natecombsmedia Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Loving the V2 suite, and I've always been a proponent of being able to apply almost anything in a program to a keyboard shortcut (Cubase, Mainstage), but there are a few in particular that I use all the time that aren't here yet. Specifically in Publisher, I have authors for the books I lay out who are really partial to Garamond typefaces, particularly EB since it is a little thicker and just works well for stories. However, it's default italic mode adds an unnecessarily massive swash to the end of every e and a few other letters. It would be great to just press "alt+L" to undo that when I italicize rather than having to go to the Character Panel > Typography > ... > Positional Alternate > Final Forms to turn it off. They italicize enough for me to think about it every book. I have suggested in the old suite as well shortcuts for the "Edit Section" and "Start New Section" parts of "Pages." Not as pressing anymore, but any additional shortcut options are appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, natecombsmedia said: However, it's default italic mode adds an unnecessarily massive swash to the end of every e and a few other letters. It would be great to just press "alt+L" to undo that when I italicize rather than having to go to the Character Panel > Typography > ... > Positional Alternate > Final Forms to turn it off Sounds like you should set up a Text Style that has the options set the way you want, and apply that Text Style. And you can also define a shortcut for a Text Style. 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...
natecombsmedia Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 27 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Sounds like you should set up a Text Style that has the options set the way you want, and apply that Text Style. And you can also define a shortcut for a Text Style. Good idea! I'll add it to my list of Text Styles with my other Garamond fonts. Didn't know I could shortcut that. That's perfect. Thanks Walt! One question. Do you know exactly where I apply a shortcut to that specific Style? Looking thru menus now and am unsure. So far, I have found a simple ctrl+c over a text with the Style copies it and then will apply the copied style with a ctrl+shift+v (Paste Style). I can always do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 21 minutes ago, natecombsmedia said: where I apply a shortcut to that specific Style? In the Edit Text Style window.affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Text/textStyles_create.html Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natecombsmedia Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Ah, was looking all over the shortcuts in preferences. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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