The following describes how to resize text objects, picture objects, and data selection objects.
Text Objects
If you resize a text object that uses a background box, it is important to understand how the background
box resizes with respect to the text in the object. First, the margins and indents remain constant when you
resize a text object. Thus the top edge of the text is always the same distance from the top edge of the
background box, and the left edge of the text is always the same distance from the left edge of the
background box. What changes are the right and bottom edges of the text relative to the right and bottom
edges of the background box. The change that occurs depends on whether word wrap is on or off, and
whether the Dynamic height box is selected in the Basic attributes of the text object.
| Word wrap: | Dynamic height: | Resize behavior: |
| on | cleared | Background box resizes horizontally to maintain the relationship between the right indent and the right edge of the background box. It resizes vertically without regard for the bottom edge of the text. Thus in this case text may extend below the bottom edge of the background box. |
| on | selected | PlanetPress Design dynamically adjusts the height of the background box to accommodate all of the text. In this case you cannot manually adjust the height of the text object; you can only resize the width. |
| off | cleared | Background box resizes without regard for either the right or bottom edges of the text. Text may extend beyond either or both of the right and bottom edges of the background box. |
Picture Objects
The ability to resize a picture object, and the effect of the resize on the image that object references and
on the height and width of the picture object, depends on the Fit setting selected for the image.
If you selected a Fit setting of Constant resolution, you cannot resize the picture object.
In the case of any of the other Fit settings (Constant height, Constant width, and Best fit), PlanetPress
Design carries out the resize in accordance with the Fit setting. For example, if you selected Constant
height, when you resize the picture object, PlanetPress Design scales the image such that its height
reflects the new height of the picture object. It then adjusts the width of the picture object to the new
width of the image. Note that when you resize a dynamic image, you are resizing a single image. If the
dynamic image references more than one image, and the images are different sizes, you should consider
the effect the resize has on all of the images referenced by the dynamic image.
Data Selection Objects
If you defined the data selection in a data selection object using PlanetPress Talk expressions, you cannot
resize the object along any of the edges defined by those expressions.
You cannot resize a data selection object that contains a Contiguous data selection in database emulation,
along the horizontal axis. A Contiguous data selection in a database emulation cannot span more than one
field.
To resize one or more objects and/or groups: