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• • October 22, 2012 at 8:15 am #63422
    o-Boo

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    Hello all,

    I'd like to create a layout that changes often between different column distribution of 2 or 3 like that:

    https://imgur.com/GfDDV,IIizz

    right now I can do it by anchoring text frame like that:

    https://imgur.com/GfDDV,IIizz#1

    but that's a pain. Is there a way to define different column settings, with an indent as showed, but all in the same text frame?

    thanks,

  • October 24, 2012 at 9:02 am #63440
    David Blatner

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    Well, InDesign CS5 has a split and span columns feature… but the giant left margin is tricky. Not sure how you would do that part.

  • October 24, 2012 at 9:18 am #63441
    o-Boo

    Member

    The split and span column command applies always to the entire width of the text box, that's my problem…

    idealy I would find a way to combine indent and columns – like, define a x mm left indent, then split the rest into columns.

    in the sub-column command you can determine an outer margine, but it's equal on both sides – what I'm after is actually a way to set an a-symestric margin.

    Anyone got an idea?

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