[SOLVED] [AP] How to dynamically and automatically update things in Photo like one can do with the Symbols panel in Designer?

[Anonymous Puddle]

Title says it all. How can I achieve what I can do in Designer using the symbols panel? With the symbols panel, I can create a symbol, which I can paste elsewhere and all other instances of that symbol will be updated as the original symbol is updated. For my purposes, I have an 8.5x11" document in Photo, and my design only takes up half of the document so that I can have a copy (one on top, one on bottom) and then cut it into two flyers when I print it. But how can I achieve automatic and dynamic updates like I can do in Designer with the Symbols panel, instead of having to manually copy, paste, and move the design to the other slot each time I make an edit?

[Oufti]

1 hour ago, Anonymous Puddle said:

I have an 8.5x11" document in Photo, and my design only takes up half of the document so that I can have a copy (one on top, one on bottom) and then cut it into two flyers when I print it. But how can I achieve automatic and dynamic updates […] ?

You could create two files: one with your design that you edit when needed, and another for printing (8.5x11") where you place twice your 1st file, placed as linked file (menu Window > Resource Manager). 

Check also that your settings are like that, so it will update itself:

[thomaso]

6 hours ago, Anonymous Puddle said:

my design only takes up half of the document so that I can have a copy (one on top, one on bottom) and then cut it into two flyers when I print it. But how can I achieve automatic and dynamic updates like I can do in Designer with the Symbols

If you want to see a copy of your layout next to your layout and get that copy updated with changes done to the layout, you can try this workaround:

Place this Affinity document as a linked resource in the free half of your layout. Activate the auto-update option marked by @Oufti. Then, when you save the document, unsaved changes will be updated in the placed copy and a pop-up message will inform you about the update. Means, you need to trigger the update by a 'Save' action (but you will save anyway, right?)

However, if your goal is just to print a layout twice on a sheet you don't need to create a page with 2 instances of your layout but can use the N-Up print option in the Print dialog window. For instance: