Settings (or Preferences)
The following options are available from the Toolbar.
Personas:
Publisher Persona—Accesses DTP features and layout tools.
Designer Persona—This is the primary Persona of Affinity Designer, offering additional vector drawing features and tools.
Photo Persona—This is the primary Persona of Affinity Photov2, offering photo editing features and tools.
Defaults:
Synchronise defaults from selection—the default settings are updated to those of the currently selected object.
Revert defaults—synchronized defaults are reverted to saved defaults. If an object is currently selected, its attributes revert to the default settings.
Wrapping:
Show Text Wrap Settings—click to display a Text Wrap dialog that controls how text wraps around a currently selected object which overlaps a text frame.
Edit Wrap Outline—click to edit the object's overlapping outline using the Node Tool.
Reset Wrap Outline—click to reset the wrap outline back to its original shape and position.
Pinning:
Float With Text—click to pin the selected object (e.g., image, table or text) to adjacent text in a text frame. The object will then flow with reflowing frame text.
Inline in Text—click to pin the object inline (as a character) into text in your text frame.
Preview:
Toggle Preview Mode—previews the publication without any visible design aids.
Baseline Grids:
Show Baseline Grid—Click to show/hide the manager which controls document-wide baseline grid alignment.
Snapping:
Snapping—when enabled, selected objects will obey the snapping rules defined by the current snapping options. If this option is off, snapping is disabled.- Snapping options—customise settings from the pop-up menu.
Order:
Move to Back—repositions the selected object(s) at the bottom of the layer. Alternatively, repositions the selected layer(s) at the bottom of the Layers panel.
Back One—moves the selected object(s) down one position in the layer. Alternatively, moves the selected layer(s) down one position in the Layers panel.
Forward One—moves the selected object(s) up one position in the layer. Alternatively, moves the selected layer(s) up one position in the Layers panel.
Move to Front—repositions the selected object(s) at the top of the layer. Alternatively, repositions the selected layer(s) at the top of the Layers panel.
Align:
Alignment—displays a pop-up dialog allowing you to align and distribute selected object(s).
Transforms:
Flip Horizontal—flips the selected object(s) left to right.
Flip Vertical—flips the selected object(s) top to bottom.
Rotate Anti-clockwise—rotates the selected object(s) to the left by one 90° increment.
Rotate Clockwise—rotates the selected object(s) to the right by one 90° increment.
Insert Target:
Insert behind the selection—when selected, new objects are added below the currently selected object(s).
Insert at the top of the layer—when selected, new objects are added at the top of the layer.
Insert inside the selection—when selected, new objects are added inside the current selection.
Account:
Account—registers your app, accesses your Affinity account and synchronises with purchased content. The icon will show green when signed into your account.