Margins

[jackamus]

For some reason or other when I select a 'New' from File, although the margins can be seen, they disappear when I open the document even though 'Margins' is ticked in Document setup. How do I view the margins again?

[joe_l]

View > Show Margins is checked?

[Alfred]

Are the system specs in your forum signature up to date?

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Mac OS Monterey 12.6.4

AD version 2.3.0

 

[jackamus]

Yes it was checked and I am now using AD2.4.2. I will update system spec info.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, jackamus said:

Yes it was checked

Then we may need to see a sample .afdesign document that demonstrates the problem.

[jackamus]

Hi Walt, file attached.

Margins.afdesign

[GarryP]

1 hour ago, jackamus said:

For some reason or other when I select a 'New' from File, although the margins can be seen, they disappear when I open the document even though 'Margins' is ticked in Document setup.

I’m not entirely sure of the workflow you’re using.

Can the margins be seen when you create the document, but they can’t be seen when you save, then close and then open the document?

Or can the margins be seen in the New Document preview but they can’t be seen when the document has been created?

Or something else?

[GarryP]

1 minute ago, jackamus said:

Hi Walt, file attached.

If I tick the menu item “View → Show Margins” then I can see the margins (Designer 2.4.2 on Windows 10).

Edited May 27 by GarryP
Added clarification.

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, GarryP said:

If I tick the menu item “View → Show Margins” then I can see the margins (Designer 2.4.2 on Windows 10).

Same here, using 2.5.2 Beta on iPadOS.

@jackamus: I think we need to see a screenshot showing the document and the View menu options you have checked. My best guess at the moment is that you don't have View > Show Margins enabled. Or, perhaps, that you have Preview Mode enabled.

Please ensure the screenshot includes the complete application window.

[jackamus]

Just now, walt.farrell said:

Same here, using 2.5.2 Beta on iPadOS.

@jackamus: I think we need to see a screenshot showing the document and the View menu options you have checked. My best guess at the moment is that you don't have View > Show Margins enabled. Or, perhaps, that you have Preview Mode enabled.

Please ensure the screenshot includes the complete application window.

LOL Walt! Thanks - Too many different places to set-up stuff!

[GarryP]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Or, perhaps, that you have Preview Mode enabled.

I thought about Preview Mode but their forum signature, which they updated recently, says they only have Designer, unless Designer has a Preview Mode which I haven’t found.

[walt.farrell]

25 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I thought about Preview Mode but their forum signature, which they updated recently, says they only have Designer, unless Designer has a Preview Mode which I haven’t found.

I'm on the iPad this morning, and Preview Mode is available in Designer 2.

[walt.farrell]

28 minutes ago, jackamus said:

Too many different places to set-up stuff!

We asked earlier if it was enabled, and you said it was  

[GarryP]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I'm on the iPad this morning, and Preview Mode is available in Designer 2.

I can’t find a Preview Mode in Designer 2.4.2 on Windows 10, and can’t find anything in the Help about it.

[Alfred]

30 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I can’t find a Preview Mode in Designer 2.4.2 on Windows 10, and can’t find anything in the Help about it.

It seems to be one of very few features that the iPad app has but the desktop apps don’t.

[GarryP]

I thought I’d read somewhere that it had been added a while ago but could have easily missed that it was only on iPad.

[jackamus]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

We asked earlier if it was enabled, and you said it was  

No Walt, I said that the check box to show margins in the 'Document setup' was checked. The one that I missed was the one in 'View'. That what I meant about too many places to set stuff up!

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, jackamus said:

No Walt, I said that the check box to show margins in the 'Document setup' was checked. The one that I missed was the one in 'View'. That what I meant about too many places to set stuff up!

The only question that was asked after your initial post that is relevant and before your reply was "View > Show Margins is checked"?

So I think we all assumed that was what you meant when you said "it" was checked.

[markw]

I believe the option; View > Show Margins, is "sticky".
If in document ‘A’ Show Margins was turned off in View, then when setting up a new Document later, despite selecting the Margins setting in the New Document window, once created the Margins in the new document will still not be visible until turned on in the View menu.

[walt.farrell]

7 minutes ago, markw said:

I believe the option; View > Show Margins, is sticky.
If in document ‘A’ Show Margins was turned off in View, then when setting up a new Document later, despite selecting the Margins setting in the New Document window, once created the Margins in the new document will still not be visible until turned on in the View menu.

It's a bit more complex than that, Mark.

Show Margins (as with some other View options) is document-specific. The default for a document is taken from the View setting when you create the document. However, when you Save the document, the View setting is saved. Later, if you Open that document, you should see that its View > Show Margins setting will be restored, but this will not affect other active documents. If you switch to their tabs, they may be showing the margins, or not.

 

[R C-R]

4 hours ago, Alfred said:

It seems to be one of very few features that the iPad app has but the desktop apps don’t.

Among the desktop apps only Affinity Publisher has a preview mode, right?

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

Among the desktop apps only Affinity Publisher has a preview mode, right?

The OP only uses Affinity Designer, so when I referred to “the iPad app [singular]” I meant AD on iPad, and when I referred to “the desktop apps [plural]” I meant AD on macOS and AD on Windows. Apologies for any confusion caused!