I'm putting together an illustrated technical book and have done enough sample work that I'm convinced I can do most everything I need -- processing and sizing pix to 300dpi grayscale, margins, fonts, getting nice justified text columns, producing good PDF, etc.
But I'm stuck on one aspect of setting up the Master Page. Page(s), actually, because I need separate ones for the LHS and RHS pages. I can set up the margins, grids, page numbering and that stuff. But I can't figure out how to set up the Master Page so that I get two text frames with the attributes I require to show up in the document itself. Closest I've come is this: I create the Master Page, specify margins, then make two text frames for the two columns in the usual manner. In my case, I'm using 3.5" wide columns. They are full length on the master page because I figure I can just change them as necessary in the document. Then I specify "left justified" with the frame properties, and hyphenation with Extras-->Hyphenate text. Then I move back to the main document. When I do a Page --> Apply Master Page in the document, the two column frames show up all right, but only with gray-dotted borders. Clicking on them will not select them in the usual way so that text can be imported. I realize I can make columns one at a time, then left-justify the text, hyphenate, and link frames in the usual way. But I'd sure like to do the preliminary column setup with the Master Page if possible. Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance. BTW, I'm a relative novice at this, but after messing with Quark and Pagemaker I've found Scribus to be a breath of fresh air. --Mark -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specifying-columns-on-a-Master-Page-tp20410755p20410755.html Sent from the Scribus New mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
