yes well you look on it as a professional printer no doubt
if I want something done that way I'd pay someone like you, same as I would pay someone for a website [outside of basic WP]
yes well you look on it as a professional printer no doubt
if I want something done that way I'd pay someone like you, same as I would pay someone for a website [outside of basic WP]
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I do make a living doing layout. But I fail to understand the distinction--except the pricing between Affinity Publisher and other options.
The free version of Viva Designer may well suit people needing more control and output. Certainly the free Scribus is capable. Both are even less than Affinity products even when on sale...
Generally, I recommend just using Word if one has it, LibreOffice Writer (free) if not. The typographical control, numbering, TOC, indexing, foot/end notes, sections and graphic handling are more than up to a "non-professional's" book making.
Doing a book in something entirely not made for it (Xara applications) is not a pro-vs-non-pro issue.
Had to look that one up Garykvetch
Acorn, I was only answering the OP's question, not writing an essay on Xara's DTP failingsEgg, where to start .....
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@Egg. I tried starting at -8 before posting on here originally. I have no explanation as to what happened, but mine went -8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,9,10,11 etc.
Having said that it clearly does work, so I played. I think this was the last thing I did before the technology god smiled upon me:
I had cut the first 8 pages thinking that I would number the rest then plonk the blank ones above...which failed. All other attempts subsequently failed. I then used an auto-backup from before the cut and paste and the -8 method suddenly did as everyone else said it would.
Coincidence? Maybe. We'll likely never know as I'm putting this in the rear view and moving on.
@Acorn. Thanks for the alternatives, but I do need to export to PDF.
@ Gary. "page numbers are a PITA". The voice of experience.
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years ago there was a discussion here about what makes a 'professional' - for me it is someone who works on a formal basis for a client/company/entity, and that can be on a freelance basis, and it includes unpaid work eg charity(non-profit)
I agree that the tools used do not define this, that was not my point; my point was that the professional is likely to see more possibilities because of their experience although that is not a given, and a non-professional is more likely to accecpt 'compromises' again not a given
and within budget a non-professional may have more leeway to use software they actually enjoy using, yet again not a given
I like using affinity publisher; it's a long time ago, but I did not like scribus when I tried it out...
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I tried the -number and it works. But if a person wanted the page number to be on the bottom outside corner of the book, how would that be done. In my test it would put the number on all pages at the same spot on the page. You could not move it without changing them all.
Ray
That's why you'd use an A4 Double Page Spread Ray., I don't think you can do it on a single page.
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That was it, thanks Egg,
Ray
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