User Guide

Using Type 319

To resize a fixed-size text block:

1 Select the Pointer tool.

2 Do one of the following:

• To adjust the size of a text block, drag a corner handle. Text within the

container reﬂows to ﬁll the new size.

• To scale a text block proportionally, Shift-drag a corner handle. Text within the

container reﬂows to ﬁll the new size.

• To scale a text block and its font size, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option

(Macintosh) and drag a corner handle.

• To scale a text block and its font size proportionally, hold down Shift+Alt

(Windows) or Shift+Option (Macintosh) and drag a corner handle.

• To reduce the size of a text block to ﬁt the text, double-click the link box at the

lower right corner of the text block with the Pointer tool.

To turn off text block selection highlights in Preview mode:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences. Click General.

2 Deselect Smoother Editing. (The Highlight Selected Paths option is also

deselected when you perform this step.) Keep in mind that deselecting this

option turns off selection highlights for all objects in a document, not just

text blocks.

Note: When Preview mode is turned off, text blocks are indicated by black outlines

whether they are selected or deselected. For more information on Preview mode, see

“Optimizing document redraw” on page 80.

Converting fixed-size or auto-expanding text blocks

Dragging with the Text tool creates a ﬁxed-size text block by default. You can

change the default behavior of the Text tool to create an auto-expanding text block

when you drag the tool. Once you have created a text block, you can covert it

from ﬁxed-size to auto-expanding or the reverse.

To specify the type of text block created when dragging with the Text tool:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Text.

2 Choose the behavior for dragging to create a text block:

• Select New Text Containers Auto-Expand (the default setting) to create a ﬁxed-

size text block when you drag with the Text tool. When this option is

deselected, clicking with the Text tool creates an auto-expanding text block.

• Deselect New Text Containers Auto-Expand to create an auto-expanding text

block when you drag with the Text tool. When this option is deselected,

clicking with the Text tool creates a ﬁxed-size text block.