clos Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Hi, I am having trouble adding pages to my document in designer. I've tried everything I can think of but the option for adding pages is not anywhere on my workspace. Most forum say to add the pages section from view-studio but I don't have that option. Does anyone know what could be happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Welcome to the forums @clos Please see the answer given to a recent question about the same thing: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182613-publisher-will-not-offer-more-than-one-page-doc/&do=findComment&comment=1059108 (You can ignore the rest of the thread where it digresses into UI issues.) Short story: Designer doesn’t ‘have’ pages, but Publisher does. clos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Hi @clos and welcome to the forums... If you are using Designer then you can only add Artboards rather than Pages to your file but to do so you will need to be using an Artboard in the first place, either by setting up your initial document as an Artboard by adding a checkmark in the Create Artboard box in the New Document window or by converting your existing non Artboard document into an Artboard via the Layer Menu. The reference to "add the pages section from view-studio" is referring to Affinity Publisher... clos 1 Quote Affinity Designer 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1.2217 Affinity Designer Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.4.0.2294 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.6.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clos Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Ok thank you, I will use publisher instead then. Just for my own knowledge, were you able to add pages in designer before or was it always art boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Just now, clos said: Ok thank you, I will use publisher instead then. Just for my own knowledge, were you able to add pages in designer before or was it always art boards? No, it's only ever been artboards, though you can also convert artboards into pages in Publisher as well... Quote Affinity Designer 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1.2217 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1.2217 Affinity Designer Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Photo Beta 2.4.0.2294 | Affinity Publisher Beta 2.4.0.2294 Affinity Designer 1.7.3 | Affinity Photo 1.7.3 | Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 MacBook Pro 16GB, macOS Monterey 12.6.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 It's always been like this - pages only became a 'thing' in the Affinity suite once Publisher was released some years after Designer was released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clos Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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