Change text box size without changing text scale

[whoalexandra]

I would like to type in a box of a particular width, and for text that spills over this to automatically move below it, just like when you run out of space at the edge of the page in microsoft word and the like. When I change the size of my text box it changes the scale of the font and if I make a return to make it appear as though it has done what I want, the return is so large that it looks weird. Is there an easy solution?

[narsimha swamyd84334434]

Thank you bro

[77Shapeshifter]

This is NOT the correct answer for a Mac. It's COMMAND+Shft+B. Or View/Show Bounding Box.

I don't know how I "accidentally" hit cmd+shft+B to turn it off but this is a nightmare to try to fix if you don't know what you did. Maybe it doesn't need a quick key.

[Monika Gause]

If you don't need the shortcut, you can turn it off easily by going to Edit > Shortcut keys.

[d-korolkov]

sorry dear mac user) here is name for the shortcut for both OS

please see full table of the shortcuts here:

Default keyboard shortcuts | Illustrator 

[chito-au]

some times you need to use the transform window and type in exact sizes and it resizes and sometimes it doesn't. really wish there was an option to turn off scaling when resizing.
Maybe in Type > Area Type Options.

also annoying that if you create text and not a text area there's no way to convert. you need to recreate it.  

[Monika Gause]

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@chito-au  schrieb:

some times you need to use the transform window and type in exact sizes and it resizes and sometimes it doesn't. really wish there was an option to turn off scaling when resizing.
Maybe in Type > Area Type Options.

also annoying that if you create text and not a text area there's no way to convert. you need to recreate it.  

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[alex_2682]

How do you change the bounding box size using the transform pallet, but not change the text size?

[Ton Frederiks]

Select the bounding box with the Direct Selection tool