Resizing Text Container

[Jarrett_McAlicher@adobeforums.com]

How do you resize a text container without resizing the text inside? Every time I resize the container it stretches the text out of shape I want the text to stay the same size.

Thanks

[B. Philippus]

Jarrett:

1. Use the direct select tool on one of the walls of the container.

or

2. Use the group select tool to select ONLY the container, making sure not to click near the text (I realize this can be hard to do if the container is full, you may have to stretch out the bottom a little using [1.]. Then scale, and the text will follow the flow but will not change sizes.

Bert

[Harron_K._Appleman@adobeforums.com]

Jarrett,

First of all, make sure you are working with a text container. Just because you see a bounding box does not mean you have a text container.

To create a new text box, drag out a rectangle with the text tool. Alternately, click on an existing closed path with the area type tool. If you merely click with the type tool and start typing, you will have point text, not area (container) text.

Otherwise, see my response here: "Resizing the Bounding Box (text and imported graphics)" 5/28/04 9:15am </cgi-bin/webx?14@@.3bb455f7/0>.

=-= Harron =-=

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[Kurt_Gold@adobeforums.com]

-> "Use the group select tool to select ONLY the container, making sure not to click near the text (I realize this can be hard to do if the container is full, you may have to stretch out the bottom a little using [1.]. Then scale, and the text will follow the flow but will not change sizes."

Yes, but only when you scale through the Object Menu or with the Scale tool. Numeric scaling through the Transform palette doesn't support that way. I don't know how it is in AI 11, but in AI 10 my favourite way is to scale with:

Text > Rows/Columns > Total height/Total width

Scale like you want, it will only change the size of the text container but not the text size. It gives you a more variable control than percentage scaling.