How to Use Affinity Publisher to Format for Paperback & Hardcover

[@matoumon]

0:00 Introduction and why use Affinity Publisher 2:22 Microsoft document with text content 3:51 Guide to Publisher interface 6:50 Margins and settings 9:28 Master pages 16:27 Placing content 18:54 Text styles 42:40 Applying text styles 48:16 Applying sections 49:53 Slight adjustments 51:35 Exporting your book 54:30 Rescaling (the best advantage Publisher gives you!) 57:30 Concluding remarks

[@r.l.parker.author]

You are my hero. Sorry, still learning to master this KZbin thing

[@matoumon]

@@r.l.parker.author No problem at all 🩷 I’m planning to come back to your video to follow along! It’s such a good introductory lesson to Publisher.

[@bradleymatthews9685]

16:06 you can select the burger menu in the top right of the text styles menu and select ‘delete all unused styles’ instead of deleting them one by one

[@MorganReece]

Thank you! EXACTLY what I was looking for when I came back to rewatch this!

[@KLYoung]

I've formatted three novels using Publisher now, and I've come back to this tutorial for a layout refresher each time. Thank you so much.

[@andersonnebraska8044]

This is the best video reference I have ever found for using Affinity for book publishing. Great job.

[@kiwikevnz]

I was the same as you RL, paying for lots of apps i didn't use so I bought the Triple Set of Affinity and I have never looked back. Thanks Kiwi

[@LadyYouLia]

Wow, you are absolutely fantastic! Not only are you a brilliant teacher, but you made my day brighter than my computer screen at midnight! After my epic battles with Affiliate Publisher for my book design, I was about to throw in the towel and crawl back to Word - like an ex trying to rekindle an old flame I was desperate to leave behind! Huge kudos for all the design tips and tricks you've shared - from charming fonts to spicing up boring *** layouts and nifty shortcuts. This has already saved me a lot of time. Your tutorial is top notch! By the way, I enjoy your relaxed way of demonstrating things and your dry sense of humor when something doesn't go as planned - you've gained a new fan! Best regards from Germany.

[@Heavenseventeen]

Thank you for this tutorial. I bought the software years ago but was too overwhelmed to use it. Now I can finally put it to good use!

[@ettagraceauthor]

I'm formatting my debut novel and this was such a useful tutorial!! I was so intimidated by Affinity Publisher at first since I've never used it or Indesign but I was recommended the program by my illustrator/art friend and this made it so easy to understand. Thanks so much for sharing this and for such a straightforward explanation. Wishing you all the best of luck in your writing journey! :)

[@alangauld6079]

Great tutorial. I'm just about to start moving an old book from the now obsolete Adobe FrameMaker to Affinity Publisher for a new edition and this was a really useful starting point. My book has a load of illustrations, tables, footnotes and the like so I need a bit more but this will get the basic text done. Many thanks.

[@dave-cripps]

Wow! Thank you for your time in producing this. Very helpful.

[@sphchurch]

One of the most informative videos I have seen on KZbin.

[@G_Hunminjeongeum]

Thank you for making this video. So much helpful.

[@sibbzteunissen3393]

That was a fantastic and comprehensive tutorial, thank you so much 😊

[@fatebyaccident]

Thank you for the tutorial. There's a vacuum in content in how to operate Affinity Publisher. I thought of creating something similar to this.

[@danielalexander_karmacollects]

Appreciate you taking the time in doing this video man. It's really helped me out a lot.

[@IannisMaragakis]

I use Photo and Designer for years, yet this great tutorial, made me realise the Affinity brilliance I was missing. Thank you for sharing.

[@SoftwareManiacLSM]

Nice summary, very real for most of us who layout and write/edit long documents for a living. Also an experienced InDesigner considering switch over.

[@Bernd_aus_Isen]

Thank you, a lot, for this beautiful tutorial. You can explain the topic in a clearly, understandable and helpful way. It's a pleasure to watch this video.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Wow! That was fantastic! Thank you!

[@morelius]

Awesome video. Just what I was looking to learn. Thanks!!

[@jensbomholt4529]

Thank you so much! Exactly what I needed to transform word documents into publishable pdfs, in an efficient and consistent way.

[@DKRivers]

I’ve watched this video probably 10 times, it’s very helpful. Thanks!

[@fontainehouse9144]

I just bought this program, and am so glad I did! Thank you so much for taking the time to make such an easy-to-follow tutorial!🙏

[@theunderstandingstore4821]

This is an excellent tutorial. I learned a lot from it and am very appreciative of your effort in producing it. I just have one question. Did you mistakenly edit out the creating of a Chapter start style? I don't believe I just missed it, but I could not find it. I created one anyway but am not sure if I got it right. Thanks again!

[@roykoxley7512]

At last a good formatting video THANK YOU.

[@thedpshow]

Thanks Rick, I appreciated this video a ton!

[@Ron-z3x]

I'm new to Affinity Publisher and doing it for children's books with picture bleeds. But I found your presentation on novels (usually no pictures) very helpful.

[@cherrybaby4940]

Im also working on childrens books as well as pages with bleed.i'm curious: Is there a video of Publisher showing this that you found or prefer? Or does our friend here have a video for that?thanks

[@TractorCountdown]

Excellent. Very clearly explained, thank you.

[@leightondean6073]

Hi! thanks for making this, I've been sat on the program for months (bought it as a package) and not even looked at using it until today. Awesome video - thought you may want to know there's and option to "detach and delete all styles" under the text styles menu - instead of deleting them one at a time. LD

[@taldozer]

Amazing content! What a time saver! I love Affinity!

[@baburao510]

Hi Parker.. appreciate for posting such long detailed video. Finally I decided to go head and purchase this software after seeing what can be accomplished from this excellent program. I will hop on your contact soon some time. Thanks for generosity and keeping book writing buddies informed.

[@zimbofix11]

Thanks for this tutorial.

[@susangable6735]

Fantastic tutorial! Thank you for this. I really appreciate the styles setting info. A bit of work upfront, then magic! (Much like the actual writing!) I've got a book that needs formatting, so I'm going to use this video as a guide. Again, much appreciated!

[@mariyamnadhrath3075]

That was amazing. Thank you so much.

[@SybilWard]

Mr. Parker! A stellar piece of work, sir. Many have information, but few can convey it in a fashion where it is effective and useful. Thank you so much for sharing what you've learned so well.

[@r.l.parker.author]

It's in my nature to share, and I've got lots of experience teaching IT folk over the decades ;) Thank you, though. It means a lot.

[@davidholt5545]

What a helpful video! Thanks so much.

[@Hectorfuentest]

¡Excelente y super explicativo video! ¡Gracias!

[@vivilee7859]

This video was phenomenal!! Thank you so much! I'm working on creating a deck of Tarot cards and publishing them independently and the guidebook has been giving me so much anxiety. I feel much better equipped to do the work myself now

[@cherrybaby4940]

May I ask what software you are creating your tarot cards and who you are using to print them? Hope its going well for you! Thanks

[@harrietdevine1295]

Thanks so much for this. I found it really helpful. I'm just starting out so going back to basics like this was exactly what I wanted.

[@EquineVetToday]

This was the BEST video on Affinity Publisher (or anything else, for that matter) I've ever watched. I worked on my upcoming textbook all day today, working through it with you. THANK you. I'm also looking for a good vid about the MANY images which are in the Word doc... Can you please recommend?

[@DrLizziT]

and I hope to finish the formatting of Modern Equine Dentistry for Horse owners TODAY! If the book assembly goes together... wish me luck! xxx Thanks so much for your time and help! xxxx

[@woodsiastudio]

wow...brilliant. I hope I can proceed....I wonder how to make a list of chapters....for part of the preface or frontspage?

[@pennyneer9370]

Affinity Revolution has a great video on Table of Contents.

[@AmandaHoughton-Wright]

Great video, thank you

[@PQRModel]

Really good content, well structured, and simply explained - thanks!

[@PQRModel]

Could there be any possibility of adding a hyperlink index to this? I think it would add a lot of value in terms of being able to look up specific items. Thanks!

[@Gopalavijaya]

Thank you very much, sir.

[@gtiborp1950]

Vielen Dank! Thanks a lot! I learned new ways to format my text.

[@mtm7031]

Affinity publisher is awesome

[@alexgryn3940]

Thank you so much!

[@rogsolaris7411]

After years and years of using Adobe - professionally and personally - I boycotted Adobe a few years ago, because of the subscription models. Affinity makes an excellent alternative product suite. So yes, thank you Affinity!

[@mushroom2060]

Ooo this is nicee and very helpful.

[@margaretsherman8787]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

FYI, "opacity" has an a sound like "iPad". Nice video, exactly what I was looking for.

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

And I'm pretty sure "leading" there is pronounced like "ledding" because it has to do with metal blocks of lead used for spacing.

[@sphchurch]

Hey R.L. (gives you an air of distinction) Anyway with this video help I have been able to work styles in Publisher 2. My page size is 4 in by 6 inch. I have flowed in my material. I usually try and create a booklet and self-publish not trying to make millions on amazon or anything like that, Just self print these for local consumption. Anyway when I go to print and create booklet it goes for a scosh and then I get a Print workflow error and stop. Any ideas?

[@vinlandviking]

Outstanding!

[@SaiBabasDevoteeSpeaks]

Thank you :)

[@BeyondtheEcliptic]

This tutorial is just what I needed. Thanks a lot!! Very clear and to the point. More, please! I am editing a really big non fiction book. Learning about sections and shortcuts is a life saver. I would love to know though, if , when I break up my book into sections as you explain somewhere, each of these sections (=files) will maintain their own independet "sections"? Basically I need to have "sections": like "part 1,2,3 "etc. and within each section I need chapters. Is that possible?

[@r.l.parker.author]

Yep. It's just about tackling the formatting in a way that works for you to accomplish it. Not something I've had need to do though, sorry.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

What about baseline grid?

[@ChristopherBriscoe]

The best!

[@r.l.parker.author]

Thank you

[@moewaka1]

Many thanks! I now just need to do it! And explore inserting illustrations - is there another video that you'd recommend for that?

[@cherrybaby4940]

I have the same question. Could you possibly do a video with illustrations like this video????? Please????!!!❤

[@bergier1]

First of all thank you for the time you took to create a great tutorial and share it with us. Now, since version 2 of Affinity Publisher brings the novelty of being able to include footnotes, margin notes and endnotes, I would appreciate it if you could tell me if it is possible to configure their style beforehand on my master page . Better said, just like you configured at the beginning different styles for chapters, titles, subtitles... is it possible to do the same for the notes? Thanks in advance for your reply.

[@ElaineInaHindin]

Thank you for your excellent tutorial. I was floundering with my graphic novel. I hired a Professional to help. It didn't work. I bought Affinity Publisher 2. It took four days watching and reading tutorials. There's not a lot about formatting a graphic n9vel with embedded objects. It appears that it is simpler than working with text and placing images and text wrap arounds. I've watched your tutorial many times Used portions of it to format my graphic novel. I hope I've done this correctly. Am about to find out. PS. I formatted using 5.25x8. I trust this works for images when I convert it to 6 x 9". Elaine

[@ElaineInaHindin]

Thank you. Had to start over using 6 x 9" template with margins. I ran into a problem. I saved the project as an afpub file prior to exporting to PDF. It appeared to be the only way to save to PDF. This morning, my Affinity project disappeared. It's usually very simple to save a project. I would like to save my re- do to my flash drive. Every piece of software has a learning curve.

[@ramise5932]

Thank you! You have saved my sanity! Clear, concise instruction. I paced myself through it and went along with the steps with my own manuscript. Fabulous!

[@BertilTuresson]

You make quite a point of the ”ease” of scaling between hard cover size and paper back size. Wouldn’t a simple scaling of the exported PDF via a PDF-printer (e.g. CutePDF) do the job? That has worked fine for me for years.

[@woodsiastudio]

My text in in Mac's Pages...any experience with that? I want to avoid word if possible.

[@abstruselouche]

Mac user here. I use Libreoffice Writer, but Publisher doesn't accept their files either. Make an RTF copy of your document and use that to place text.

[@johncalendo]

Again, thank you.

[@JimDavisOR]

Can you export an ePub document out of Affinity publisher to create an eBook?

[@r.l.parker.author]

I do not think so. I recommend using Draft2digital to produce your ebook free (and it doesn't require you publish through them, though I'd recommend it). Or, if budget isn't a concern, I use Atticus for ebook only.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

There is also Jutoh, $45.

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Was following along step by step and then suddenly Header 1 appeared! Where did that come from since we deleted all the styles? I didn’t know how to create it.

[@r.l.parker.author]

Header 1 was imported from Word when I brought in my content.

[@Helspine]

THANK YOU so much for this helpful video. I am grateful. HAIL :)

[@jenniferscheffel6020]

I have the 3 affinity apps and also Scrivener. I'm wondering what the advantage of creating this in affinity is when you can export the book from Scrivener for print and it looks very similar to what you've done. I'm learning, and just trying to figure all this out...

[@r.l.parker.author]

Far more control and precision in Affinity. Much more guessing in Scrivener, and back and forth to get it right. I also work in multiple formats, so it's best handled in a tool designed for such purpose.

[@littleraven1600]

Are you using Atticus also? I had planned on using Atticus for formatting but thought I would use Affinity first then move it to Atticus. What has been your experience with this? Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it.

[@littleraven1600]

Okay perfect...that gives me a better understanding moving forward. Thank you for the clarity.

[@SheilaLowe]

@@r.l.parker.author I've used Atticus for graphics-heavy print books, but Affinity is superior for that. Atticus is perfect for ebooks.

[@Whatnolareads]

OK, so I have a question. I am following your video step-by-step I’m not doing anything different but every time I import my document from Word I have the hardest time with my character styles if I highlight one and click on chapter title it’ll go to chapter title but the moment I go to chapter number book chapter title, and chapter number reverts Chapter title, or I chapter number they pick up each other style. I am running version 2.5.5

[@lustrojinn]

Affinity to the grave. Kings of efficiency.

[@julianosilva8440]

Tks. Do tou have a template to help us?

[@harrietdevine1295]

I'm trying to follow what you do but I keep getting stuck. When you created the box for the header, you then copied it to the footer but I couldn't see how you did this. Can you tell me please?

[@PASHKULI]

52:27 min. oh, I laughed so hard!!! 🤣

[@r.l.parker.author]

So fun. lol

[@johncalendo]

How do you get the font preview to be jumbo size? In your video, the font preview is large and the samples are easy to see. That's one of the long-term problems with Affinity. The font size on the panels and in the font preview is too damn tiny!

[@r.l.parker.author]

Mine came this way. So, I don't know.

[@tkarlmann]

Wow, this is a fantastic video on Publisher! I have a paid-for video source that also provides "Auto-generated Transcripts". These are not perfect, mostly non-punctuated, plain text, almost all narrative, with a LOT of separately-imported {Screen Shot} images. I'm new with Publisher, but have been importing (Copy & Paste) directly from the Transcript. Then, I do PrtScn of the full screen images from the video source and paste them into Publisher -- in the margin. Then Crop them and place them in the right spots within the text. (I have 37 Chapters of video; with each Chapter, final size of ~21 pages Letter Size. Plus I have about a dozen of these Videos to do!) {I also have Word, but I am continually confounded by Word's imprecise image placement.} These are all exclusively for my own use. I will perhaps take the completed PDF files to a local Kinko's for printing, in color, and make them into spiral-bound booklets. This is a LOT of work! Can you suggest an alternative workflow?

[@MorganReece]

Elaine Giles has a playlist for Affinity Publisher. See especially kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmaooJx6acuZfbs and see image placement at 30:35. I prep my images in Affinity Photo, save all to a dedicated folder, and insert as needed in the photo frames of my APub template-generated document. Re: text, if you create a template with linking text boxes with your "average #" of photo frames it might pre-populate the image boxes once you copy-paste your transcript? Hope this helps! PS I agree, this is an excellent tutorial! Covered so many topics I've not seen anywhere else! :)

[@augustosousa.50]

Boa tarde. Gostei de ver a sua aula. Eu tenho 73 anos e estou a escrever as minhas memórias de vida, que passam também pela Guerra Colonial, que Portugal travou em Angola (África) estava com o Indesign cs 6 mas como não domino a informática o meu computador teve de ser formatado e o programa se perdeu. Descobri e Affinity Publisher que está em promoção, mas as coisas são muito diferentes. Assim vinha-lhe solicitar se me poderia ajudar a fazer o Indice (sumario). Certo da sua melhor atenção, apresento as minhas desculpas, mas não sei inglês razão de me dirigir ao Senhor em português. Grato do coração.

[@PASHKULI]

Not a good idea to use opacity to establish a colour. It does not transfer well when converting to pdf (vector). For pdf rasterised it does not matter but rasterised transparency always look "grainy".

[@gitalloydforART]

master info starts at 9:33

[@TwistedRootsVanVelzerPress]

okay - I have been formatting for YEARS - I know how to copy and paste - so why can't I COPY A TEXT BOX in the master and paste it ??? ARGHHHHH I am using a newer version than this tutorial - but man - I've been copy and pasting longer than some people wiping their butts - what is going on ?????

[@hfranke07]

Great....

[@12thDecember]

Really good information, but those "um" utterances are distracting. I just checked closed captioning and even it puts all the "ums" in the captions.

[@r.l.parker.author]

Um

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Really? That’s what you got out of this? 😡

[@PASHKULI]

Initial caps style should have been set to 'small caps' not 'all caps'.

[@Impossible_Emporium]

I really wish you'd explain why you are doing things

[@kentjensen4504]

It’s pronounced O-PASS-ITTEE, not “oh-pay-city». Are you not a native speaker?