<div dir="auto"><div>Thanks!<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm using separate frames for the header and the body because I want the header to span both body text columns. This was the way I found to do that.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">// Jonas</div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">Den 20 jan. 2017 16:24 skrev "Gregory Pittman" <<a href="mailto:gpittman@iglou.com">gpittman@iglou.com</a>>:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="quoted-text">On 01/20/2017 06:06 AM, Jonas Nilsson wrote:<br>
> Hi all!<br>
><br>
> Designing DTP content I often struggle to get consistency of spaces.<br>
><br>
> Let's say, for (maybe a bad) example, that I have a heading text frame, a<br>
> line below and below that line a body text frame.<br>
><br>
</div>> - I want the space between the heading text frame and the line to be x<br>
> units.<br>
> - I want the space between the line and the body text frame to be y<br>
> units.<br>
> - Other times I use that heading I want the same spaces between the<br>
<div class="quoted-text">> different objects/items.<br>
><br>
> Let's collect some best practices! How would you do this?<br>
><br>
> Often you can use contour lines when text is involved. I's more problematic<br>
> with graphical elements, though.<br>
><br>
> I'm thinking optional margins outside of the objects/items that you can<br>
> choose to snap to. What do you think?<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>There are many ways to accomplish or aid what you're trying to do, so it<br>
comes to personal preference. This sounds to some extent like you might<br>
want to create a template with this arrangement. I have also written<br>
scripts to create a basic layout that I would use repeatedly.<br>
Guides can be very helpful in these relationships, snapping items to the<br>
guides. Here is a script that creates guides at the borders of an<br>
existing selected object:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Making_Guides_at_an_Object%27s_Borders" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.scribus.net/<wbr>canvas/Making_Guides_at_an_<wbr>Object%27s_Borders</a><br>
<br>
There is a way to use Multiple Duplicate to specify a certain space<br>
between frames. In your case, make the header frame, then select<br>
Multiple Duplicate for one object, specifying the desired vertical<br>
distance between the two, then enlarge the new frame as needed for the<br>
body text. Also remember that the spinboxes will do math for help in<br>
relative positioning.<br>
<br>
Unless you have to have a separate frame, I wonder why you have a<br>
separate frame for the header and the body. A line between the two can<br>
still be placed, and you might even use a line as an inline item in the<br>
text frame.<br>
<br>
With Paragraph Styles, you can specify a particular space below a<br>
paragraph, which might be useful for getting the right distance between<br>
header and body text.<br>
<br>
I'm sure there are many other methods.<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
<br>
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