Scott McConnell Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 +1 on hyperlink generation: link (set an URL) on artistic text (or an image) and then export the document as PDF (making the text/image clickable). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC787 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Add me to the list of folks who would like to have a hyperlink for a company logo. Lance617 and Rich313 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barningendorf Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Hi dear Affinity Team, you`ve made a very clever job with publisher and i adore the way you make things simple. But at least i must suggest to make Hyperlinks a skill for the first release, it's absolutely essential for modern online publshing. Thanks a lot Olaf/Germany velarde, Lance617 and Rich313 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlHman Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Absolutely a desirable feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Very important feature, yes, but if it squeaks into 1.8 in order to allow for more thorough debugging and hardening of 1.7 I think at least some of us could live with that... The reality of the way this is being developed is that what some people will consider "1.0" will be different from what others will. The release version of 1.7 will be the first "real" version for a few, 1.8 will for others, etc. Lance617 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Faruk Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Desperately needed, Thanks Lance617 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondball Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 +1 I produce several Photography Club newsletters and have been very pleased to far with how smooth Publisher has been so far. A few minutes ago I started to work on some pages that normally have hyperlinks and thought... oh, oh, I don't see any tools to make this happen. So off to this forum we went... only to find that it may not be a feature yet? Having Hyperlinking is essential both for our own business and for any documents, flyers, interactive brochures, and yes... newsletters. Fingers are crossed that this feature will be added soon! Great work, btw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thonex Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Yeah... this is pretty much a "must have" for me since I would use AP for all our manuals... which also link to Video tutorials. Mr. K 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afroniquely Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Adding my +2000 votes for this. This is a MUST HAVE feature. This would be such a time suck to still create books/pdfs in Affinity Publisher and still end up having to use an external tool to link urls in text (whether explicit links or ones hidden behind custom text). Please certainly consider adding this to the immediate release, and I truly believe this feature alone would be a winner for many. Lance617, Mr. K, Clara Montseny and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Absolute deal breaker without hyperlinks. I'm making plans to distribute as PDFs with links to online sources. Publisher is useless to me without hyperlinks. Lance617 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martigny Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Count me in for the hyperlink request - it's essential. Lance617 1 Quote iMac: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) - 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 - 8 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 - Radeon Pro 560 4096 MB Windows: Nvidia GTX 960m 4k UHD 2gb ram video (Windows 10 Pro) - Laptop screen (resolution 3840x2160 magnified 300%) 2nd Monitor: Phillips 226E9Q HD 1920 x 1080 (125%) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallow Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 +1 on hyperlinks. Most of my work is for the web. Without hyperlinks it is not possible for me to work with Affinity Publisher. Adding links after export is not an option. Simply too much time wasted if you have a document with few links and will have few iterations of it. I use Designer and Photo on both Mac and iPad. I will be happy to buy Publisher too, but it must have hyperlinks. No other feature I miss more right now in Publisher. Quote NEXT PLANET / Design Studio / UX / GRAPHICS / ANIMATION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I've been researching ways to add hyperlinks post production, and sadly there are no good ones. There are a few apps that can do this, but it appears they cost more than Publisher will (I assume). Even if possible, adding hyperlinks post Publisher is not acceptable since it will add more time to the workflow, and be a problem later if revisions need to be made. The lack of adding hyperlinks in Publisher has me concerned. I think we all realize that the print-on-paper industry is in decline and in the near future I believe it will not exist anymore. I'm already there; I receive no paper invoices or bills, I don't send letters or invoices in the mail, I haven't written a check in years, I haven't printed a photograph in years, I have a printer on my desk, but I print less than 100 pages a year. My Thrifty Cabinets woodworking plans I'm producing are for digital distribution only. To not include a hyperlink tool in the initial release of Publisher is going to cripple it greatly in my mind. I hate to bring this up, but being told it is something that will be included in the future is not acceptable. That's what we've been told about arrowheads on the ends of paths in AF Designer. It's been three years (I believe), and that basic functionality (my opinion) is still not included. I moved on and I produce my technical illustrations in another app now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dominik Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Mr. K said: I think we all realize that the print-on-paper industry is in decline and in the near future I believe it will not exist anymore Hi @Mr. K, just to add a different perspective to what you are saying. Please think of the entire packaging industry. I can hardly believe that printed packages will be replaced with digital display boxes in the near future. Of course digital publishing is becoming more important (see also TonyB's reply in the post above). But from what I observe APub's first release will be targeted at print publishing as a starting point. Also see this post by Dave Harris: Cheers, d. Edited November 6, 2018 by dominik Adding links to related posts Quote Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. K Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 5 hours ago, dominik said: just to add a different perspective to what you are saying. Please think of the entire packaging industry. I can hardly believe that printed packages will be replaced with digital display boxes in the near future. I doubt Affinity is targeting this market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Mr. K said: I doubt Affinity is targeting this market. I was referring to your statement that the print on paper industry is going to vanish. I doubt that this is going to happen. But this is really just a minor point to discuss in this context. So let's move on. Cheers, d. Quote Affinity Suite on Windows (V2) and iPad (V2). Beta testing when available. Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance617 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 It appears that the only way to mark up hyperlinks is to publish the document as a PDF or to some other word processor or document processor and add hyperlinks there. Otherwise, it would be better to maintain Page Plus X9 and use it to create documents that require hyperlinks to URL or another publication. Hyperlink from a page to offsite video and .html is a must have for both page processors and PDF Editors in the modern world. Having to add hyperlinks after-the-fact is a bad idea. The world is headed to online publishing and being able to reference online material is a must. Think as if there were a hundred monks being replaced by the printing press. It is a new world. Why would one go back to chiseling on rocks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clara Montseny Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Is this feature available nowadays? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Clara Montseny said: Is this feature available nowadays? Thanks! In other software, but not in the Affinity programs yet. There have been rumblings in other related threads that it is being actively worked on though so we might see it soon. Clara Montseny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinG Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I will believe it, only when it arrives, gone back to Serif Pageplus X9 for now, Affinity get your act together, hyperlinks are essential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofzell Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) Just updated to AP beta v1.7.0.305 earlier today and privately did a little "happy dance" at my desk... Text hyperlinks have arrived - time to rejoice! I've had limited time to play with the feature, but if you're like me and eager to check it out, grab the latest beta and test drive the "Text > Interactive" menu option. Anchors can be added to text within any layer, which can then be used as targets for hyperlinks. The complete offering of URL targets (at least on my Mac version) includes: Page Anchor URL File Email With the exception of "File", all of the above worked flawlessly in a PDF export. I'm not 100% clear on the intent of the "File" link, since logic dictates it would need to reference a specific directory structure that likely wouldn't be known at the time of publishing... the only application I can foresee at the moment would be if one were to somehow publish a "package" of sorts, containing multiple docs with links between them(?). Otherwise, I could only see the "file" target being an online doc (which shouldn't differ from the "URL" option). Either way, I'm excited to poke around and find out! APhyperlinks.pdf Edited May 1, 2019 by sonofzell Added crude demo PDF Patrick Connor and seabreeze 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofzell Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 1 minute ago, sonofzell said: With the exception of "File", all of the above worked flawlessly in a PDF export. I should clarify... I did not intend to imply that "File" links did not work, only that I haven't tested them (yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonio DG Posted June 17, 2019 Author Share Posted June 17, 2019 Perfect ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Tudor Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 So are hyperlinks available in affinity designer? if so could anyone share how to info? many thanks, adrian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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