vwatson Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I have a book consisting of 9 chapters, 90 pages total. Each chapter/file passes the pre-flight, and I can export each file individually as a pdf. But if I try to export the book as a whole, the export dialog appears briefly, then poof, the dialog and Publisher disappear! 😱 🥵 I exported each one separately, then used other software to merge them into one pdf, but that's not a great workflow. Publisher 2.1.1 Windows 10, 32G RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Lee D Posted September 13, 2023 Staff Share Posted September 13, 2023 @vwatsonWould you be able to try the latest Publisher beta as it's had some improvements in regards to books. If you've not signed up for the beta you can do so here. You can then download and install it alongside your existing version to test with. When testing, please use copies of your files and retain the originals for backup purposes, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwatson Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 It worked with the Beta version! 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m job Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 I need help in this topic, even in the beta version whem I export a book file the program stop working. I have a 4 chapters book, with several images and can't export the book... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwatson Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 Can you export each individual file by itself? I once had a problem where there was one file/chapter in a book that had some issue. I think I ended up creating a new file for that chapter and copy/pasting the content back in and re-adding it to the book file and got it to work. MikeTO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 47 minutes ago, m job said: I need help in this topic, even in the beta version whem I export a book file the program stop working. I have a 4 chapters book, with several images and can't export the book... What do you mean by stops working? Does it crash, lock up, or finish without completing the export? If it crashed can you upload a crash report? I second what vwatson suggested, test the chapters by exporting each chapter individually. Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m job Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 4 hours ago, MikeTO said: What do you mean by stops working? Does it crash, lock up, or finish without completing the export? If it crashed can you upload a crash report? I second what vwatson suggested, test the chapters by exporting each chapter individually. 5 hours ago, vwatson said: Can you export each individual file by itself? I once had a problem where there was one file/chapter in a book that had some issue. I think I ended up creating a new file for that chapter and copy/pasting the content back in and re-adding it to the book file and got it to work. I can export individualy. It apear have something with links, whem I disable the opion "include hiperlinks" in the export menu it works, whem I mark this option the program close itself whitout finish the task book export faill.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m job Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Update, just review the links, and still can't export. If I go quickly in the menu and select export selected filles, I can export in beta version. In the corrent version the results is still as the video above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 1 hour ago, m job said: Update, just review the links, and still can't export. If I go quickly in the menu and select export selected filles, I can export in beta version. In the corrent version the results is still as the video above. If the chapter files export correctly on their own then Serif might need to take a look at this. Without seeing the files I could only speculate. Good luck! Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m job Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 4 hours ago, m job said: Another update, I can merge all the files and export as a single file, but the program closse itself whem I try export as a book...The beta version, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atome451 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Hello, Same problem for me. Instant crash with 2.2. Individual chapters or merged chapters export works fine. Only exporting book generates instant crash. Tried with files on a SSD to be sure it's not a timeout problem. Windows 10, NVidia 2070 GPU. 32 GB RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwatson Posted December 1, 2023 Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 I'm back to this problem again. I just upgraded to version 2.3, and Publisher shuts down when I try to export a book. I really love Publisher, but this is incredibly annoying. 😝 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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