Dividing my Text Frame into columns

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Actinia

I am new to Scribus (using 1.6.3) and have run into a problem on my first page. I regularly produce a newsletter with a masthead and a series of articles, each in two columns. Each article comprises two Text Boxes, the first with the Title and Author, the second with the main body of the article. I had no problem with creating the Masthead with an Image Box and a couple of small Text Boxes. I was able to create the entire document with two columns, but this does not seem to allow me to create separate articles with two columns. I used the help facility for 'columns' and I cannot find anything that works. Most of the information seems to be for previous versions of Scribus.

Right-clicking in a Text Box would seem to be the obvious route, but this does not bring up any options for columns either in the main list or in any sublist.

John

a.l.e

nö, you need to go to the Content Properties (F3).

most people have it docked to the right side of their screen (i think it's the default starting with 1.7)

AdmFubar

Quote from: a.l.e on March 19, 2025, 05:57:58 PMnö, you need to go to the Content Properties (F3).

most people have it docked to the right side of their screen (i think it's the default starting with 1.7)
Uhm you mean F2 for properties, at least in  1.6.3. or has  this been changed in 1.7?

I think the Content Properties panel should be renamed Content, as this would match the wording in the drop down menu. Even better description would be Frame as this would align better when using either a text or image frame.
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Actinia

Thanks a.l.e.

I tried F3 and it worked (in 1.6.3). There is an item labelled 'Columns and Text Distances' which allows me to set the number of columns and the gap between them.

John