How do I keep text in place when I resize a design in Adobe Express?

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Hi everyone, I made a square social media design in Adobe Express on the web, and now I want to resize it to a tall portrait size for a story. When I use Resize, the heading and some of the smaller text boxes move from where I placed them, and a couple of them overlap the photo. I tried duplicating the design first, then resizing the copy, and I also tried moving the text boxes back by hand, but they still do not sit quite right and it takes a long time to fix each one. Is there a setting or a better way to resize a design while keeping the text in the same relative position? I would be happy to adjust the font size a little if needed, but I do not want to rebuild the whole layout. Thanks in advance for any help.

CORCTON34033231 · Answer

Hi! There isn't a lock-in-place setting for this, because square to tall portrait is a different aspect ratio, so some reflow is expected. The cleanest way is to use Duplicate & Resize, so your original stays safe, then review the variations and choose Keep only for the one closest to your layout, or Discard and try another preset. If you don't want the image expanded with generative AI, make sure Expand image is unchecked before you resize. Before resizing, it also helps to group your text boxes: Shift-select them and choose Group (Ctrl+G on Windows / Cmd+G on Mac), so you can move them back as one unit instead of fixing each box separately, then adjust the font size a little if needed. Official steps: https://helpx.adobe.com/express/web/arrange-layers-and-pages/change-page-size.html and grouping: https://helpx.adobe.com/express/web/arrange-layers-and-pages/group-ungroup-objects.html Hope that helps!

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