On Sunday April 15 2007 11:08 am, Johnny Andersson wrote:
> 2007/4/15, Manfred J. Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Johnny Andersson wrote:
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Next idea was frames, but that also failed. Yes, I can have two
> > > (for example) columns in a frame, BUT I can not mix two-columns
> > > text with one-column text in it. Sure I can create two frames
> > > and place them close
> >
> > to
> >
> > > each other, but I can't group them so I can move them both at
> > > the same time!
> >
> > What's about frames in a frame in a frame etc ... ?
> >
> > (BTW - OOo isn't DTP; you may try OSS like Scribus)
> >
> > Manfred
>
> Never thought of frames in frames, so I tried it, but it seems like
> the new frame isn't any different because I was within another
> frame when it was created. The frames are independent of each
> other, so when I move one of them, the other one is not moved.
>
> It will do as a workaround though.
>
> I still think that if I could set columns in a paragraph style, it
> would have been sooooo convenient and it would have made some
> things so easy to do without a desktop publishing application. I
> can't even see that such an enhancement would be very hard to
> implement, but then again, I am not a developer...
>
> Before looking for Scribus, I will see if this is possible to
> achieve with OpenOffice.org Draw, but maybe it's not.
>
> Thanks for hints.
>
> Johnny Andersson
It seems to me that it is time you introduced yourself to
Scribus. This is a desktop publishing problem, isn't it?
Dan
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