Operation Manual

100 Working with Text
No Autofit
This is the normal mode of operation where, if selected, text
won't automatically scale throughout the selected text frame,
possibly leaving partly empty frames at the end of the frame
sequence.
Shrink Text on Overflow
If selected, extra text added to a selected frame will shrink all
frame text to avoid text overflow.
Autofit
If selected, the frame will always scale text automatically by
adjusting text size (compare to Fit Text which fits text once,
with any additional text causing text overflow).
AutoFlow
When importing text, it's a good idea to take advantage of the AutoFlow feature,
which will automatically create text frames and pages until all the text has been
imported. This way, enough frames are created to display the whole story. Then
you can gauge just how much adjustment will be needed to fit the story to the
available "real estate" in your publication.
If you add more text to a story while editing, or have reduced the size of frame,
you may find that an overflow condition crops up. In this case you can decide
whether to use AutoFit or click the frame's AutoFlow button.
To AutoFlow story text on the page:
• Click the AutoFlow button just to the left of the frame's
Link button.
If no other empty frames are detected, you'll be prompted to autoflow text into a
new frame(s) the same size as the original or to new frame(s) sized to the page.
If an empty frame exists anywhere in your publication, PagePlus will flow text
into that instead, before commencing with autoflow.