Tip-In Pages (different size pages on same spread)

[vmara]

I have been using the Affinity suite for a couple of years now, and the last holdover for me was switching from InDesign to Publisher. With V2 I finally gave it a go, and it has seemed great so far, with relatively no issues in finding similar features. Often, I find that Publisher has better features or just looks/works better overall. Switching between all three apps within Publisher is certainly my favorite part.

That being said, I know there are a lot of things missing that others have requested here, and I'm not even entirely sure this hasn't been requested (though I couldn't find it via search). One thing InDesign (and probably other publishing software) can do that Publisher cannot is make two separate sized pages in a spread. Say you are making a book that is A4 and you want to have a tip-in that is A6, you would really only want the right side of the spread to be A6, and the left side of the following spread, but the other pages should remain A4. Currently, Publisher will only allow you to change both pages in a spread to the same size. Adding the ability to change the size of a single page in a spread would be immensely helpful.

Thanks for making such great apps. I hope that this is a simple fix, because it would make Publisher that much better.

[MikeTO]

40 minutes ago, vmara said:

Adding the ability to change the size of a single page in a spread would be immensely helpful.

Hi and welcome to the forums.

The ability to create spreads of more than 2 pages and to mix and match page sizes in a spread is a frequently-requested feature. Here's a somewhat recent reply from Serif to a similar question.

 

[vmara]

Thanks MikeTO! Long time lurker, first time poster. Glad to know I'm not the first to request this feature, but hopefully it can be added soon.