On the Preferences dialog box (Edit > Preferences), in the Short objects height field on the Lib Objects sub tab of the Extra tab, enter the minimum height below which the headline should go on side, and not above body columns, e.g. 100pt.

On a page, press H, and then when the pointer changes to , drag an area over the page, on the position and with the width you want to dedicate to an article layout, but with the height, less than the value, entered in the Short objects height field.

Release the left mouse button when done, and the headline box and body columns are designed and auto-selected.

on the personal preferences dialog box is empty, Fred4 will always attempt to draw a headline above the columns, even if there's no enough space. But, if in the mentioned field you enter for example 100pt, if the total height of the drawn selection is less than 100pt, the first frame will be the headline frame, and the side frames will be the body frames, as on the following screenshot:

See also

Create headline, text columns and image box at once.

Note

If you press and hold SHIFT before releasing the left mouse button, the body columns will bounce off any bottom obstacles.

Technical note

This functionality is achieved by the script named AddFrameSplitHB in the Page.vb system add-in.

See also

See also

Create headline and body columns at once

Create headline, body columns and image box at once

Create headline, body columns and image box at once (v2.1)

Set the headline size when creating an article layout

Change the headline size on an article layout

Create headline and body columns with specific type size

Automate headline scaling in an article layout

Add headline on top of the body columns

Add headline over selected body columns

Set default format for a frame