How to place multiple PDF pages as pass-through?

[Benwiggy2]

I want to import multiple PDF pages as pass-through images. If I use Place, I only get one page.

If I use Open, that's a separate document, and not pass-through.

If I use Document > Add Pages from File, that's also not pass-through. 

I also want the pages to be linked, not embedded. 

 

I have done this before, so I know it's possible, but it's completely escaped me, and is not immediately apparent from the UI. I've looked through multiple threads here with the same question, none of which have provided an answer.

Non-pass-through PDFs still suffer from everything moving about and wrong glyph variants, as has always been the case with Affinity.

Thanks

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

That's covered on this page of the Help: https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/Media/placeImagesAutoflow.html

As for Linked vs Embedded: that's an option when you create the outer document, or you can change it in Document Setup.

[Hangman]

Hi @Benwiggy2 and welcome to the forums,

If you're using Affinity Publisher v2 then when you place your PDF you need to use the disclosure triangle in the Place panel to show all the pages in the file which you can then select using Shift or Cmd Click depending on the pages you want to include in your file...

If you're Image Policy is set to Linked in Document Setup then the placed PDF file will be Linked...

[Benwiggy2]

Thanks. That's a tiny visual cue! 

[Hangman]

5 minutes ago, Benwiggy2 said:

Thanks. That's a tiny visual cue! 

It's tripped plenty of people up and is something that may benefit from auto-disclosure when placing PDF files though it's like most things, once you know it's there then it appears 'obvious'...

[R C-R]

8 hours ago, Benwiggy2 said:

That's a tiny visual cue! 

If you look carefully, you will find many places in the UI that have small disclosure triangles, among them the Tools panel, the Quick FX panel, the Pages, panel, the Fields panel, the Assets panel, & so on.

Also note the many places where there are popup menus, like those with a pair of upward & downward facing v-shapes or the 3 line 'hamburger' menu buttons. All are smallish but provide access to important features.