[scribus] Columns of unequal widths?

[Giovanni Bianchessi]

I did it in Pagestream simply by setting each column width and spacing, but as far I know It is not possible in Scribus.
Scribus seems to be very limited or complex in many simple aspects.

Giovanni Bianchessi

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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:23:13 -0700
> From: John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com>
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> Scribus 1.5.3 on Xubuntu 16.04, from AppImage.
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> I created a text frame with two columns, and I am sitting here stumped.
> How can I make the left column narrower than the right column? I can
> do it in LO Writer, but not in Scribus?
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 21:24:08 -0400
> From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>
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> Subject: Re: [scribus] Columns of unequal widths?
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> On 07/12/2018 08:23 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> Scribus 1.5.3 on Xubuntu 16.04, from AppImage.
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>> I created a text frame with two columns, and I am sitting here stumped.
>> How can I make the left column narrower than the right column? I can
>> do it in LO Writer, but not in Scribus?
>> 
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> As far as I know, it's not possible. What you can do is to make two text
> frames and link them. To make it somewhat easier, make the left one
> first, then using Item > Duplicate/Transform > Multiple Duplicate, set
> it for 2 columns, one row, and set the horizontal gap as desired, click
> Ok, then widen the one on the right as desired.
> 
> It's also worth knowing that, if your columns will fill to the margins,
> you can start by selecting to create a text frame, then hold down Shift
> and click inside the margins. A frame will be created to fill to the
> margins. Reduce the width of that for your left frame, then proceed with
> the multiple duplicate as above.
> 
> If you'll have multiple pages like this, just make copies of the page
> and link afterward.
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> Greg
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