New feature: Move, copy, and swap editorial regions and ads: drag one by its grab handle to where you want it (hold Option/Alt to drop a copy), or right-click it for the same options. You can also rearrange several on the same page, or drag one onto a different page, where it settles into a fitting spot in that page s region/ad grid.
Enhancement: Rewritten the underlying engine for moving pages, making every drag operation more reliable and responsive.
Enhancement: Copying a page with Option/Alt-drag now works as expected releasing Option/Alt partway through the drag switches it to a regular move instead.
Enhancement: Proper cursor indicators while dragging pages: a grab cursor for moving, a copy cursor for duplicating, and a not-allowed cursor when the drop target isn t valid.
Enhancement: Dragging a page beyond the top or bottom of the work area now scrolls automatically.
Enhancement: All dialogs are now movable, so you can reposition them anywhere on screen.
Bug fix Windows only: the page ghost now displays correctly at every zoom level.
Bug fix: Text in the exported .pdf no longer extends over page borders and now hyphenates correctly.
Six years ago I made an InDesign flatplan template and put it on Gumroad with no marketing. 141 people in 27 countries found it anyway. The limiting factors of the InDesign template and the ideas I had to make it better were channeled into a proper desktop application this spring.
I’m René, the creator of PageTatin and this is my first product hunt. The app runs locally on your machine and costs a one-time payment, including 12 months of updates and bug fixes. Built with Tauri + Rust + React, using Claude Code as my development partner. Ed25519-signed license files mean the “runs locally” promise is technically true, not just a tagline.
The name is derived from Tarte Tatin – a French classic – because a flatplan is a structured, layered arrangement of pages. Hopefully, like a good dessert, PageTatin brings a little joy to the process of planning your publications.
Happy to answer anything about the build, the publishing workflow, or the features I always wanted in a tool like this.
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