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[Ferriero]

Hi!

I need to repeat some information in the same very long file.

In practice it is a contract that yes several pages will have to repeat dozens of times the company name of the customer, or the date of the contract, etc.

Is it possible to enter the data only once and find it as it is on the entire contract?

Thank you.

[mopperle]

Guess you are talking about AFPub. You can use the "merge" function which adds data from an external source (like csv, Excel...) and you can also add "fields" with the actual date via the menu Text/Insert/Fields.

I never did this myself, cause IMHO writing a contract is more likely be done with a word processor, not with a publishing tool.

[bbrother]

4 hours ago, Ferriero said:

I need to repeat some information in the same very long file... company name or the date of the contract, etc
Is it possible to enter the data only once..

Hi @Ferriero, I think a good solution for you would be to use custom fields along with Date&Time field.

How it works?

You can create a custom field in the Fields panel for your company name or other custom data and set it to hold any text value you wish.
Then you can place that field in the document how many times you want by double click on its label in the Fields panel.
The value from the field will be inserted in the place where the text cursor is currently located.

In the case of the contract date, I would use the [Date & Time] wchich holds the current date and time as a value.
If you want you can format the date custom, just click the Edit Field button on the right (the button with three vertical dots) to bring up the format popup.

Below are some usefull links if you want to learn more:

Fileds (APub official documentation) → https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Advanced/fields.html&title=Fields

Custom text variables/ fields (APub 2.2 improvements) → https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/188919-custom-text-variables/

Custom date formats for fields (APub 2.2 improvements) → https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/188210-custom-date-formatting-for-fields/

I hope this helps you with your dilemma and that I haven't overwhelmed you with information. Good luck with your work

 

[Ferriero]

Thank you for the answers.

I started using custom fields and I have to say that they are what I was looking for.

Mopperle: Thanks for the advice. With APub I find myself very comfortable and above all I generate contracts very

Bbrother: Thank you for your effort. You have been exhaustive and now I will proceed to read the links you suggested to me.