Hillyard Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I find the fields feature to be very useful, but it would also be useful to be able to be able to define your own custom fields. LCamachoDesign, brunoperdigao, jhafel and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 This has come up a few times, and yes, I agree that it would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCamachoDesign Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Came here to post this. Custom fields, also known as text variables on other softwares, would be a massive help in template documents. Currently I have a template (actually just a regular document I copy elsewhere whenever needed since Affinity Publisher does not have a true template function) for my design proposals, and I have to Find & Replace things like client name or project name so it changes across the whole document. If I could define, insert and later edit a field such as client name, I wouldn't have to Find & Replace all the time. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 +1 I'd most likely use custom fields for running headers and footers (e.g. last occurence of "header_1" text style, chapter name) and for custom text variables (e.g. issue number in a magazine) ffca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbwell Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 We would love it if Publisher could import data from a file and load it into fields throughout a template document. I know Photo does fields, and Publisher appears to do some pre-defined fields. If we could define custom fields and then populate them with data imported from a file … tab-delimited, csv, json, xml, whatever … that would clear our way to migrating to Publisher completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 19 hours ago, jmbwell said: We would love it if Publisher could import data from a file and load it into fields throughout a template document. I know Photo does fields, and Publisher appears to do some pre-defined fields. If we could define custom fields and then populate them with data imported from a file … tab-delimited, csv, json, xml, whatever … that would clear our way to migrating to Publisher completely. This is a different feature request, and there are already a number of threads in which it is being discussed; in particular this one, which is pinned to the top of the forum containing this thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffca Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I came to make a request for this. It's absolutely needed and extremely useful!! I have several documents that grow over time as new information gets added. For example one is a list of Wine Awards—when a new award comes in, I make a new page in the appropriate section and let the following pages shuffle down. Having the ability to define Custom Fields would allow me to set up inputs for repeating subheads (for a subgroup of awards all coming from the same competition for example). Hoping this makes it into APub 1.8 fde101 and Helmar 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serif Since v1 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 It's not ideal, but you can use the Fields/Document Information panel as customised field variables. ugrandolini 1 Quote Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 3 hours ago, MickRose said: you can use the Fields/Document Information panel as customised field variables The catch is that then you wind up exporting a PDF which claims its author is "Item 1"... sfriedberg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhafel Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Im going to +1 this! This is a must have for me, Text variables was probably one of my favorite tools in InDesign for integrating timestamps into a graphic on a template, but if I cant change the formatting of the time, date, paths, names, etc in order to fite the overall design of the spread, it kind of makes the Fields panel useless to me. Im not going to use it if I cant control how it looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugrandolini Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) On 2/27/2020 at 2:10 PM, MickRose said: It's not ideal, but you can use the Fields/Document Information panel as customised field variables. I would love to but what variable should I enter in the master page to use the Subject? I tried: <Subject> <Item 4> <4> But it does not get changed Thank you! P.S. just found out; you need do double click on the field label (Subject in my case) and the content will appear where the cursor is on your page: great! Edited January 15, 2021 by ugrandolini found the solution to my own question Quote Ugo MacMini with M1 chip, macOS BigSur (latest version), Affinity Publisher (latest version) Using Affinity Publisher to create photography books – or better "zines" – that I offer on Amazon, check my collection at:https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B097YBY6MW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugrandolini Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 On 2/27/2020 at 5:15 PM, fde101 said: The catch is that then you wind up exporting a PDF which claims its author is "Item 1"... I can confirm that in 1.8.6 this is fixed and the PDF shows the field content. Thank you Affinity! Quote Ugo MacMini with M1 chip, macOS BigSur (latest version), Affinity Publisher (latest version) Using Affinity Publisher to create photography books – or better "zines" – that I offer on Amazon, check my collection at:https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B097YBY6MW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexPopov Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 +1. A must have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ing Sasi Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 +1 Today I found out that I cannot use the field to add spread number, only page number. Custom fields that work with equation would be really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filip89 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 +1 Quote Core i5 3570 @ 3.4GHz | 8GB Hyperx Memory | Radeon R9 270X | Samsung 120 SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltech Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 +1 On 8/21/2021 at 9:44 AM, Ing Sasi said: +1 Today I found out that I cannot use the field to add spread number, only page number. Custom fields that work with equation would be really great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maze Studio Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 +1. It would be so benefitial to have custom Fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Muszynski Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 100%, this is a necessary feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serif Since v1 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 PLEASE make sure this is included in Publisher 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serif Since v1 Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Still hoping that has worked its way up the priority list! is it coming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Serif Since v1 said: is it coming? Only Serif would know, and they usually do not answer questions like that. 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...
Serif Since v1 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Feature finally added in Publisher v2.2! THANK YOU SERIF!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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