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Scaling text attributes
Use the Adjust Text Attributes When Scaling preferences option to determine how the changes appear in palettes when you scale a text frame.
For example, suppose you double the scale of a text frame that has 12?point type. If this option is turned on when you double the scale, the values in the Control palette or Character palette appear as 24?point type; scaling values remain at 100% in the Transform palette. If this option is turned off when you double the scale, the Transform palette indicates 200% scaling, but the text appears in the Control palette or Character palette as 12pt(24). Other palette text boxes, such as leading and kerning, appear with their original values, even though they have effectively doubled in size.
Note the following:
If you edit the text or resize the frame when the Adjust Text Attributes When Scaling option is on, the text is scaled, even if it moves to a different frame. However, if this option is off, any text that flows to a different frame as a result of editing is no longer scaled.
The Adjust Text Attributes When Scaling option applies only to text frames scaled after the option is turned on, not to existing text frames. To adjust text attributes of existing frames, use the Scale Text Attributes command in the Transform palette menu. (See To scale text attributes.)
When you resize a group of text frames, the text is not scaled. However, if you scale a group of text frames, text attributes are not adjusted based on scaling, even if the preferences setting is turned on.
To scale text attributes
Using the Selection tool, select the text frame that has been scaled.
Choose Scale Text Attributes in the Transform palette menu.
Text attributes are adjusted based on the scaling percentage; scaling options in the Transform palette revert to 100% scale.