With this switch you can make text frames scalable. Scalable text frames can be enlarged or shrunk both horizontally and vertically like vector frames, where the size of the text they contain will adapt automatically to the changes, even with non-proportional size changes.
This function is very useful so that you don't have to try x times
with different font sizes to exactly fill a headline, for instance.
You simply place the headline text in a text frame and reduce the
frame size until the text only just fits into it. Then you switch on
Scale text frame
for this frame and you can the draw it out to
the desired width.
Tip: If the size change is to remain proportional (same in
both directions), switch on Proportional sizing
(see below)
beforehand; in that case you can only alter the frame via the four
corner points.
Warning: Text frames for which the scaling switch is set
can not be edited in text mode. To alter the frame contents, switch
off Scale text frame
temporarily. Calamus will memorize the
current frame's scaling and will jump back to the original size. Now
you can alter the text contents. If you switch on scaling again
afterwards, a dialog offers you the option to restore the measurements
to the previous scale. Click on Yes
. No
leaves the frame
as it is at present.
Tip: Not just individual frames but also complete
documents can be scaled easily. If you just happen
to want to
scale an A3 poster, say, to an A5 leaflet, you only have to select all
frames, set the Scale text frame
switch, group all frames and
then shrink them to the desired size. The text frames (that without
this switch would only produce a text overflow
) will now be
displayed shrunk to the new size.
