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GraphicRage
08-28-2007, 04:22 PM
I've always just worked around this, but there must be a more "proper" way to draw dynamic text boxes.

If I draw a box that isn't the exact size I want/need, I adjust it in the properties. However, using embedded text fed by XML, the text is always stretched from the original size that I first drew.

Can anyone explain to me an easier way to draw a dynamic text box and not have this happen?

For example, say I've got a text box 150x100 with 12pt external text, and now I want that box to be 150x400. I adjust it in the properties for the text box, and when the content renders, it's stretched in height just like I stretech the box. I need to find a way to be able to edit these boxes and not have it stretch the dynamic content.

rabidGadfly
08-28-2007, 04:32 PM
Click inside the text box then use the bottom right handle to resize the field.

GraphicRage
08-28-2007, 05:12 PM
Thanks, that seems to work. They should really have a transform tool for that other than having to drag so you can have precise sizes.