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Stout Stoat Press's avatar

Gutters are no joke! They only get stronger the bigger your book is :>

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watt's avatar

Learned a few new things! My Affinity Publisher tip would be switching back and forth between the layout and preview mode using CTRL+SHIFT+W. This helps me judge spacing at a macro level more easily.

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Exeunt Press's avatar

Ctrl+Shift+W is life. I obsessively click the guides vs. preview on and off while working!

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Justin Vandermeer's avatar

Excellent article as always, but a note to anyone confused as to why they can't find fields.

I found I was unable to access them through VIEW > STUDIO.

For whatever reason, on my version of Affinity I was able to find them via the path WINDOW > REFERENCES > FIELDS

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Exeunt Press's avatar

V1 user, guilty as charged.

Thanks for the catch! I've updated the post to include instructions for V2 as well!

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Dee Doo Games's avatar

I've been very impressed with Affinity since making the jump a few years ago from Adobe, enjoyed this run down of key elements through an affinity lens!

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Exeunt Press's avatar

Thanks! I've really grown to enjoy using the Affinity Suite. Works well for my needs!

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Cookie's avatar

Great tips and yes theres so much more to keep learning.

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Allen Hall's avatar

I think I’ve made every one of these mistakes in the 2 weeks since I bought Affinity, and you’ve pointed every one of them out when I’ve shown you my work 😂. I had not run up against the blend modes yet. Thanks for the warning!

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Exeunt Press's avatar

Guess I should have written this post two weeks ago! :)

Glad you found it to be helpful!

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Iko's avatar

Wow, great tips, thank you!

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Exeunt Press's avatar

Glad you liked it! I hope it helps people who are new to all of this!

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Exeunt Press's avatar

Thank you for the kind words, and additional tips! Those are good to know!

I also just checked out your puzzle newsletter. Got some cool stuff there!

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