that little island south of Portsmouth
LOL. 
Morning Alfred,
For 'fried' read 'excited'.
Thanks, Sandy.
PagePlus X4 seemed to have everything I needed for my football work and so stayed with it - what's that - now 15 years or so?
I just looked it up: 2009, so your 15 years is spot on!
I do use X9 by the way for other projects. I also have X5 and X6, as I imagine like most Serif users back in those days we purchased every incarnation as they were issued. I somehow can't see Affinity going that way?
Ah, the old days of upgrades for £9.99 — plus the dreaded shipping and handling charges! And if you also purchased the Resource CD for an additional £9.99, you got a free copy of the printed User Guide. No, I can’t see Affinity going that way, either, but the launch offer (40% off) for the Universal Licence for the version 2 apps was a pretty good deal.
Back then we were one big family - which the old forums showed. It wasn't just the 'product', it was the 'users' - the family.
Sadly, that all began to crumble away when the old forums were replaced by CommunityPlus, especially so when they decided to remove the navigation bar’s link to the Discussion section.
]]>I have X9, plus loads of other Serif software, but X4 fried me when it came out and still in constant use 24/7.
It ‘fried’ you, did it? I have to confess that I’m not familiar with that usage.
For what little it’s worth, I don’t think I would want to use anything older than PPX6 or possibly X5, but perhaps you have no need of support for OpenType features.
so pleased to find Alfred's forum
I’m so pleased you found it, too!
]]>Alfred,
Here is the origin of the phrase you quote:
It describes a person who often uses the phrase "Alas and alack a day" which nowadays would be,
"what a horrible day I've had today!"
Oh, I know the phrase “Alas and alack a day”, but I wasn’t alluding to that in any way (and I don’t think Doug Larson was, either). What puzzled me yesterday was your comment with regard to “the remark you made about your quote” when I wasn’t aware of having made any remarks.
]]>that little island south of Portsmouth
Well I know you are on the somewhat larger island north of Portsmouth, which itself is mainly on the tiny island of Portsea!
]]>that little island south of Portsmouth
LOL.
Are you still on that little island south of Portsmouth?
Geoff
]]>Just coming in to say hello after some years absence from Serif forums
Welcome, Sandy. Don’t be a stranger here!
]]>There are things that the Affinity Suite can't do that the old PagePlus, DrawPlus can do. One main gripe was the lack of a 'Book' facility, which has now been addressed.
I would say that it is worth the money, just to keep your hand in on modern software - it will reach a point when the old programs won't be able to hack it, and the cost is not great in comparison with other offerings.
I use Affinity because I work on a Mac, but sometime fire up the old laptop and PagePlus just for nostagia
]]>I see that Affinity Publisher is 40% off the regular price and wonder if it's time to upgrade. I use PagePlus x9 for newsletters, calendars, and flyers (PDF) regularly and without any problems. Is anyone aware of what benefits Affinity Publisher has to offer over PP, or should I save the $42?
thanks, tomH
Hi,
I started with Serif back when it was a freebee on a diskette and have all the offerings 'till they finished
and invested in Affinity when it was first published but have not progressed to the latest version.
I had a look at it but, as others have said here, prefer to use the earlier apps and find them perfect for my requirements.
They are installed on Windows 11 with no problems. (MoviePlusX6, DrawplusX8 and PageplusX9)
Its handy to have the codec for certain file types. (Movieplus)