and created an "Affinity Templates" sub-folder in my Documents folder, and I have exported a custom template to that. I don't know whether that is the best place to store templates for this new version.

You can store template folders wherever you want, as long as they are accessible from your user account, & have as many as you want, named however you like. IOW, it is completely flexible so you can set it up however makes the most sense to you.

Also, like Walt said, you can't easily overwrite template files. The only way I know to do that is from the New > Templates > Your Templates window to select one of the *.aftemplate files shown in the chosen folder & click the Edit button instead of the Create or Cancel ones, then make edits to it, & then saving it.

[Greyfox]

@walt.farrell

@R C-R

Thanks you both.,