Problems with forms created for my client by someone who . . .

[GrandToDo]

. . .  evidently claims to be an 'Affinity Designer'.  The original forms were in Serif DrawPlus and worked well.  With the new forms built with Design2 it is nearly impossible to see where the cursor is to ensure that the form fill-ins are correctly fit into the preset formatting which caused having to work with the pages zoomed to 400% - very clumsy to work with.

Also, the designer did not lock or segregate any of the underlying layers from the text boxes, so it is extremely difficult to avoid inadvertently moving the graphic elements behind the text boxes or moving the text boxes themselves.  While I feel this is not the appropriate software for the report my client wants, she has bought the new software and paid someone money to design these forms for her.  As she does not understand the complexities of Affinity Design2, I am having a difficult time explaining the issues to her despite her poor review of my first fill-in efforts.  It now takes twice as long to complete the reports as it did before the 'new' software - in reading through some of the instructional material for this software, there may be several ways to remedy some of these problems but I don't have the time to learn Designer software which she purchased for me to use for her work.  I have been a virtual contractor for her for 10 years.

Does anyone know how to adjust the cursor parameters to make the cursor easier to see (as in wider or darker or brighter or something)?  Is there an easy way to lock the lower layers under the topmost text box layer to eliminate movement?  I have not found the help files to be of much help for these particular concerns - any help will be appreciated.

Edited March 2, 2023 by GrandToDo

[NotMyFault]

Hi,

as far as i know you can‘t change the curser for text tool inside Designer.
 

You can lock layers in Designer, this protects specifically against unintended movement - but not e.g. deletion or other changes.

https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/Panels/layersPanel.html

 

•  Lock/Unlock—Click to lock or unlock selected items to prevent accidental selection and transformation.
   

Using Select->Select same Layer type you can lock/unlock all layers at once.

https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/ObjectControl/selectByAttribute.html
 

To select all objects of a certain type:

• From the Select menu, choose Select Object and select an object type from the menu.