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You would have to (probably) group the In This Issue: down to Fax: 888-888-8888 stuff and then have that group have Text Wrap turned on. That would force the text in the triple frame to float past the group.

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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Appreciated your quick reply. Apparently, it didn't work. This page came from .pdf of Indesign converted to Affinity. I wish that Affinity works similar to Indesign in having independent columns that I can adjust the flow of the text. The "group" I need to change for next issues so it is imperative for me to be able to easily adjust the length of the text in a column without affecting the other columns in the same page. Hope you get it.

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6 minutes ago, Three Angels Deaf Ministri said:

I wish that Affinity works similar to Indesign in having independent columns that I can adjust the flow of the text.

It does, but you would do it as multiple linked Text Frames, arranged side-by-side, rather than 1 Text Frame with multiple columns.

The setup is different, but the layout effect would be the same (flowing text) and offering more flexibility since each "column" could have a different height, width, etc.

-- Walt
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Not my day I guess. Still have no clue what Three Angels Deaf Ministri (what a name) wants to achieve. Something like in the attached image? Or do you need to insert column breaks?

columns.jpg

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Thank you Walt and Joachim. 

"It does, but you would do it as multiple linked Text Frames, arranged side-by-side, rather than 1 Text Frame with multiple columns."

Can you give me "walk with me" steps to accomplish it? Affinity tutorials are difficult for me to follow. It is difficult for me to read the captions and see the action at the same time. 

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Here is a file with Three Columns and one One Column text frame that is set to wrap the Three Column text. three columsn.afpub

You may want to mess with the wrap settings for Top and Bottom of the One Column text frame.

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 
Affinity Designer 2.5.7 | Affinity Photo 2.5.7 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.7 | Beta versions as they appear.

I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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And here's one with 3 linked text frames acting as columns. I added column guides to help in placing them.

3-frames-as-columns.afpub

-- Walt
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