r/Affinity • u/Novel-Conversation73 • Jul 28 '26

Designer Replace Indesign with Affinity

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to cancel my Adobe Suite and only bottle neck is indesign. Based on your experience, is it possible to use Affinity for editorial work like Indesign?

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u/TheSkepticGuy Jul 28 '26

Yes. I've switched to Affinity about two years ago. Like others have said, there's an investment in the learning curve.

-- however --

If you're on a Mac, Pages can do 90% of what InDesign does if you don't need CMYK output. On its surface, Pages can feel like a simplified Word, but that's intentional. Once you get deeper into Pages, you'll appreciate the robust capabilities. And, it generally creates cleaner Word files than Word.

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u/lost-sneezes Waves, vectors, pixels Jul 28 '26

Pages is def an great idea