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neon · 29-01-2008, 08:55

Hi

Sorting some spreads out in Indesign..I've noticed when grouping text boxes and scaling up or down..it does this and say the text was originally 10pt..you've scaled it up..it still says 10pt even though the font looks bigger..have noticed next to the font size it says in brackets what it really is...just wondered is there any way I can have the text look and say exactly what it's supposed to be...

Do Gooder · 29-01-2008, 09:00

yeh. i know that. it's a bit shit. don't know how to solve it without manually re-scaling stuff.

i just avoid scaling grouped text now. would be good to know of any ways to solve this though.

neon · 29-01-2008, 09:13

Yeah just googling and reading up on it now...loads of advice on what not to do - before you do anything :p which is too late for me...ahh well!

centro · 29-01-2008, 11:42

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Originally Posted by neon

Hi

Sorting some spreads out in Indesign..I've noticed when grouping text boxes and scaling up or down..it does this and say the text was originally 10pt..you've scaled it up..it still says 10pt even though the font looks bigger..have noticed next to the font size it says in brackets what it really is...just wondered is there any way I can have the text look and say exactly what it's supposed to be...

Scaling text boxes is one route to shit looking typography - if you like that sort of thing.

brubakrn · 29-01-2008, 15:06

This is an annoying problem but shouldn't effect the output to leave it the way it is.

Along the same lines of unmanageable text edits, I have another question. Sometimes when I do a "soft return" (shift+return) to take care of a widow or whatnot, it adjusts the lines that precede the line I'm fixing. Is there a way to stop this?

Herr Kurm · 29-01-2008, 15:11

Thats Adobe multi - line composer at work I guess. You should be able to switch to single line composer but as long as I am not at home and have no access to ID I cant tell you where.

neon · 30-01-2008, 04:05

brubakrn to use the single-line composition method, select a paragraph and choose Adobe Single-line Composer from the Paragraph palette menu (little black arrow for more options)..hope this helps?

29-01-2008, 08:55	#1 (permalink)
neon Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 368	Indesign text confusion... Hi Sorting some spreads out in Indesign..I've noticed when grouping text boxes and scaling up or down..it does this and say the text was originally 10pt..you've scaled it up..it still says 10pt even though the font looks bigger..have noticed next to the font size it says in brackets what it really is...just wondered is there any way I can have the text look and say exactly what it's supposed to be...

29-01-2008, 09:00	#2 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,063	yeh. i know that. it's a bit shit. don't know how to solve it without manually re-scaling stuff. i just avoid scaling grouped text now. would be good to know of any ways to solve this though. __________________ anti social marketing

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Herr Kurm bloody peasant Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 2,679	Thats Adobe multi - line composer at work I guess. You should be able to switch to single line composer but as long as I am not at home and have no access to ID I cant tell you where. __________________ refreshed portfolio

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29-01-2008, 09:13	#3 (permalink)
neon Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 368	Yeah just googling and reading up on it now...loads of advice on what not to do - before you do anything :p which is too late for me...ahh well!

29-01-2008, 15:06	#5 (permalink)
brubakrn Technomad. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 3	This is an annoying problem but shouldn't effect the output to leave it the way it is. Along the same lines of unmanageable text edits, I have another question. Sometimes when I do a "soft return" (shift+return) to take care of a widow or whatnot, it adjusts the lines that precede the line I'm fixing. Is there a way to stop this?

30-01-2008, 04:05	#7 (permalink)
neon Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southampton Posts: 368	brubakrn to use the single-line composition method, select a paragraph and choose Adobe Single-line Composer from the Paragraph palette menu (little black arrow for more options)..hope this helps?

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