Defaults on new documants

[Gecko]

Hi There all.

I'm new to Affinity and have v2.xx

I would like to be able to set the defaults for the following when I open a NEW document
I have created a couple of NEW PRESETS but can't get all the defaults I want at startup

I want to start a new document with the following defaults:

Font Size: 10mm
Font Colour: Black
Font: Arial
Font Style: Plain

Page Size (Got this one sorted as the new preset)

Stroke Width and Colour and Style (I want black with a .2mm stroke size, Square caps, Mitre join, Aligned ON the line)

Fill (I want no fill on shapes, circles squares etc..)

Grid 50mm x 1mm (50mm grid lines + 1mm Sub divisions)

That's all 🤣

Cheers All and thanks in advance...

Edited July 23, 2023 by shop

[Komatös]

Hello and welcome to the forum. @shop

Many settings can be saved as defaults. In the Windows versions of the Affinity programs, this can be done via Edit -> Defaults -> Save.
Set the settings as you want them to be and save them as I described above.

If you create a document with all the defaults you want, you can also save this empty document as a template.

[Gecko]

Thanks for the leads but that wasn't going to do it for me because the system always accesses the last used file location, I ended up working out the template system, that's the best way to go as it's not reliant on the last location accessed, instead, new/template/pick your template.

Thanks for your reply.

 

[thomaso]

3 hours ago, Gecko said:

Thanks for the leads but that wasn't going to do it for me because the system always accesses the last used file location,

Note, there is a difference between Template documents that you can save as Affinity documents and with variations, too, – and the application Defaults mentioned by @Komatös.

The app Defaults concern the entire app, regardless of a document, and apply for every future, newly created object – whereas a template with e.g. a saved text style in the Styles Panel doesn't automatically apply this style for new Text Frames but might use the app Defaults instead in your Template document.

Furthermore the app Defaults concern certain object types and certain object properties only. They are stored in a app preference file in a folder of your operating system while template documents may get stored anywhere.

https://affinity.help/publisher2/English.lproj/index.html?page=pages/ObjectControl/objectDefaults.html?title=Object defaults

[Return]

Or utilize the assetspanel for this and create these objects and styles upfront and drag them in when a new document is opened.

[Gecko]

20 hours ago, thomaso said:

The app Defaults concern the entire app, regardless of a document, and apply for every future, newly created object – whereas a template with e.g. a saved text style in the Styles Panel doesn't automatically apply this style for new Text Frames but might use the app Defaults instead in your Template document.

Yeah I noticed that.

I just made the app default the same as my template font

works perfectly weather it's a new preset or a new template document

Thanks for the advice...

[Gecko]

20 hours ago, Return said:

Or utilize the assets panel for this and create these objects and styles upfront and drag them in when a new document is opened.

I've never really used it but will give it a go, I have found if I pile enough items into a template it covers just about everything I use on a regular basis

I think it'll be useful for things like fonts that I can per-configure or custom setups as well.

Thanks for the tips.

[thomaso]

1 hour ago, Gecko said:

I think it'll be useful for things like fonts

You can use it this way – but Fonts have their own Text Styles panel with a lot more and font-specific options than the Asset panel.