Insert footer text on every page

[Mr Lucky]

In publisher I have a document that will be exported to PDF. I want to show footer text ( copyright  notice) at the bottom of ever page.

I've looked through the help and I think it must be something to do with fields but I can\y work out how to do it.

Can someone please tell me how to do this? Thanks

 

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

Apply this to Master Page A and then apply this Master A to all pages in this document…

[Mr Lucky]

Thanks. OK I looked up master pages and created page. I have tried with some text and applied by dragging the master page to all pages, but nothing is showing on the pages.

[EDIT: this seems to be because the master page becomes the bottom layer so doesn't show over the page background. Does this mean I would have to go into each page and move it up? (There are many many pages!)

Also  I can't find how to change the background of the master page from white, is there a way to do that? (Difficult to work with white text on a white background!)

 

Thanks 

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

Although Master Page is white, it is transparent…

So, if all your pages is opaque, then you must have the Master Page on top in the layers stack…

[Mr Lucky]

43 minutes ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

Although Master Page is white, it is transparent…

I understand the master page appears white but is transparent when used over the other pages asa layer, but how do I work on a white background if the text is white? I need to working background of the master page to be dark so I can use white text.

43 minutes ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

So, if all your pages is opaque, then you must have the Master Page on top in the layers stack…

Yes but how do I do that, apart from going into every page?

 

Thanks

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

39 minutes ago, Mr Lucky said:

I understand the master page appears white but is transparent when used over the other pages asa layer, but how do I work on a white background if the text is white? I need to working background of the master page to be dark so I can use white text.

Yes but how do I do that, apart from going into every page?

 

Thanks

Sorry, but I hav’nt access to my Macbook Pro for the moment, just my iPad…

In Publisher for iPad I did’nt find a way to automatically move every Master Page to top in the layer stack…

Perhaps this is something the desktop version of Affinity Publisher can do?

About white text on white Master Page - can’t you just write your copyright text in black and the change it to white (so it is viewable on your document.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Mr Lucky said:

Yes but how do I do that, apart from going into every page?

1. Choose one document page.
2. Right-click that Master Page layer in the Layers panel, and choose Edit Linked.
3. Layer > Arrange > Move to Front then click Finished.

[Mr Lucky]

Thanks that works nicley

 

 

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

4 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

1. Choose one document page.
2. Right-click that Master Page layer in the Layers panel, and choose Edit Linked.
3. Layer > Arrange > Move to Front then click Finished.

@walt.farrell, can this be done on iPad also?

[walt.farrell]

On 4/1/2023 at 2:30 PM, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

can this be done on iPad also?

I don't see a way to do it on iPad. (Sorry for the delayed response.)

Edit: Found it, with help below. It's a function of the Move Tool.

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

46 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I don't see a way to do it on iPad. (Sorry for the delayed response.)

FYI - it can be done on iPad also…

[walt.farrell]

27 minutes ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

FYI - it can be done on iPad also…

Intriguing, but how?

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

39 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Intriguing, but how?

The same way you described on desktop Publisher…

See screenshot…

@R C-R

[walt.farrell]

41 minutes ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

The same way you described on desktop Publisher…

Thanks, but I understand Edit Linked.

The key part of my suggestion was using the Layer menu: Layer > Arrange > Move to Front. That is what moves the Master Page layer to the top on all document pages at the same time. Without that function, you need to perform the operation on each spread individually. And I can't find that function on the iPad.

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

10 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks, but I understand Edit Linked.

The key part of my suggestion was using the Layer menu: Layer > Arrange > Move to Front. That is what moves the Master Page layer to the top on all document pages at the same time. Without that function, you need to perform the operation on each spread individually. And I can't find that function on the iPad.

Hi again mr Farrell!

I don’t know if it is some misunderstanding involved here, but, what I understand in the above conversation it was the features to move a Master Page from the bottom of the layerstack to the top instead, in a whole document…

Tested this on my iPad this morning:

150 A4 pages (facing) with a Master A page on all 150 pages (on the bottom of the layer stack).

Highlight the Master on first page, choose ‘Edit Linked’ and execute the ‘Move to Front’ - voila, every Master Page have now been moved on top in the whole document…

Have I missed something?

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, AffinityMakesMeSmile said:

Highlight the Master on first page, choose ‘Edit Linked’ and execute the ‘Move to Front’ - voila, every Master Page have now been moved on top in the whole document…

How did you "execute" the Move to Front? I don't see a command for that on the iPad.

[AffinityMakesMeWonder]

19 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

How did you "execute" the Move to Front? I don't see a command for that on the iPad.

Just the ordinary button that move objects/textframes/Master Pages etc forward/backwards/to front/to back…