dear all, in our local language, we have a word for 'workaround' to a problem. the word is called 'jugaad'.
so, scribus does not offer a visual of the actual columns, or column guides so you know where to align photos etc. here's my 'jugaad': create a text frame, say with three columns. place some random text. full-justify it. drag guides manually to the edge of each text column. then lock the guides. you've got guides you can see. :-) LL
