*** Louis - thanks, some good suggestions, but I need to explain, *** the two columns are produced from the menu columns item... *** this does include gutters, and there were no text boxes, just *** the default spaces for two columns. *** Maybe "lock to grid" will fix somthing here_ I will try that, and *** thanks again for reply.
>From: Louis Desjardins <louisdesjardins at videotron.ca> >Reply-To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >Subject: Re: [Scribus] problem with two columns >Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:10:21 -0500 > >> After setting up a page with two columns, >>I can edit or import text into the first (on left) >>but when I finish this, and try to import text >>into the 2nd column (on right), all the text is >>overlapped and uneven lines... even when the >>file is printed. >> >> How can I fix this ? >> >> Thank you > >Hi Stu, > >I think I can help you but I'm not really sure to understand what the issue >is, exactly. > >Will try to figure this out and you provide the feedback. ;-) > >a. Maybe the gutter is set to zero. In that case, there is no gap between >the 2 columns. To change that value, go to Properties>Shape and change the >Gutter value to 10mm or 1 pica or 10 pts or .25 inch or something like >this. Does it look better? > >b. Maybe you have one text frame on top of the other. To see that, select >View and Show frames. > >c. Uneven lines, if I understand what the problem is, can be corrected >using Paragraph styles and the "Lock to grid" check box PLUS you'll have to >remember the linespacing value in that same dialog box and you'll have to >set the Grid value to that same linespace in the Settings>Preferences. This >will result in the following: any text formatted with that Paragraph style >will be locked to the grid. So all lines, in any text frame, will stick to >that grid, thus being even, from one column to the other. > >HTH > >Louis > >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Scribus mailing list >>Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >>http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
