Book Creation

[Hangman]

It's a minor difference between Mac and Windows but perhaps quite helpful for anyone new to Publisher...

When creating a New Book, Windows displays the following help text in the Book Panel...

"This book currently has no chapters. Add .afpub files as chapters using the add button below"

This technically could be expanded to include adding chapters from the hamburger menu but Mac has no such Help text...

[MikeTO]

The Mac version used to have this text but it appears to have been removed.

[Dan C]

My sincerest apologies for the delayed response here - I understand this was originally logged in the Feedback section of the Forums, however I consider this a bug (especially considering the wording used to exist on macOS) and therefore I moved the thread to the bugs section of the Forums, yet did not reply at the time - the onus for that is on myself as I've only just realised!

I can confirm I've logged the following with our team:
(Windows left, macOS right)

With no Book open, Windows has much tighter spacing at the top of the dialog, compared to macOS -

Equally, macOS has greyed out controls, whereas Windows shows none before a Book is open -

Finally, with a Book open, Windows has the following wording where macOS does not -

 

I hope this helps

[Hangman]

Hi @Dan C,

Many thanks for moving, confirming and logging...

It's not really that important but the third screengrab is incorrect for the Windows version, this should show:

"This book currently has no chapters. Add .afpub files as chapters using the add button below"

Rather than the one before a book is open...

[Dan C]

4 minutes ago, Hangman said:

It's not really that important but the third screengrab is incorrect for the Windows

Oops, too many screenshots to juggle 

Thanks, I've edited my post!

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[Win] Book Studio has tight spacing and missing controls on Windows + missing wording on macOS" (REF: AF-4124) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2805). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "[macOS] Book Studio has tight spacing and missing controls on Windows + missing wording on macOS" (REF: AF-4164) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2805). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Affinity Info Bot to notify us.