\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[!viewMagWin,!preview]{artthreads}
\usepackage{multicol,lipsum}
\hypersetup{colorlinks}

\setAddToBorder{addtow=10bp,addtoh=10bp}

\begin{document}

\noindent
The two article threads: \setLink[\A{\Thread{Lipsum}}]{Read Lipsum}
and \setLink[\A{\Thread{more Lipsum}}]{Read more Lipsum}.

\setThreadInfo{title=Lipsum,author=D. P. Story,subject=Article thread test,keywords={AeB, PDF, LaTeX}}%

\raggedcolumns
\begin{multicols}{2}
\noindent\makebox[0pt][r]{\showArticlePaneRead{}{11bp}\hspace{\marginparsep}}%
\bArticle{lift=\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=\textheight-2\baselineskip}%
\textsl{This is a series of paragraphs to fill the multi-columns of this document. It is imperative
that we have a lot of text to fill these columns, but I fear that I don't know what to write.}

\textsl{Well, here goes.} \lipsum[2]

\textsl{That want well, more?} \lipsum[4]

\textsl{Ok, I have the hang of it now.} \lipsum[6]

\noindent\cArticle{lift=9\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=\textheight-2\baselineskip}\indent
\textsl{Continuing now with} \lipsum[8]

\textsl{I'm on a roll!} \lipsum[10]

\end{multicols}

\newpage

\noindent\cArticle{lift=\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=1.5\baselineskip}%
Same `article' but broken down into smaller pieces as an exercise.

\setThreadInfo{title=more Lipsum,author=D. P. Story,subject=Article thread test,keywords={AeB, PDF, LaTeX}}%
\begin{multicols}{2}\previewOn % locally turn on preview
\noindent\bArticle{lift=\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=3in+3\baselineskip}%
\textsl{This is a series of paragraphs to fill the multi-columns of this document. It is imperative
that we have a lot of text to fill these columns, but I fear that I don't know what to write.}

\textsl{Well, here goes.} \lipsum[2]

\noindent\cArticle{lift=\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=4in-1.5\baselineskip}\indent
\textsl{That want well, more?} \lipsum[4]

\textsl{Ok, I have the hang of it now.} \lipsum[6]

\noindent\cArticle{lift=9\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=4in+2\baselineskip}\indent
\textsl{Continuing now with,} \lipsum[8]

\noindent\cArticle{lift=\baselineskip,width=\linewidth,height=3in-\baselineskip}\indent
\textsl{I'm on a roll!} \lipsum[10]

\end{multicols}

\end{document}
