Randy Digby
03-16-2011, 7:08 PM
Engravelab does this automatically and I'm sure X5 will do it, I just don't know which buttons to push!
I want to have a text box, say 2" wide (with like 12pt text). If I enter a word shorter than the width of the text box, I want the text displayed with normal character to character spacing (kerning), and not strtched to fill the width of the text box. If I enter text that is normally longer than the width of the text box, I want the text to compress in the width dimension as needed to stay within the confines of the text box (2" in this example).
I can enter the text now and then change the width of the text box but that will take too long for the application I am working on. The end result will be a template that will be populated via merge from another data document, so the text compression (when needed) needs to be automatic.
Thanks gang.
I want to have a text box, say 2" wide (with like 12pt text). If I enter a word shorter than the width of the text box, I want the text displayed with normal character to character spacing (kerning), and not strtched to fill the width of the text box. If I enter text that is normally longer than the width of the text box, I want the text to compress in the width dimension as needed to stay within the confines of the text box (2" in this example).
I can enter the text now and then change the width of the text box but that will take too long for the application I am working on. The end result will be a template that will be populated via merge from another data document, so the text compression (when needed) needs to be automatic.
Thanks gang.