[scribus] adding colums to an already created page

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Sat Oct 25 15:52:41 CEST 2008


Mike Breiding wrote:
> Gregory Pittman wrote:
>> Mike Breiding wrote:
>>>
>>> I wish to change a selected page only.
>>> For instance, choose page 2 and create 3 equal columns?
> <trim>
>> Select the frame, then go to the Shape tab of Properties, where you 
>> see a section Distance of Text, and inside you can choose number of 
>> columns, gap in between, and also spaces around the outside of the 
>> text, between it and the borders of the frame.
>
> Hi Greg,
> Thanks for the clear instructions.
> But - when I choose number of columns, etc. I can see no way to get 
> them to apply to the text frame.
> See:
> http://epicroadtrips.com/scribus/columns.jpg
>
> When I close the properties box. The text box does not reflect the 
> changes.
>
um, looks to me like it has made the columns, but you don't have enough 
text to see them...
Perhaps you also wanted to full justify? That's a separate setting in Text.

BTW, most of us leave Properties visible all the time. It's hard to work 
on your layout without it.

Greg




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