Quote Originally Posted by Rik View Post

And the major reason I didn't continue with AD, is that in Xara I like to place things/objects off the page to one side and the other.
I make copies of whatever I'm doing and move them to one side, so that I can use that object again or reuse it if something goes wrong with changes I'm making.
Rik, you can place objects off-canvas in Affinity Designer. Go to View/View Mode and untick 'Clip to Canvas.