Quoting Craig Bradney <cbradney at zip.com.au>: > Hi Susan > > > On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 14:49, Susan Hogarth wrote: > > After finishing a newsletter I did in 1.1.4, I installed 1.1.5. Let me say > first > > that I *love* the things I'm seeing in 1.1.5! It looks very nice, and I'm > > happily playing with it already. I want to send you money (and when I get > some, > > I will...). I'm pretty new to DTP, so I wondered why everyone was whining > that > > you couldn't make X columns in a textbox - but I can see that's a HUGE > feature > > to have! THANKS! > > It works well.. I just did my own magazine recently and it was > unbelievably simple compared to multiple linked text frames.
Oh, yes. I was playing around with silly stuff like crazy donut shapes with 15 columns. I'm afraid if I'm not very stern with myself I will get into the mode of "I'll do this because I *can*" :) Luckily next newsletter issue is scheduled for right around April 1, so I can excuse silliness as an "April Fool's" prank :) > > However, the doc I made in 1.1.4, when I opened it in 1.1.5, has some > > differences. What I noticed is that text which 'fit' in a particular text > box > > was now not 'fitting' - the text boxes were asking for more space :-/ No > big > > deal, since I had PDF-d the files and sent them to the printer already, but > did > > anyone else notice this? Is it maybe some difference int he hyphenator > > (although even the headlines have this), or maybe just the text boxes want > more > > 'whitespace'? > > Yes.. there were changes made to the handling of text next to the edges > of the frames based on some issues we found and so Franz made some > adjustments that seem to help a lot. You still have control over the > spacing from the edge of the frames though so perhaps adjust it there > (Properties palette). Thanks - based on another comment I receieved I also think it is this spacing issue (I'm not at my computer right now so I can't check right away). I think the extra space around the frames is a GOOD THING, even if it briefly paniced me when I opened up those docs :) After all, they're already at the printer's, so it's not a big deal anyway. Thanks again! -- Susan Hogarth http://www.ncliberty.net Buy me a book! (please) http://amazon.com/gp/registry/1Q12UZ0APK7N3
