Mr. K Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 I'm giving the trial version a test run. Is there a way to find and replace text? Quote
Staff MEB Posted November 24, 2014 Staff Posted November 24, 2014 Hello Mr. K, Welcome to Affinity Forums. No, currently there isn't a find/replace text functionality in Affinity Designer. This is mainly a vector/raster hybrid app so it may take a while to include such functionality. Affinity Publisher, our desktop publishing solution (available as beta in 2016) is more suited to deal with large quantities of text and more likely to offer search/replace functions. David 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Mr. K Posted November 24, 2014 Author Posted November 24, 2014 Understood. I look forward to that ability in the future. Thanks. Looks like a you have a nice program. Quote
deeds Posted September 23, 2015 Posted September 23, 2015 Ping this back up. It's not only large swatches of text that need "Find & Replace". Making buttons, and any small text entities that need lots of different versions with different words can benefit from using Find & Replace, too. Please do it! max tsukino and Evan D 2 Quote
scottstpierre Posted February 15, 2016 Posted February 15, 2016 I just installed and started up Designer for the first time and opened an illustrator created document. and Find and replace was literally the first thing I looked for when I opened this illustrator document for my work. I had design some package labels for a series of Automotive fuses and they print them out 16 on a sheet of Avery Labels, so my document has 16 of the same stickers. Product A is different from Product B, so using two different sheets for those requires 54 different text changes. 3 per sticker. Using designer for this wold turn my 5 second task into, possibly 2 hours, because I'd do a little. Get up, walk around. Do a little, complain, check the fridge for food, do a little...you get the idea. PLEASE add a find and replace text feature. $50 a month to Adobe is killing my soul. Evan D 1 Quote
Slayman Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 Yeah this needs to be bumped up. i just drew about 60 floorplans for a home builder and they decided they wanted to change the phrase "Unfinished room" to "Optional Room". I now have to manually change each one. max tsukino 1 Quote
Signguy Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 Why don't you create words that get duplicated into symbols. Change them once and your done. I can see this working exceptionally well for your floorpans and also for the avery labels. Slayman 1 Quote
Slayman Posted October 5, 2016 Posted October 5, 2016 Not running beta software yet. Also, sounds like a good plan. Once 1.5 comes out, I need to keep that workflow in mind. But still find/replace would be nice to have in Designer. I'm dying to use Publisher when it comes out but it would slow things down for me if I have to switch just to do find/replace. Quote
petriknz Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 I'm shocked at the basic features missing from Affinity software, this is a classic example. First mentioned 2014, now it's 2018 and still not added nor is there any sign of Publisher, Beta or otherwise. Also simple bullets and numbered lists isn't available. Hopefully I don't find too many more basic functions missing as I am really starting to regret my decision to swap from Adobe to Affinity at this point in time. To top of the misery I need to purchase everything twice to cover myself both on Windows and Mac. It's been a real disappointment so far. Husbandman 1 Quote
v_kyr Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 There is a short preview video here in the forum (several times referenced if you do a search) which shows at least that they are still working on a Publisher version. Related to text find/replace, bullets and numbered lists, this has to be done all in the actual state of the software (AD/AP) manually. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2
Alfred Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 1 hour ago, petriknz said: Also simple bullets and numbered lists isn't available. Hopefully I don't find too many more basic functions missing as I am really starting to regret my decision to swap from Adobe to Affinity at this point in time. Bullets and numbering is due to make its first appearance in Affinity Publisher. Unlike some other features which will be introduced in APub, we’ve been told that it will subsequently be added to the other apps in the suite. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Husbandman Posted January 12, 2018 Posted January 12, 2018 Find and Replace text is found in every piece of software I have ever used. This is like forgetting to include undo. You should be embarrassed to not have added this by now. Put Publisher on hold and fix what you are selling. maskwrestler 1 Quote Macbook Pro 13 (Mid 2010) - Web Designer
Śtefan Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 So there is nothing like search text in Affinity Designer or Photo???? Quote
MikeW Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Śtefan said: So there is nothing like search text in Affinity Designer or Photo???? No. Quote
maskwrestler Posted April 26, 2018 Posted April 26, 2018 If an app offers text, there should be a find and replace text option. If you haven't notice; it's the year of 2018. Husbandman 1 Quote
Ron Hipschman Posted July 3, 2018 Posted July 3, 2018 I'd like to add my voice to the growing chorus requesting text 'find & replace'. I'm having similar issues with a diagram of 64 buttons that I'd like to change text inside. Very laborious. Thanks for your consideration, Ron Quote
Turkawa Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Bumping this!! I have never ever saw or used a design app that dont have any "find and replace" function.. Even simple Notepad have it... I dont know which "director" decided "find and replace" is not needed in a design application, but he should be fired for lack of vision and the function should be added ass soon as possible.. This stupid lack of a basic function is the only thing keeping our design firm to switch to affinity from Illustrator.. For the love of God!.. fix this!! maskwrestler 1 Quote
leethomas Posted September 19, 2018 Posted September 19, 2018 I'm adding my voice to this - As I have 180 different button text to update on 1 document - this is going to be a LONG process - with "Find and Replace" this would be done really quickly. Please sort this in AD! Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! **********************************************************************************
Bullseye Posted September 20, 2018 Posted September 20, 2018 Please add the 'find and replace' feature. It can save a lot of people a lot of frustration. maskwrestler and leethomas 2 Quote
putude Posted December 6, 2018 Posted December 6, 2018 I copy and paste a lot of text into my flyer design. I need to replace some text, but surprisingly there is no find and replace text tool. Hopefully available on the next version. The Alien 1 Quote
The Alien Posted December 31, 2018 Posted December 31, 2018 I am really surprised that this feature is not available. Affinty Designer, to my surprise, opens my CS3 and CC files without any problems. But yet, Find and Replace is missing? I print labels that need a batch number changed every time I print. Like others, I find making manual changes to be very time consuming and unnecessary. Please add this feature soon. leethomas 1 Quote
leethomas Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 C'mon Affinity - Why hasn't this been implemented yet? This original post was back in 2014!! Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! **********************************************************************************
R C-R Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 51 minutes ago, leethomas said: C'mon Affinity - Why hasn't this been implemented yet? This original post was back in 2014!! FWIW, there is a Find and Replace Studio panel in the Affinity Publisher public beta, so it is likely that feature will be added to the other Affinity apps in the not too distant future. leethomas 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.6 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 All 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7
leethomas Posted January 2, 2019 Posted January 2, 2019 Just now, R C-R said: FWIW, there is a Find and Replace Studio panel in the Affinity Publisher public beta, so it is likely that feature will be added to the other Affinity apps in the not too distant future. Let's hope so!! hujikoda 1 Quote **********************************************************************************Partner at www.printfx.co.uk - Low cost printing at great prices! **********************************************************************************
hujikoda Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 As everybody, facing the same trouble, for some reason all my apostrophes are single quote. Got to replace them all manually. Cool to know that it's coming up, but any idea when? Quote
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