Automatic pagination and setting a page reference

[jweitzel]

Sorry about my may be poor English and sorry about if I didn't find the right answer by doing a search:

I'm just typesetting a small booklet with master pages and automatic pagination. As far as I see, all is very good with Affinity Publisher. Great.

There has following problem arisen: In the "normal" flowing text in the second half of the book, there is a sentence like "if you want to have a closer look at that picture, please see page #nn."

My question: Does Affinity Publisher provide "throwing anchors" to certain text or picture elements on other pages in the way, that if these "anchors" change their place/page, the page number shown in the flowing text is synchronized?

Example: I write (see above): "Please refer to the picture on page 20." But if the text and picture of page 20 flows over to page 21, the text should read: "Please refer to the picture on page 21."
How is that done?

Thanks a lot for help (or harsh words, that I am blind while searching )

Johannes

(I'm happy with my Affinity Suite)

 

 

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, jweitzel said:

My question: Does Affinity Publisher provide "throwing anchors" to certain text or picture elements on other pages in the way, that if these "anchors" change their place/page, the page number shown in the flowing text is synchronized?

Yes, but it is cumbersome.

Consider the situation where you have a reference in some text frame, which says "see page xxx". You would:

1. Omit the xxx.
2. Create two new small text frames, and link them.
3. In the first new frame, insert the Field "Next Frame Page Number".
4. Pin that first new frame inline where the "xxx" should go.
5. Drag the second new frame to the location you want to reference, and Pin it to the text there. Leave it empty.

You can setup an Asset containing the 2 linked frames to make this simpler if you need to do it a lot.

[jweitzel]

Thanks a lot, Walt!

I've understand that "trick".

Normally, this situation seems to me rather often, that the context is referring to other pages (magazines, "read more on ..."). Professional solutions will not be a "hard connection", but has to react dynamically on late layout changes...

May be, this is an "missing" feature in AFPub.

Johannes

[thomaso]

7 minutes ago, jweitzel said:

May be, this is an "missing" feature in AFPub.

Sure.

This thread links to another description of the cumbersome workaround:

[drgrigg]

I agree that this is a very desirable feature which I hope Affinity will add. The workaround is indeed cumbersome and awkward. While it might work for one or two instances, any more would be a nightmare.

[jweitzel]

Hello "drgrigg",

did you got aware of my answer in an other thread with analog topic?:

 

It's not *soo* cumbesome, and logically "straight forward" ;-)

Johannes

[walt.farrell]

9 hours ago, drgrigg said:

I agree that this is a very desirable feature which I hope Affinity will add.

It's in the 2.2 beta, so with luck it will make it into the 2.2 retail version.