Hello all,
I am trying to make speach bubbles for a document that would auto-size according to the length of the text entered in them.
Below is a screen shot of what I would like to achive :
1 & 2, made manually, this is the effect I want to achieve.
3. Making the bubble vector shape into a text box, giving it an Auto-Size height only for it to adjust. 2 problems : I can't get it to have inner margins as I want, and the more I enter text the more the shape looses it's original shape by being stretched vertically.
Any ideas on how to achieve this?
Thank in advance.
Joshua
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Thank you for your answer.
This almost solves my problem but the rounded corners change according to the size of the bubble.
See attached capture. Would you know how to solve this?
Thank you for your answer.
This almost solves my problem but the rounded corners change according to the size of the bubble.
See attached capture. Would you know how to solve this?
Looks like you are starting with a shape that has round corners. Use a rectangle instead then apply round corners as an attribute.
I've done this. You need two object styles.
- Speech bubble. Auto sized for height to contain content. Include colour, corner shape and size, and text inset.
- Pointer. Draw the pointer only, including the curved corners. Copy it, then paste it into the text as an anchored object. Go to Anchored Object Options and chose Custom for position then make the X and Y positions relative to the text frame and adjust position as needed. Zoom in and make sure Preview is on.
Once you make both of those object styles you can apply them and, best of all, globally adjust them.
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