Is it possible to change properties of Automatic Text Frames?

[apampuch]

I've created a document with a two-column Automatic Text Frame that has basically no gap between them. I'd like to change it so that every column in the document and every page created henceforth has a larger gap which I designate. Is this possible?

[PatJr]

yea, looks like a difficult problem
would seem to be nice if there was a style tag for the frames?

post back if you figure it out, I couldn't