Hi Louis, I was thinking about your problem and came up with a design that I think would allow easy doing of this (see my comment):
http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=245 For newspaper/manazine I will suggest another approach, that is having a property for masters elements that allow editing. I am currently thinking about a solution that would have a complex but easy approach for newpapers, that is automatic flowing of text but with rows/columns settings. For example, I would approach this as the following: 1. Import text (NOT insert from frame) 2. Click on the top-left corner where you want to flow it (or another, depending on the language). 3. Select the "spreading", that is, the number of columns and the number of rows used. I also am thinking about having a solution for a shared text repository (like the Text Library in RFE 245 above) that would be used to streamline the author-->editor/reviewer-->layouter process. Tell me what you think about these ideas. :D Pierre-Luc
