TEXT FRAME PROPERTIES

[Peter_W]

Hi Affinity Team,

Thank You

Thank you for your excellent, one-off purchase, graphic design software.

I have used the three applications for four years now and look forward to every update as their functionality continues to expand.

Your support for my graphic design students during Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 was also exemplary. Your generosity enabled that year's class to continue their studies at home after Adobe abandoned them mid-year.

Missing Functionality

I have one bug-bear though. The lack of options in the appearance of text frames. I really miss Illustrator's ability to break text frames into several linked-text columns, and the ability to add padding to the frame and change the colour of the text frame separately from the text itself.

Are these functionalities on the way?

Regards

Peter

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Peter_W

As far as I know, Publisher lets you do all three of the things you want to do - see attached image.
Have I misunderstood your requirements?

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[walt.farrell]

17 minutes ago, Peter_W said:

Are these functionalities on the way?

As Garry mentioned, I think those are part of Publisher, and I believe they are likely to remain exclusive to that application.