Fit Box to Text: Video Tutorial

Wed, Oct 3, 2007

Tip, Video Tutorial

QuarkXPress 7 includes an XPert BoxTools XTension that automatically fits a text box to the text that’s inside it.

Choose Window> XPert BoxTools> Fit Text.

Fit Box to Text

Then select an option for expanding or contracting the text box to fit its text:

Fit Box to Text

either from the bottom, right side, left side, or top. Click the Fit button and the box will resize to perfectly fit its content.

You can watch a 1.5 minute video tutorial that demonstrates this feature here.

Fit Box to Text Video Tutorial

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This post was written by:

Jay Nelson - who has written 503 posts on Planet Quark.

Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7, and the QuarkXPress 7 training at Lynda.com. In addition, Jay writes for several other publications and speaks at industry events.

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