Box Basics
S Tips
Resizing handles
Bounding boxes have eight resizing handles.
Scaling box contents as you resize
To scale box contents as you resize, press
CTRL while dragging a resizing handle. The contents will also stretch, condense, enlarge, or shrink, depending on how you resize the box.
Resizing boxes proportionally
To resize boxes proportionally, press
SHIFT while dragging a resizing handle. Press
CTRL
+
SHIFT to resize a box and scale the contents proportionally.
Resizing Boxes
You can resize any box by modifying the size of its bounding box. A bounding box is a non-printing, rectangular box that encloses every box when Item
& Edit & Shape is unchecked. Bounding boxes are most apparent when they enclose a non-rectangular box shape. You can use the
Resizing pointer f to manually resize boxes, or you can enter precise values in the width and height fields of either the Modify dialog box (Item menu), or the Measurements palette. You can resize active boxes using any of the three following methods:
• Tool palette: Select the Item tool e or the Content tool E and move the Arrow pointer x over an active box’s resizing handle to display the
Resizing pointer f; click and drag the handle to a new location to reduce or enlarge the box.
Resize a circular picture box by enlarging its bounding box.
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Resizing Boxes
• Item menu: Choose Item
& Modify (
CTRL
+
M
); then click the Box tab.
Enter values in the Width and Height fields to precisely change the size of a box; then click OK.
S Tips
Accessing the Modify dialog box
When the Item tool e is selected, double-click a box to quickly display the Modify dialog box.
Accessing the Measurements palette
You can quickly display the
Measurements palette by pressing
CTRL
+
ALT
+
M
, or by pressing F9.
Using the Width and Height fields in the Box tab of the Modify dialog box (Item menu), you can enter numerical values to precisely resize a box.
• Measurements palette: Enter values in the W and H fields to change the width and height, then press
ENTER
.
Resize a box using the Measurements palette by entering width and height values in the
W and H fields.
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