Distill7 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 First I want to congratulate everyone in Serif for creating this awesome software and trio. After being a user of the Publisher Beta and being active in this forum, I have collected a list of features that I need for my work (mostly book interior design) and some that others requested. I'm not saying that Serif should provide them in the near future, but I hope it helps them see what's needed and give an outline for other members of the community. And I hope affinity will release an official roadmap for Publisher soon. Languages: Support for CTL: Complex Text Layout, Indic and RTL languages like Arabic and Hebrew CJK: Vertical text and proper punctuation Text: Footnotes/Endnotes Insert variables based on paragraph/Character styles/Index entries... Paragraph styles spanning through columns Compatibility: Open IDML files Scripting Tables: Tables Spanning through pages Repeat header when a table span to another page Calculations inside tables RegX: Save RegX Find/Replace Execute Saved RegX Find/Replace from inside paragraph styles eBooks: Export to ePub Option to set HTML tag +/- class for each paragraph style. Export to pure HTML file — I wanna know your idea about implementing HarfBuzz for Complex Text Layout — pruus, Glicky, Joanna Whitmire and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmuth Pandora Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 would be nice to have those features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glicky Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1+ for all of them. especially: 58 minutes ago, toutou123 said: Support for CTL: Complex Text Layout, Indic and RTL languages like Arabic and Hebrew 58 minutes ago, toutou123 said: Footnotes/Endnotes 58 minutes ago, toutou123 said: Scripting 58 minutes ago, toutou123 said: Tables Spanning through pages GREAT JOB Affinity... the new Publisher app is AMAZING! pointery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChurchOrganist Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 As a long-standing Serif customer ( I think I started with PagePlus 2 or 3 after getting a trial version with PCPro magazine) I've been following the progress of the new Affinity Suite with great interest, using Designer and Photo from shortly after their launch. I've been trialling the Publisher beta during the last couple of days and am really impressed - can't wait to try the first release version tomorrow. May I add a request for .ODT import for Publisher? Like many others since Microsoft Office went to a subscription pattern I have moved over to LibreOffice, and, although it will export into .DOCX format that nerfs any double column text frames I may have added to the document, and using a PDF import strips text flow and styles from the document. Please, please keep up the fantastic work you've been doing :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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