As many of you might know, Column Span is a MUST HAV E feature to design documents the same way FFG does.
While InDesign does it, it is the most expensive software to make documents and since many of us are not willing to pay that much money, we use Affinity Publisher. But Publisher lacks that feature. Personally, it's the main thing that makes me continue using InDesign instead of Affinity.
Fortunately, it is possible to ask for new feature implements. We can only hope that the most people asking for it, the better the chances of getting it, and getting it soon.
So as a Foundry Creator, I would greatly appreciate if you could go to that Affinity Publisher Feature Request thread and type in a comment saying youd like to have that request.
https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/64963-span-columns/&

Even if you are not a Foundry Creator yourself, taking few minutes to go there and write such comment will contribute to see more great-looking foundry content as it will become more accessible.
Thank you.

have you ever tried scribus or sK1 ? you can see the span feature right at the top screenshot at https://sk1project.net/sk1/ .

and are free/gratis and open source too.

6 hours ago, Terefang said:

have you ever tried scribus or sK1 ? you can see the span feature right at the top screenshot at https://sk1project.net/sk1/ .

and are free/gratis and open source too.

I must admit I haven't personnally but @drainsmith , which is probably the guy who provided the community with the most creations, had given Scribus a try and found some limitations that did not make it really a good alternative.
Never heard of sK1. The page you linked seems more like a vector tool though. Even them compare it to Abode Illustrator rather than Adobe InDesign. Might check it anyway. Thanks