Hangman Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 Rearranging pages to the left or right of the spine when Reflow Through Pages is off misplaces the pages overlapping the first two pages and therefore offsetting the remaining pages by one page but it doesn't offset the objects contained on the respective pages... For example, once all five pages are positioned to the right of the spine, pages 1 and 2 overlap, evidenced when using Go to Page. Misplaced Pages.mp4 Subsequently, while the object on page 5 (in this case the number 5) is correctly positioned, because page 2 overlaps page 1 it appears as though page 5 is missing but in practice, pages 2 to 5 are offset by one page to the left as evidenced in the Spread Properties panel when the X and Y coordinates for page 1 and page 2 share the same X value... all other pages are offset by a complete page to the left... BBG3 1 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
walt.farrell Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 21 hours ago, Hangman said: As mentioned twice above, there is a known bug in Publisher which looks as though it was originally logged under APL-1517 and means Booklet Printing isn't working. As far as I'm aware this has been the case since the release of Version 2.0... But note that the APL prefix to a bug tag indicates it is a request for an improvement, not a bug. I know that Dan C mentioned it as a bug, but that prefix indicates that Serif considers it as something to be improved, not fixed. In other words, a missing function. -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop 1: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 26.0, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
Hangman Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 23 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: But note that the APL prefix to a bug tag indicates it is a request for an improvement, not a bug. Though from recollection Booklet printing works correctly in version 1 and is referenced as a feature in the Help file so would this not be considered a regression rather than a missing function? Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
MikeTO Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 5 hours ago, anto said: Pages disappear after moving them I think from watching the first screen recording you mean that the page thumbnails become blank. I believe that is a known issue at least on Windows. Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.6 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters MacBook Pro (M4 Pro, Tahoe 26.1) and iPad Air (M2, iPadOS 26.1)
Hangman Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 32 minutes ago, MikeTO said: I think from watching the first screen recording you mean that the page thumbnails become blank. I believe that is a known issue at least on Windows. Are you thinking of AF-4905 which was fixed in the 2861 Beta or is this another Windows-specific issue that you've seen? Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
MikeTO Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 56 minutes ago, Hangman said: Are you thinking of AF-4905 which was fixed in the 2861 Beta or is this another Windows-specific issue that you've seen? That's the one I was thinking of, I couldn't find it and didn't know it was fixed. Looks like it's not totally fixed. Hangman 1 Download a free PDF manual for Affinity Publisher 2.6 Download a quick reference chart for Affinity's Special Characters MacBook Pro (M4 Pro, Tahoe 26.1) and iPad Air (M2, iPadOS 26.1)
Hangman Posted November 20, 2024 Posted November 20, 2024 7 minutes ago, MikeTO said: That's the one I was thinking of, I couldn't find it and didn't know it was fixed. Looks like it's not totally fixed. The Affinity Info Bot for that post says "Large and Extra Large Page Panel Thumbnail Previews Fail in Non-Facing Page Documents When the Pages Panel is Set to its Minimum Width" I've just tested it with a multi-page, facing-page spread on Windows and see the same issue so you're right, it looks as though it's not been totally fixed... Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted November 26, 2024 Staff Posted November 26, 2024 The issue "Multipage spreads don't produce fold marks" (REF: AF-3695) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2900). 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.
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted November 26, 2024 Staff Posted November 26, 2024 The issue "Exporting a Non-Facing Multipage Spread Fails to Export Individual Pages" (REF: AF-5083) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2900). 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.
Staff Affinity Info Bot Posted November 26, 2024 Staff Posted November 26, 2024 The issue "Picture Frame's scale slider appears in the incorrect position for multi-page spread" (REF: AF-4811) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2900). 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.
loukash Posted November 26, 2024 Posted November 26, 2024 ^ Ha! Good fixes! MacBookAir 15": MacOS Sonoma > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 18 > Affinity v2
Hangman Posted November 28, 2024 Posted November 28, 2024 Hi @anto, You should be able to achieve this... Move Pages.mp4 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted November 28, 2024 Posted November 28, 2024 40 minutes ago, anto said: How to delete ghost pages? I have three ghost pages. It potentially depends on the rest of your document layout and how your Master Pages are set up, but possibly... Move Pages v2.mp4 Jon P 1 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted November 28, 2024 Posted November 28, 2024 This is possibly related to AF-4903 but has a different outcome... Placing a PDF or Publisher document on partially offset pages creates a second spread instead of placing them on the respective pages in the selected spread... Place to Offset Pages.mp4 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 4 minutes ago, anto said: It doesn't work. I had a 4+1 page ghost layout. For 4, I used the wizard as you showed. The layout broke and the pages became 2-page spreads. Can you upload a screenshot of your page layout including the Pages Panel... Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 35 minutes ago, anto said: Here is Is the ghost page a result of the Master applied to it, i.e., does the Master applied to Pages 9 to 13 contain five pages with the spine after page 4? If so then I believe the ghost page is by design as it indicates the page flow for its associated Master. AFAIK, in that scenario the only way to remove the ghost page would need to apply a four-page Master to the spread... 51 minutes ago, anto said: And a disaster with the merge. On page 11, I have a merge box. In the settings of the merge manager, I set pages from 9 to 12 and hoped that I would get such a picture, but I got 55 records in a row. If you only have a data merge field on Page 11 then that is the correct behaviour, as per the tooltip. You need to add data merge fields on Pages 9, 10 and 12 as well and filter your record range depending on what it is you're trying to achieve... Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Petar Petrenko Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 22 minutes ago, anto said: 2. How to create a 4-page spread master? Maybe better question is: why do I need master spreads, at all? All the latest releases of Designer, Photo and Publisher (retail and beta) on MacOS and Windows. 13.3” MacBook Pro (2017) ● Ventura 13.6 ● Intel Core i7 (3.50 GHz Dual Core) ● 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 ● Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650 1536 MB ● 500 GB SSD ● Retina Display (3360 x 2100) 15” Dell Inspiron 7559 i7 ● Windows 10 x64 Pro ● Intel Core i7-6700HQ (3.50 GHz, 6M) ● 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600 MHz (8GBx2) ● NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB GDDR5 ● 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD ● UHD (3840 x 2160) Truelife LED - Backlit Touch Display 32” LG 32UN650-W display ● 3840 x 2160 UHD, IPS, HDR10 ● Color Gamut: DCI-P3 95%, Color Calibrated ● 2 x HDMI, 1 x DisplayPort
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 18 minutes ago, anto said: 1. How to create a 4-page spread? Create a single, non-facing page document with no Default Master Add three additional pages with Spread Wrapping set to Extend Spread 23 minutes ago, anto said: 2. How to create a 4-page spread master? And what is this master for? Only to remove a ghost page in a 5-page spread? Create a new Master with a Page Count of 4 The Master can then be applied as usual for any four-page spread 25 minutes ago, anto said: 3. How do I add 2 more master pages to a 2-page master spread to make it 4? You can't, you'd need to create a four-page Master using the steps above 28 minutes ago, anto said: 4. How to merge data in a 4-page spread to avoid getting such nonsense? You need to provide some more detail... How many names are in your data set? How many names are to appear on each page? Are the names to appear only on the third page of each four-page spread or on all four pages of each four-page spread? Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 4 minutes ago, anto said: With this arrangement of pages, data merging does not work. The program hangs So we've established that you have 3 fields and 55 records but could you provide answers to the remaining questions above so we can better help you? Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 2 minutes ago, anto said: There are only two active fields. While I prepare this file and delete the data, see what happens. Ghost rectangles, can't delete master pages. Can you upload your Publisher and Excel files and provide answers to the previous set of questions, otherwise we're just going round in circles and getting nowhere... Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 1 hour ago, anto said: When you cancel a process with ALT+F4, the progress bar disappears and the program becomes unmanageable. There is a bug when running a Data Merge if the Spread includes a spine... If you create the four-page spread without a spine the Data Merge will run... Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 1 hour ago, anto said: When you cancel a process with ALT+F4, the progress bar disappears and the program becomes unmanageable. Another bug when inserting pages without a Master... Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 9 minutes ago, anto said: Does not work Data Merge.mp4 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 52 minutes ago, anto said: How to create spread without spine? Four Page Spread No Spine.mp4 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
Hangman Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 47 minutes ago, anto said: Thanks. But Data merge does not work. bug_merge.mp4 Affinity Designer 2.6.3 | Affinity Photo 2.6.3 | Affinity Publisher 2.6.3 MacBook Pro M3 Max, 36 GB Unified Memory, macOS Sonoma 14.6.1, Magic Mouse HP ENVY x360, 8 GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, Windows 10 Home, Logitech Mouse
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