Ariana M Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 How can I insert pages from one AfPub document into another? I created two separate documents (long story), and now, other than copying and pasting for 50 pages, cannot see how to either merge or insert or even group copy and paste many pages. Am I missing something obvious? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruus Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I have done this by opening both documents. Go to the pages You want to copy. Mark and copy. Go to the document You want to place the pages. Go to pages tab and click paste. I did not tested this with large documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariana M Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Hi! When you say "mark", do you mean right-click-copy? Or select all-copy? <-- i've tried both but i am able to do a simple copy of text boxes / shapes from one page to another. Note: on the pages in question, I have a master applied and then multiple text boxes. I can copy/paste from one page to another page. I then have to recreate the master pages in the new document, but I guess that's okay. (I'd like to be able to export the masters but havent figured that out yet!) Ideally, I'd like to take several pages, copy the page and insert it into another document (so i dont have to create all new pages and then go 1:1 with the copying and pasting.) For now, I am PDF'ing both documents and then using IlovePDF to merge them! Not ideal, but possible... Does this make sense? THANKS for your reply and trying to help me figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wim Daniels Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 As far as I know you need to copy (objects on the) pages spread by spread. You will need to insert blank pages in the target document first. If you use a master page it needs to exist in the target document as well. If you can limit the size of the source documents it is manageable. Ariana M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariana M Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 @Wim Daniels Yes this is what I've been doing, but I (of course) want more... Some ability to move pages, whether through a copy/paste, import or anything really - even if it is just importing masters... I also wanted to be sure that I'm not missing something obvious and making more work for myself!! Thanks for confirming that my workaround is necessary. PS this is an amazing product. I am so grateful for the speed I'm working at right now, compared to what I'd be doing otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Nope, as far as I can see there is currently no option to actually import pages from another document. You can just copy the contents, but not the page itself. I want to create a photobook and I have two different PSD templates I want to merge together: the cover and normal sites. Both documents have different sizes and their own guide lines. It's currently just not possible. Is it? Quote Windows 10 Pro x64 (1903). Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB memory, NVidia RTX 2080 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471, Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 54 minutes ago, Steps said: I want to merge together: the cover and normal sites. Both documents have different sizes and their own guide lines. It's currently just not possible. Is it? Not yet, no. Steps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Thanks for clarification. I hope this will be implemented soon. Quote Windows 10 Pro x64 (1903). Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB memory, NVidia RTX 2080 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471, Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dvorah Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Following conversation - I'd like to be able to do this too. I have two files I'd like to merge and copying the pages one at a time would be cumbersome. Thanks, D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Nostrand, PhD Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Merging, inserting, deleting, and moving multiple pages is a key need for me as well. Page by page is extremely painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweekley Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Being able to import one publisher file into another or merge them in some way would be really helpful for my work also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaKiE Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Second that... when we split work between different designers, we need to be able to drag page into a projects, or insert them in the crude way Acrobat used to handle it. Dvorah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 On 7/27/2019 at 7:46 PM, dweekley said: Being able to import one publisher file into another or merge them in some way would be really helpful for my work also. A workaround and compromise instead of copy/paste content page by page: Use File > Place... or the Place Image Tool to import an .afpub into an .afpub and place it as a linked resource. In the context toolbar you can choose what page/spread is shown. On double-click it is editable in a separate document window. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 20 hours ago, thomaso said: Use File > Place... or the Place Image Tool to import an .afpub into an .afpub and place it as a linked resource The major limitation being that this too needs to be repeated for each page. For an occasional merge of a very small document that might be ok... If trying to merge a dozen 50-page documents, this won't be a particularly sensible use of someone's time. I can see why lack of this feature would be a showstopper for some users to start making use of Publisher for some workflows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 @ fde101, I am aware of this; that's why I added "compromise" to "workaround". – Of cause the feature request does make sense. My post was just a little shortcut to stay in one document once you got placed an afpub and to select specific pages from the pull-down menu for copies of the 1 placed object. But even this does not really work, as I just realized: Even with a simple 8 page .afpub with 1 text frame on each page my choice in the pulldown menu seems not to work, or just occasionally only: In this sample I start with page 8 and then I try to choose other spreads of the placed afpub: >>> >>> So, actually this "not actualizing" is a bug – and hopefully makes the need more obvious for a better UI to merge documents. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microjez Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I have just discovered this problem, and it really matters to me. I edit a 48 page magazine that has contributions from various authors of 6 to 8 pages each, that I capture individually so I can send individual proofs to each author, and also decide on the order to assemble them in the final document later. I have been using PagePlus very effectively to do this for a number of years, and use the insert > publication method simply to append one document after another. I am surprised and shocked that Publisher does not do this or something even better. I originally used MS Publisher but ditched that as soon as I could because it could not do anything similar, even with a third party tool. Does Affinity have any plans to include this facility in due course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 14, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2019 @microjez Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums To all readers of this thread, The ability to insert a number of pages of one publisher document into another publisher document is being worked on actively at the moment, and will appear in a beta when it is ready for customer beta appraisal. It requires quite a lot of programming to achieve what would be desired with respect to text styles, master pages, index links, text flow etc, as you have seen from the participants of this and other threads. Fixx, Markio, Steps and 7 others 9 1 Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Great news! Quote Windows 10 Pro x64 (1903). Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB memory, NVidia RTX 2080 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471, Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 8 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: with respect to text styles, master pages, index links, text flow etc, This "etc." sounds exciting, like color swatches being transferred, too. That also, possibly, might mean even a simple copy/paste of an object between documents will transfer its swatch, too. Fixx 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted October 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 15, 2019 That's a little bit like "etc" meaning every other feature ever requested . As I'm not a developer I added "etc" to cover things I wasn't aware of behind the scenes, not to cover all related things. I'm sure once this is in beta that improvements can be requested. Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microjez Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Has any progress been made with this document merge facility since my original post from October? I desperately need the ability to do this (which was possible in PagePlus) to avoid the need to make a load of pdfs of individual articles and join them together in Acrobat (having fudged the page numbering). My own requirement is simply to merge individual Publisher documents all created using the same Master Page and fonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yes it is in the 1.8 beta. But be careful, documents saved in 1.8x cannot be opened in 1.7x. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteX Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It's time to dowload the beta then... I was quite happy with the stable releases lately, but this feature is a necessity. Quote Branding, Identity Design, UI/UX Design. | https://whitex.design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microjez Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 56 minutes ago, WhiteX said: It's time to dowload the beta then... I was quite happy with the stable releases lately, but this feature is a necessity. Yes. I downloaded the beta a while back, and it did exactly what I needed. However, I shall not be taking full advantage of this until the beta has led to a new release - just in case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Bohn Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Version 1.8 has been released today which includes Document Merge. WhiteX and Lora Rivera 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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