Chapter 4: Document Setup and Modification

Welcome to the fourth chapter of Up and Running with Affinity Designer.

In this chapter, we are going to cover opening up Affinity Designer for the first time, setting up a new document layout and taking a look at the various settings and presets Affinity Designer has to meet your specific needs. We'll also see how to make adjustments to an existing file's document setup.

In this chapter, we'll be looking at the following main topics:

  • Registering Affinity Designer and the welcome panel
  • New document setup, editing your current document setup, and New from Clipboard
  • Using Artboards

Technical requirement

Before diving into this chapter, you will need a recent copy of Affinity Designer and access to ...

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