Working with wrap around?

[benged123]

I know this is a basic protocol, but after going through half a dozen Affinity tutorials that cover everything BUT how the wrapping works ... perhaps I could ask for a bit of advice here?

Text and images. Image #1 is what I want to get. In this instance I placed the pictures and grouped them with their captions and pinned them to the page. BUT to get the text flow to jump to the next page and not get all caught up in between the two images I hit the Return a score of times.

Image #2 is what I get when I click the Wrapping 'Jump'. The picture balances better when I set it a bit down from the top of the page (and I don't want two lines of text above it, looks awkward). What would be the best way to deal with this? And if I just hit Return a score of times to get the text to start on the next page, am I setting myself up for issues later?

All ears, Ben

 

 

[Old Bruce]

Take a look at how I have set the text distance in the Edit Text Wrap section.

I also include a file made with version one of Publisher that shows how to skip the text frame so no wrap needs to be applied.

Untitled.afpub

[benged123]

Duh. Thank you kindly Old Bruce. This is perfect. And you sample file I will look at shortly ... as I have a place in the book where there are five or six pages of just photographs.

Really appreciated. Ha ha ... when I think of how much time I spend looking for this precise thing in the tutorials (and not finding it).

Will report back .... when I check your sample. Most intrigued.

 

All the best ...

 

 

 

[Old Bruce]

Just an aside... I live up in the area your sample page is talking about. The good old Wet Left Coast.

[benged123]

Lived happily on the Sunshine Coast (BC) for 25 years. All my gear still in storage there. Plan to go back. Love the place.

[benged123]

Hi Old Bruce,

I opened your document. I see we go from 'Text Wrap' to 'Broken Link'. I Google Affinity Publisher 'Broken Link' and get all kinds of unrelated stuff. Excuse my slowness. Are you saying 'create a broken link to the next bunch of text'? And then how do we go back to 'text wrap' after the pics?

Or am I not getting this?

Right now where I have a picture on a single page I want to keep otherwise blank I've done the 'Return return return' to move the text to the next page.

I AM applying your other direction (adding spacing) where the pics are stacked in between wrapped text -- working perfectly.

 

 

 

[Old Bruce]

19 hours ago, benged123 said:

Right now where I have a picture on a single page I want to keep otherwise blank I've done the 'Return return return' to move the text to the next page.

I could have been clearer. When I said "broken link" I was referring to the text flow from Left page to Right page and then to the next spread. You could break the linked text flow from the left page and relink it to the following spread's left page. This will leave you with an empty unlinked text frame on the right page.

And please do not ever use "Return, return, return, etc" to skip a page. You can use a Page break, a Frame break or even perhaps a Column break. Text > Insert > Breaks > ... 

Click on the little arrow (or triangle) at the bottom right of the text frame and then if you click on the same text frame the outgoing text link will be broken. You can then click again on the little arrow at the bottom right and then choose a text frame on the next spread to continue flowing the text.

[benged123]

This is terrific Old Bruce. I can race ahead now. It all makes perfect sense. Thank you kindly.

I posted elsewhere on the Forum that I can't find the Transform window (or whatever it's called). I want to highlight a group of photos and 'batch' set their size so they are all the same proportions (they are all actually the same proportions ... but when I brought them in they were sized at random to get them on the page).

In Pages I can just type in the XY size over in the Inspector ... and get all objects or photos the same size instantly.

I can't figure out how to do this in Affinity. It seems like it should be obvious.

Perhaps you could do one of your magic .... 'just do this' ...?

 

 

 

 

[R C-R]

3 hours ago, benged123 said:

I posted elsewhere on the Forum....

You did that here. It is best not to ask the same question in two different topics so please see that topic for the suggestions already made about that issue, & if necessary post any additional questions or comment about it there.

[benged123]

Thank you Old Bruce,

 

I'm understanding more about broken links and return return returns now. Very helpful! Much appreciated.

[Old Bruce]

Happy to have helped.