You can size text fields, images, rectangles, and other controls. You can resize t by dragging it or by specifying its height and width. Steps to size a single control or multiple controls are below. If you resize multiple controls at one time, they can be uniformly sized.
Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.
Select a control and do one of the following:
Drag any of its sizing handles to its new size.
Press and hold SHIFT while pressing the Up, Down, Left, or Right arrow keys on the keyboard.
Right-click the control and select Properties and Formatting. From the left, select Layout. Then define the size properties for the control:
Width: sets the width of the control. It is not available for section headers/footers.
Fixed at: The width does not change from the set size. It is not available for sections, panel stacks, or selectors.
100%: This sets the item's width to that of the section. This is used for lines and rectangles only. It is not available for sections, panel stacks, or selectors.
Fit to contents: The width expands to the width of the item. It is not available for sections, panel stacks, text fields, or selectors.
Height: Sets the height of the control.
Fixed at: The height does not change from the set size.
100%: This sets the item's height to that of the section. This is used for lines and rectangles only. It is not available for sections or panel stacks.
Fit to contents: The height expands to the height of the item. This is used for text fields and for Grid/Graphs displayed as grids. It only affects Express Mode. It is not available for sections or panel stacks.
Length: These options are available only for lines; they determine whether the length of a line is dynamic.
Fixed at: The length does not change from the set size.
100%: This sets the item's length to that of the section. This is used for lines and rectangles only.
Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.
Press and hold CTRL while selecting the controls.
Right-click a control, point to Size, and choose an option from the following list:
To Grid resizes and moves the controls so that all corners touch a grid point. This option is also available when a single control is selected.
To Tallest changes the height of the selected controls to that of the tallest one.
To Shortest changes the height of the selected controls to that of the shortest one.
To Widest changes the width of the selected controls to that of the widest one.
To Narrowest changes the width of the selected controls to that of narrowest one.
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