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I find it very strange that objects become invisible when you place them next to the page.

I do this sometimes temporarily. You don't even see the outline which means you can't even see if there is anything at all.

One time I sort of "lost" a picture frame and wondered if it was put there by accident. No way to see.

This way you also can;t use the area as a temporary space to put some objects you're experimenting with and such.

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Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @Tal Wilkins.

From the Menu, View > View Mode and make sure Clip to Canvas is not checked.

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Tal, you have hit on an issue. Even CONTROL +A will not select anything off canvas so there it sits. The only real work around  than might work for you you is to mark an item with the color codes in the layers panel before moving them off the canvas. Then you can select them vai the layers panel and continue

If you really make a mess you can zoom WAY out then dram a big selection with the mouse and it will catch all the off canvas objects

I hope that helps and that I properly understood your isssue 

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Tal, I agree with you. 

The last publishing program I used (Ready,Set,Go by Diwan) had workspace/desktop on top, bottom, left, and right around the page which was extremely useful.  I think that space should be white and usable as a storage area and space to move and work on items.

Could that space be white instead of black so the items placed there would be visible?

As an elementary teacher I used Ready,Set,Go for lesson plans. The printable page stored the plans for one week with links to text boxes for each subject in the "desktop" area surrounding the page. On Friday I deleted items taught in each subject and the next lessons filled right into the text boxes for the next week's plans.

I really do want workable space around the printable page!

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Hello @BugsJane,

and welcome to the forum.

 

59 minutes ago, BugsJane said:

Could that space be white instead of black so the items placed there would be visible?

 

This is possible. Go to 'Edit > Preferences > User Interface'.
First make sure that 'UI Style is set to 'Light'.
Then drag the top most slider 'Background Grey Level' all the way to the right.
This should turn the space around the pages to white.

 

59 minutes ago, BugsJane said:

I really do want workable space around the printable page!

 

This, also, is available.

Make sure that 'View > View Mode > Clip to Canvas' has no check mark. Then you can place any object around the printable pages.

Note: each page or spread has it's own Canvas. There is no shared area for the whole (multi page) document.

You might also look into Assets.

Cheers,
d.

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On 4/7/2019 at 7:20 AM, walt.farrell said:

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @Tal Wilkins.

From the Menu, View > View Mode and make sure Clip to Canvas is not checked.

Walt!

Thank you so much for this tip!
This view mode thing has been driving me crazy up till now.
My design life has just improved significantly. 😁
Thanks a lot.

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