> > I have been using Scribus for a only a few days (v. 1.3.3.4). I've > > searched the archive, but I haven't found a question that quite > > pertains to what I am trying to achieve. Is it possible to do the > > following within a single text frame? > > > > - The first paragraph has a hanging indent and extends across the full > > width of the text frame. > > > > - The second paragraph is in the first of two side-by-side columns. > > The left justification aligns with the indent of the first paragraph, > > not the left side of the text frame. The right of this paragraph > > extends to the gap. > > > > - The third paragraph is in the second of two side-by-side columns. > > It extends from the gap on its left to the right side of the text > > frame. > > > > - The columns are of even width, taking into account the left > > justification of the second paragraph. Thus, they are off-center in > > the text frame (and on the page). > > > > - The fourth and final paragraph, like the first, has a hanging indent > > and stretches across the full text frame and page. > > > > So far, I have only been able to do this in three linked text frames. > > When I try to do it in one frame with column breaks after each > > paragraph, the columns containing paragraphs two and three are of > > uneven width because the gap is centered in the frame (or perhaps on > > the page) and the fourth paragraph goes missing from the frame, though > > not from the story editor. > > Hi Ron, > > There is no practical way to achieve that in one single text frame. Once > you set a text frame to be 2-column there is no way to make a single > paragraph into that frame going the full width. At some point, it's > going to hit the column gap. > > As far as I understand, you could do that with 2 frames instead of 3. > One being on top of the other with runaround properties set. Both parag. > 1 and 4 would be in one frame because they share the same width. Both > paragraph 2 and 3 would be in the other frame. This frame can be > positionned precisely in respect to the other so it can be off-center > the way you want. > > HTH > > Louis
Louis, I never thought of trying it that way. By "runaround properties" I take it you mean "Properties:Shape:Text Flows Around Frame." This method may require me to unlink the 2-3 text frame from the 1-4 frame. Otherwise, enlarging the 1-4 frame to show paragraph 4 reveals paragraph 2 and paragraph 4 slips to the second frame with paragraph 3. Inserting a frame break after 3 causes 4 to disappear, just as it did earlier when I used a column break in a single frame. It's too bad, though, that there isn't a way to do it all in a single frame. It would be nice to have a way to allow the 1-2-1 column format to flow with content changes without having to adjust multiple frames on a page. Thanks, Ron
