MikeW Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: But would not span columns do for the 'empty' two column bits in-between the dates and descriptions? Seems to me to be a case of six of one and a half-dozen of the other. I don't understand. There is a single column text frame being split into two columns for each film entry in my screen shot. I see no way span columns could work. artserv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 One text frame with two columns and then a Span Column bit and back to two columns. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 22 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: One text frame with two columns and then a Span Column bit and back to two columns. If one is going to use a two column frame, I don't see why the use of the span just to space out the entries. But as APub cannot do either, try using a two column frame for a couple entries. I think you'll find with APub's current limitations just using a table us far quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 I was assuming there was something supposed to be in the empty space, reviews, synopsis etc. We are discussing two items which are not available to us in Publisher. I too will stop no. I will think about your challenge (not really a challenge) it is an interesting problem for sure and if I come up with a solution I guarantee there will be an update earlier the same day and it will include Split 'N Span™ columns. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Here is some sample text. Do understand that A) it's not my text but rather a sample bit of text from someone else's work, B) I just used it for a sample to a problem to solve in order to write 3 tutorials of various ways on formatting this block of text. I do something akin to this. And I do get 2-3 pages of this type of text, along with the other text. I.e., it is all part of a single, plain text story that I run a series of regex on that takes about a minute or two to do in order to convert it to tagged text that is then imported into Q fully formatted...all told there are 16 pages in the section that contains the 2-3 pages of this stuff. 11 TUE Nosferatu (PG) 7–9pm Minghella Building Germany 1922. Directed by F.W. Murnau – with Max Schreck, Greta Schroder, Ruth Landshoff 81 min 27 TUE Detroit (F-Rated, 15) 7.45–10pm Palmer Building USA 2017. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow – with John Boyega, John Krasinski, Anthony Mackie. 143 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 7 hours ago, MikeW said: It's OK that you don't get it. Oh well, I see that construct may be useful and it is not easy to create with current tools. Still, span is a paragraph property and split works with text frames, AFAIK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 15 minutes ago, Fixx said: Oh well, I see that construct may be useful and it is not easy to create with current tools. Still, span is a paragraph property and split works with text frames, AFAIK. No, split is also a paragraph property. At least in Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLopan Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Please add column spanning. This is critical and super time saver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3darkman Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 +1 to request column spanning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom159 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Yes please! This would be a really useful feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimWelch Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 +1. This would be a great addition. Even if you add another text frame with your "Chapter" text which bumps down the body text, the TOC will mess up and get the chapter and subheadings in the incorrect order. You can select your Chapter heading style and click "no break" which will allow it to span columns, however, when the body text wraps to column 2, it will be underneath the chapter header text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordtimelord Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I just tried to use Publisher for my first project since its release and I had to back out. Span columns is such a key part of my workflow and I couldn't find a good enough strategy to replace it unfortunately. I love everything else though (except mail merge, which I didn't need now but is a very big missing ability), so I'll be checking to see when I can start using this full time. Very excited for this product for sure though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarkalotDesigns Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 I agree, column spanning would be a welcome addition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VX27 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Span Columns is a must. I'll be looking into alternative methods for the time being however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshchak Pёs Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 +1 text spanning should be in Publisher It's much faster to work with, and it keeps flow of text intact without the need to split everything and fiddle with separate frames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XaviCG1 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 +1. This is really useful. Please, take this in mind to append to Publisher. I was searching for this option in all menus, functions, and option windows... without lucky . Finally, searching in forum... i see this option is not implemented. Thanks a lot. Best regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark us Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 +1 I like this feature in InDesign want it in AP too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W077 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Has Span Columns been added yet? It is a BASIC feature without which AP is not useable. CLC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, whitewolf7070 said: Has Span Columns been added yet? It is a BASIC feature without which AP is not useable. Really? What have I done all the years without? Trevor J Richens and Fixx 2 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordtimelord Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) For some it does make it pretty unusable. It's part of a lot of people's workflow, so maybe you've got another way of working but for me and many others there is no truly practical workaround so I just have to keep using indesign. It's frustrating. Edited September 2, 2019 by fordtimelord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korlall Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard786 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big smile Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 +1 Essential feature for working with text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misc33 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 No span and split columns?! Oh my. Looking forward to the happy news, whenever it may come. Quote MacBook Pro 15" 32GB RAM, iPad Pro 12.9" + Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil. Software tools of my trade: Affinity Designer | Affinity Publisher | PDF Expert | Drafts | The Archive | Plutio https://eandrpublications.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elefant Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 ++ for span columns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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