Hello everybody,

Next Sunday, 8 March 2026 (3 pm UK / 4 pm CET time), there will be a new tutorial about creating mockups in Affinity by Canva. I am sure it will be another very interesting tutorial.

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JccY9ypHV1k

In the following link, you can check the time when this tutorial starts in your location:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ … 308T150000

Enjoy!

Kind regards,
Chris

Hello Ali and Alfred,

It was meant light-heartedly, yes Alfred is absolutely correct.

In any case, it’s great to see so many people supporting and promoting her work. The more positive engagement around truly educational content, the better.

Kind regards,
Chris

Thank you Alfred for the international times.

Kind regards,

Chris

Thank you, AdmiralP, for your reply.

I found the explanation of the wrapping options very interesting and learned a lot from it. I didn’t know that a Table of Illustrations was possible, so that was something new for me as well.

I really enjoy Elaine’s webinars because they are detailed and clearly explained.

Hello everyone,

Group styles are very useful when building your text style structure (a style tree). However, in Affinity Studio Layout, I believe there is a bug.

You create a group style called “G_BaseStyle.” You set the properties you need and close the dialog. A group style cannot be applied directly to text in your document (something important to remember).

Next, you create a paragraph style named “P_Body” and base it on the group style “G_BaseStyle.” You adjust the properties as needed and close the dialog.

If you then notice in the Styles panel that “P_Body” has suddenly become a group style, you’ve encountered the bug.

It took me several days to realize that I was actually fighting a bug in Affinity Studio Layout.

To fix this issue, you need to reset the Text Styles panel.

Restart the application and, while it is restarting, hold down the CTRL key. A reset dialog will appear. Select only “Text Styles” and make sure all other options are deselected. Then click “Clear.”

After this, your Styles panel should behave normally again.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Chris

Thank you all for your interesting replies. Elaine Giles is indeed an excellent teacher and what she teach can be applied in our daily design work.

I suggest, everyone starting with Affinity, should watch her live/replay tutorials. By doing so, you put a very strong foundation on using Affinity.

By the way Alfred,

Your forum is rapidly becoming a great fountain of information. Much better and more professional than Discord.

I am happy you keep your forums very clean, without all the noise as on Discord.

Hello Alfred,

Thank you for your input which I appreciate.

After reading your reply, I did a lot of experimenting and came to the conclusion that stylesheets in Affinity are very buggy.

For example, I create a GROUP style "G_GroupStyle" and this is a group style in the style panel.

Then I create a PARAGRAPH style "P_BodyStyle" as a paragraph style. (please note the uppercase for clarity)

At this moment the panel shows a group and a paragraph style.

Now I edit the "P_BodyStyle" style again and base it on "G_GroupStyle". Please take a look at screencapture below:

How is this be possible? Do I understand something wrong or is it a bug?

I am open for any reply, even when you tell me I am very wrong.

Honestly, I will appreciate your genuine reply very much.

Thank you so much for looking into my problem.

Kind regards,

Chris

Thank you Ali, I just added the image.

Hello Stuck,

Thank you for your reply and the information, which was really helpful.

I didn’t know about that manual before, but I’ve downloaded it now. There is a short explanation about group styles in it.

I also found out how to put paragraph and character styles inside a group style, and it is much simpler than it looks.

For example, let’s say you create a group style called “My Group Style”, in which you define font and paragraph properties. Then you create another paragraph or character style called “Body Text.”

If you want to link the style “Body Text” to the group style “My Group Style,” you simply go to the Style tab and, in the “Based on” field, select the group style “My Group Style.” The linked style will then inherit all properties of the group style.

You can check how styles belong to a group style by opening the menu at the top right of the Text Styles panel and choosing Hierarchical (or Hierarchy) view.

Thank you again for your help — it is much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Chris

Very much success, much happiness and a good health to you Alfred.

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you for all the help and advice I received from you. You are a truly kind and helpful person.

My Internet is restored and all the Affinity apps work again as normal.

Have a very nice day and all the best.

Kind regards,

Chris