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PDFs are generated pretty much the same way as in InDesign, with professional results, as far as I can tell. First watch the tutorial, and then it works like a charm. You can find, add, or delete entries right inside the panel either before or after you’ve added the index on the page. This feature works very well and includes a handy panel on the left that shows all your entries. This is equivalent to InDesign’s Book feature and purports to work more or less the same way. This is where you add changing running heads (text variables) and is very clever indeed. It is well worth your while to learn to use the Section Manager. The procedure requires a little extra clicking around, but there’s a tutorial for that. These work almost the same as in InDesign and are very easy to figure out. When you highlight some copy and you want to change the typeface, move your mouse up and down your list of fonts and the highlighted copy changes to each one you roll over. You’ll need to purchase your own fonts no more leasing from Adobe. Yes, they’re included and work as you’d expect. Use Affinity Publisher Help if you get confused.

You’ll find lots of styles already listed and defined for you, but you can change them in every way and add your own. There are character, paragraph, and object styles (see right) with all the familiar attributes. The Object Styles panel in Publisher looks nothing like the one in InDesign. Does this look like something you’ve seen before? If you have any experience with InDesign, you’ll notice right away the Context tool bar (Control panel) at the top and flyout panels on the right, a Pages panel on the left, and several other familiar-looking features. (However, if the fonts had been leased from Adobe, they would probably not have imported.) idml file in Publisher, it appeared so beautifully and so close to perfectly that I actually jumped out of my seat and started dancing around. Okay, call me crazy, but when I opened an InDesign. Here’s a list of some of the more important features and actions that you’ll encounter:

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I’d very much like to get my hands on a printed manual for Publisher, but it’s not available yet.Īlso-and this is very important-if you install all three applications, you’ll be able to work on your photos and illustrations without switching out to the other programs, as they are all so fully integrated that they are simply called “personas.”

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Hidden characters are easily accessible but are called Special Characters.īe aware that there are dozens of helpful tutorial videos for Publisher (more are being added), plus many others for Photo and Designer. If you use a Library in InDesign, instead you’ll find a very convenient Assets panel. For instance, the Control panel is called the Context tool bar. But you’ll have to search a bit on the screen at first, and learn a few new terms. The best thing about Publisher is that you’ll be able to accomplish almost anything you’re used to doing in InDesign. Affinity Photo is the equivalent of Adobe Photoshop, and you can open and edit. Affinity Designer is the equivalent of Adobe Illustrator, and you can open and edit. Just so we’re clear what we’re talking about here: Affinity Publisher is the equivalent of Adobe InDesign, and you can open and edit. I purposely have not read any other reviews of Publisher these observations are my own. So here you’ll get the straight scoop on what’s good, what’s not so good, and what’s absolutely terrific about Affinity Publisher-from the point of view of a book designer and as it relates to Book Design Made Simple.

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Are you considering trying the new #bookdesign software called Affinity Publisher? We've reviewed it for you and offer a few tips to get you started quickly. My method in trying out Affinity Publisher was to go through Book Design Made Simple and see whether I could accomplish all the book design and typesetting tasks we give you in the book.Īnd does Publisher have any extra features that might be useful to a book designer? Yes, definitely. Photo and Designer can also now be used on iPads, so check back on Publisher to see when the iPad version becomes available. The Affinity Publisher app is for desktop use on PCs and Macs. We both bought the Affinity software for desktop, and I must say that for the most part, we love it.

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a one-time total of $150 for the full line of Serif’s products: Publisher, Photo, and Designer (all at half price until May 20). Why, you might ask, is the coauthor of a book about InDesign reviewing a direct competitor, Affinity Publisher?īecause it’s new and I wanted to check it out.Īnd because it’s so much more affordable than Adobe’s Creative Cloud: $600 a year for the Adobe suite vs.

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