My expieriences to set a book with XDP v16

[mwenz]

Thanks for the reporting, Ernie. A true labor of love...

I think I'll stick to using an actual layout application. Aside from being a more assured work-flow, and the fact it is far faster to use a layout application, most/all of the issues you raise are non-existent.

Thanks again. Mike

[Acorn]

ernie, kudos for persisting with this.

A particular thanks for the detail highlighting all the difficulties you have encountered, endured and mainly overcome.

It would be useful for Xara to incorporate your original documents as part of its testing strategy to demonstrate the application's limitation to its developers.

Acorn

[ernie-f]

Hi Acorn,

there are no problems to got the original files from me.

All I'd have to do is sign a declaration of weighing. As well as giving the guarantee that the data will not appear anywhere but will remain with Xara for research purposes only.

Servus Ernie

[gwpriester]

I suggested to Xara creating a variation of Designer Pro specifically for book publishing. It is a huge market. They listened. Nothing came of it.

The books I have designed are not as big or demanding as what you described. But what works best for me is to divide the book into sections of chapters and save each section or chapter as a separate Xara file. I export each section or chapter as a PDF file then use Acrobat to stitch all the PDFs into one. It make working easier than trying to manage 300 pages in a single document.

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[ernie-f]

Gary thanks for Your sugestion to split the file. I thought about too but tried it to do in one file.

It works for me, only the slowness if there are long text passages made the work sluggerish. But I haven't one crash in all the days I created the book. This was me first fear that Xara crashes after say, 50 pages. But nothing all went good. Only the thinks I mentoined ristrict Xara to a prof. DTP-Software. I hope the Affinity Publisher will be in the state to use it for the second book. I'll see. And I wish Xara is here and do the right thinks to improve Xara. The Drawing things we wait X-Years, so maybe the DTP things will be faster.

Servus Ernie

[ernie-f]

So now all three books are printed and distributed.



I realized all three books with Xara Designer Pro.

Affinity Publisher is still in, let's say, a self-discovery phase. The really important DTP functions are still missing.

Thanks to everyone who mentally supported me with my book project in Xara.

[gwpriester]

Well done, Ernie.

[ernie-f]

Well done, Ernie.

Tanks Gary.

[Acorn]

Well done ernie,
Acorn

[gwpriester]

I just finished a new novel for my wife. About 224 pages, 8.5" square with a few dozen photos and did it all in one file. It actually worked out pretty OK.

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