EatMoreBacon Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 If I have a Data Merge Layout for the main body of the page, can I use a separate data Merge for the heading on the page? I need 7 instances of the data Merge for the main body so I use data Merge layout. But I only want one instance of the heading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I am not entirely sure of what you are wanting. If your desired "heading" is in the records in your spreadsheet/CSV file then place that field outside of (above) the "Data Merge Layout" layer in the Layers panel. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatMoreBacon Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 What confuses me is how does Affinity decide which Data Merge to do first? If there is more than one Data Merge Layout, the record offset has to be set to -n If i put the heading in a separate data merge (not data merge layout) can I set a record offset on that as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 50 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: If your desired "heading" is in the records in your spreadsheet/CSV file then place that field outside of (above) the "Data Merge Layout" layer in the Layers panel. Does this work for you? To me the separate frame remains part of the flow and data merge creates the records within the "Data Merge Layout" layer and then continuous with the separate frame for the header (instead of starting with its content of its first cell). For instance: In the generated file the first 'header' gets its content from where the DM-Layout frames ended, i.e.: layout: A, B, C, D -–> header: E. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anto Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 2 hours ago, EatMoreBacon said: What confuses me is how does Affinity decide which Data Merge to do first? If there is more than one Data Merge Layout, the record offset has to be set to -n If you need very complicate layout, look at the video 2022-07-12 06-54-39.mp4 thomaso, EatMoreBacon and Old Bruce 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Excellent work there Anto. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.2 Affinity Designer 2.3.1 | Affinity Photo 2.3.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.3.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatMoreBacon Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 Viel Dank! That makes things clearer! Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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