Affinity Designer Export as PDF Artboard Order

[createsean]

Hello,

I have a designer file with two artboards named 01 Home, 02 detail and when I export the file as a pdf the artboards are not in the order I expect of 01, 02, but instead 02 is first and 01 is second.

How can I control the order of pdf pages?

[MikeW]

The artboard at the bottom of the layers panel is page one and so on UP the layers panel. Sounds like you may need to drag one artboard below the other.

Mike

[createsean]

1 minute ago, MikeW said:

The artboard at the bottom of the layers panel is page one and so on UP the layers panel. Sounds like you may need to drag one artboard below the other.

Mike

Ah... that makes sense. Thank you.

[MikeW]

1 minute ago, createsean said:

Ah... that makes sense. Thank you.

You're welcome...but I wouldn't say it makes sense, it's just the way it is!

Take care, Mike

[Alfred]

1 minute ago, MikeW said:

I wouldn't say it makes sense, it's just the way it is!

It makes sense in the ... er ... sense(!) that the first artboard you create is usually at the bottom of the stack, with the next one on top of that, etc.

[MikeW]

Just now, αℓƒяє∂ said:

It makes sense in the ... er ... sense(!) that the first artboard you create is usually at the bottom of the stack, with the next one on top of that, etc.

Yes. But I think that like pages are listed top-down, artboards ought to be as well. So if pages are added to AD, how do you think they will be listed?

[Alfred]

34 minutes ago, MikeW said:

Yes. But I think that like pages are listed top-down, artboards ought to be as well. So if pages are added to AD, how do you think they will be listed?

A good point, well made (as usual). It would be more than a little confusing if pages in AD were listed differently than pages in APub.

[MikeW]

Just now, αℓƒяє∂ said:

A good point, well made (as usual). It would be more than a little confusing if pages in AD were listed differently than pages in APub.

And "no one" would like bottom up page representation.

And now with APub and (normal) top-down page representation, there could/would be confusion switching from one to another. At least if orders are different.