Import Content from other A2 documents

[influxx]

Think it would be a real time saver for reusing common elements by having an Import Content from Document function. The only app I own that does something similar is Cubase. I can import tracks from other projects (Cubase is a DAW).

When calling the function a dialog box should pop up to allow us to select which content to import (pages/artboards makes the most sense I guess).

So you colud choose to import page/artboard 3,6 and 7 from a 10 page/artboard document. With options for font handling, updating links to symbols, placed files etc)

Currently I open a doc, copy each page one at a time, and paste into the new doc. Bit of a slog. Unless I'm missing a way to do this currently I think this would be a great timesaver.

[Oufti]

In Affinity Publisher : menu Document > Add Pages from File…

This seems to be close to what you asked for.

[influxx]

On 4/23/2025 at 10:47 PM, Oufti said:

In Affinity Publisher : menu Document > Add Pages from File…

This seems to be close to what you asked for.

Thats cool. So a precedent exists in Affinity.

Sadly I use Publisher the least. I would love for a similar feature to exist in Designer at least.

 

[Oufti]

5 minutes ago, influxx said:

Sadly I use Publisher the least. I would love for a similar feature to exist in Designer at least.

I'd love to have symbols in Publisher… 

But note that if you work in Designer, you can store Symbols and other content as Assets and then have them available in every document. 

https://affinity.help/designer2/English.lproj/pages/SymbolsAssets/assets.html

[influxx]

16 minutes ago, Oufti said:

I'd love to have symbols in Publisher…

Heck yes!

I use symbols and assets all the time. Such a time saver and quite elegantly developed. Took a minute to figure out how they differ from AI but I love how they work. Why not have that functionality in Publisher too. Again, a precedent has been set so a code base exists. It should not be that hard to shoe-horn the feature into each app (he says not knowing how to program a huge app).

[walt.farrell]

11 hours ago, influxx said:

Why not have that functionality in Publisher too. Again, a precedent has been set so a code base exists. It should not be that hard to shoe-horn the feature into each app (he says not knowing how to program a huge app).

Publisher uses aspects of the Symbol functionality to implement Master Pages, and having Master Pages and Symbols together proved challenging for the Developers, I think. So they removed Symbols from the Publisher Persona. But they're still available in the Designer Persona for users who have both applications, which makes them usable in Publisher documents.