Dynamic text in columns as in Macromedia's Edge

1

Hi,
I was wondering if there is any easy way to do these two things:

  1. put text in columns as in Macromedia’s Edge magazine. How do I go about doing something similar to that?

  2. Can a text box follow a path, as it can do in publishing software (I’m thinking text to wrap around something)

Cheers
Penar