Anstellos Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Hi I make commercial brochures. Its very usual to have different versions of the same brochures. All the informations stay the same and only a few things change : languages, pricesIndesign process : -I make my pages using a Layer 0 with things that are displayed on every versions of my document. -I add language 1 on a layer 1, language 2 on layer 2 ect.... and If course I can mix tings : like 3 different languages, 3 different prices and, 2 collections of photos. So if I need a specific version of my document, I check layer 0 and layer 1 = get version 1 I check layer 0 and layer 2 = get version 2 ---- The way layers work in publisher is like photo or designer. It works BUT if I want to "activate" a version I have to turn ON or OFF layers on EVERY pages.... thats a lot of work plus its prone to errors (I may miss something). I understand that layers in publisher and in indesign are not the same thing at all. indesign is global and publisher much more like a affinity photo layer on a page basis. --- So I would like to request a "global" layer (or what ever way to do it) that can affect every pages of the document. --- Feel free to ask questions if you need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, Anstellos said: Hi I make commercial brochures. Its very usual to have different versions of the same brochures. All the informations stay the same and only a few things change : languages, prices in indesign here is what I do : -I make my pages using a Layer 0 with things that are displayed on every versions of my document. -I add language 1 on a layer 1, language 2 on layer 2 ect.... and If course I can mix tings : like 3 different languages, 3 different prices and, 2 collections of photos. So if I need a specific version of my document, I check layer 0 and layer 1 = get version 1 I check layer 0 and layer 2 = get version 2 ---- The way layers work in publisher is like photo or designer. It works BUT if I want to "activate" a version I have to turn ON or OFF layers on EVERY pages.... thats a lot of work plus its prone to errors (I may miss something). --- Hello @Anstellos, you are not alone with this request. There are several discussions going on where you might want to join, e.g. this one: There is also a statement by one of the officials from Serif that they are working on this feature: Cheers, d. garrettm30 1 Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anstellos Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Thank you for your answers. As I need this feature for production and "prices" informations are critical I will wait for a proper release. I will follow the thread. At the same time I sent example on affinity facebook page so hopefully they can understand it better. Going to read affinity infos right away ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianni Becattini Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 On 6/26/2019 at 12:58 PM, Lagarto said: This is a admittedly a bit awkward but works reasonably well Sorry but I don't agree. If I have correctly understood, it works only when you have exactly the same text layout on all the pages. Am I wrong? I see also that 1.9 seems not to offer this feature... Quote More than 30 Macs, from 1984 Mac 512K Plus to 2020 iMac 27" i9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gianni Becattini Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Wow, it works! Yes, it makes things a bit more complicated, but I believe that is a small price to pay for independence from Adobe... Thank you very much! Quote More than 30 Macs, from 1984 Mac 512K Plus to 2020 iMac 27" i9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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