Thorsbot77 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hi, I am new to this forum and would like to ask if there is anyone who can help me with my question regarding exporting my Affinity Designer file into a PDF. When I go to "export" and select PDF, Affinity Designer will let me export the file into PDF, no problem there. However, the PDF layout looks different from the layout as I created it in the original Affinity Designer file. The page sequence of the PDF just does not match my original page order. So, for example, what used to be page 15 in my original Affinity Designer file is now page 11 in my PDF version. It's not that all the pages are taken out of their regular sequence, so the first ten pages or so are fine but then there is this page number mix-up towards the end of the PDF. I would very much appreciate if I could get some comments on this topic and hopefully I can find a way to fix it as I created my job application on Affinity Designer but will need to send it via email as PDF today or tomorrow the latest. Thanks for your help!! Regards, Thorsbot77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 29, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 29, 2016 Hello Thorsbot77, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The page order is defined by the order of the Artboard's layers in the Layers panel from the bottom to the top, so the bottom artboard layer corresponds to the first page of the exported PDF and the top artboard layer in the Layer's panel corresponds to the last page of the PDF. Make sure you have all artboard layers ordered correctly in the Layers panel. Thorsbot77 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsbot77 Posted August 29, 2016 Author Share Posted August 29, 2016 Thanks for your quick reply!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessicahopemedlock Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Hello, I'm also a newbie when it comes to affinity... I am trying to move my layers so my pdf exports correctly, however when I move a layer up or down, whatever is on that page disappears... can you help?? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Charlez Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 8/29/2016 at 11:38 AM, MEB said: Hello Thorsbot77, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) The page order is defined by the order of the Artboard's layers in the Layers panel from the bottom to the top, so the bottom artboard layer corresponds to the first page of the exported PDF and the top artboard layer in the Layer's panel corresponds to the last page of the PDF. Make sure you have all artboard layers ordered correctly in the Layers panel. I understand the nature of the issue. Will it solve the issue if i, instead of moving layers, create a new file and copy and paste elements to a page. Then create the next page and do same. Until I have done it for all pages in the document. Will that process arrange the layers in the correct sequence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Charlez Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Apologies. It is actually easier to move the layers. Because it's segmented on a per artboard basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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