Tom Schülke Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Hi everyone.. I just try to reproduce a longer Broschuere for my Architectural Company , to see how well Publisher fits ! So i tried to organise my images on the page, and i think it s not yet very intuitive.. for example i want to distribute 3 images horizontaly with a specific gap between. i tried for this to use a Table and than to snap my guides to it... which doesnt work.. I tried for horizontal distribution a Textframe with 3 Colums because here i can decide how big the gap between the colums is, but also here when i create Guides, i cant snap them to my Textcolums.. So maybe i miss something. But the feeling is , we need optical alignmenthelpers that is much easier than the existing Guides.. something like a Grid where i can snap to, but organise it as a moving object, where i can tell.. split this thing to 3 parts and make following gap s.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Do you want to specify the size of the gaps, or do you just need them to be equal? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somnolentsurfer Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I would use the baseline grid for vertical distribution, and column guides for horizontal. Sadly, Affinity Publisher has the first but not the second. And I've not seen any word on whether they're planned so far, despite quite a lot of threads asking for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchshader Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 maybe the distribute options? Quote intel core i5, 16GB 128Gb ssd win10 Pro Huion new 1060plus. philips 272p 2560x1440px on intel HD2500 onboard graphics Razer Tartarus Chroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 we need something flexible.. I wished it could be something like a "Gridobject" that you can position and ask for 2 to x collums, and define the gaps as wished.. but also maybe more flexible.. so for example , you could neat one of those objects inside the other and also move colums by hand if wanted... hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 dutchshader... i see.. maybe thats what i needed to snap my guides to what i need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
affinityashh Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 You do know that you shouldn't be using beta software for any official/serious/commercial/important work, don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 absolutely asantos... Thats exyctly why i am here to look for my company in all details of this software, befor we even think of distributing it.. Forcing 500 Architects to work on a beta wouldnt be the best idea.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Tom Schülke said: i cant snap them to my Textcolums.. This feature was added in beta 133,so you should be able to use this method. Check that snapping has the correct options turned on. I think it requires snap to object geometry. Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Tom Schülke said: Forcing 500 Architects to work on a beta wouldnt be the best idea.... True I'll wager that that is a firing offence. Also I am sure there must be worse ideas but nothing comes readily to mind. We shouldn't waste time thinking about one either. ... I'm thinking about it. ... Still thinking about it. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 17 hours ago, Aammppaa said: This feature was added in beta 133,so you should be able to use this method. Check that snapping has the correct options turned on. I think it requires snap to object geometry. Sorry, i dont find it.. i use the 133, but when i make a new guide, it just doesnt snap to my colums.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aammppaa Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 You are right, there is an issue here… Text frames, shapes, images etc do snap to column boundaries. Guides do not snap to column boundaries. This seems like an oversight. Hopefully it can be easily enabled for the next update? @Dave Harris Quote Win10 Home x64 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X @ 3.7GHz | 48 GB RAM | 1TB SSD | nVidia GTX 1660 | Wacom Intuos Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Schülke Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 allright, so this was not me alone.. thanks aammppa Aammppaa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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