<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Can you give me some hints on step by step here? All I want to do is set up a "template" for a page with two columns of text. On come pages, I might shorten a column and add an image. On other pages I might delete the first column only. I want the template set up sot that I don't have to create, position, etc the text boxes on every single page I start. I played with the guides thing but can't figure out what you mean.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for your help.<BR><BR>- On <B>Thu, 2/3/11, a.l.e <I><ale.comp_06@xox.ch></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: a.l.e <ale.comp_06@xox.ch><BR>Subject: Re: [scribus] Fw: Master pages<BR>To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus@lists.scribus.info><BR>Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 8:25 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>hi thomas,<BR><BR>> I open a new two page document. On page one I drew two text boxes, then went to Pages, Convert to Master Page and entered a Name and OK. Then went to page 2 of the document and went Pages, Apply Master Page and clicked on the New Master Page and OK. The two text boxes show up with dashed borders, but when I right cleck on them to get the Properties Box so I edit can only get to Manage Page Properties. I cannot get to the Properties box so I can change font, or even enter any text. What am I doing wrong?<BR><BR>you can't edit the text from a master page after having applied it to a page.<BR>and this is by design.<BR><BR>what you can do is<BR>- set guides in the master pages<BR>- add the text frames (as groups) to the scrapbook<BR>- drag and drop the scrapbook items to the page or paste them to page to maintain their
position<BR><BR>ciao<BR>a.l.e<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>scribus mailing list<BR><A href="http://us.mc828.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=scribus@lists.scribus.info" ymailto="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.info">scribus@lists.scribus.info</A><BR><A href="http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus" target=_blank>http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>