footosman Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Simple step and repeat via a dialogue box would be so appreciated. Such a simple but essential tool that frankly i'm amazed it was not an early feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 +1 You are right. Totally missing this. Of course there are ways of doing repeated duplications, but would prefer an easier way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 As you're both relatively new, I thought I'd check to make sure you're aware of the feature called Power Duplicate. With that, you make a copy of an object (Cmd+J or Ctrl+J depending on Mac or Windows), then transform the copy by moving or scaling or rotating it (optionally using the Transform panel), then simply create another copy (Cmd+J or Ctrl+J) again, and your new copy is transformed identically to the first one. Repeated uses of Cmd/Ctrl+J give you additional transformed copies. Tutorial: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/tutorials/designer/desktop/video/301626751 pixeldroid 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thadeusz Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Yes, I know. Thanks to point this out. And of course you can use the transform parameters for having a precise duplication, which makes it usable. But still, looking back at a dedicated panel (like in Indesign), with a preview of duplicated elements, that's much better. But yes, maybe not the most urgent thing to be developed in Publisher... walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F+C Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 (Copied from an older post) A huge part is that for pre-press / manufacturing things need to be exact, so not doing things by eye. We often need to step and repeat object = 3.5"x2" Repeat horizontally: 20 x @ 3.5" Repeat Vertically: 20 x @ 2" An even small discrepancy can be quite off at the end causing the need for a reprint and lots of lost money. It would be great (and much MUCH faster) if you could just select "Step and repeat", plug in the numbers and go. Doing that 20 times a day, small efficiencies can add up. Especially as computers are so much better at that type of thing as humans and we didn't loose a war so computers should do the stuff they are good at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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