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I have this shape, which is a group of 5 objects :
I would like to scale them to precisely 2 inches proportionately.
As can be seen by the screen capture, it measures 1.8081" x 1.8244".
Is such a feat possible with InDesign? Without doing some arithmetic within the Transform palette or in the Scale dialog? Sorry if this is too obvious...
When I type 2" in the Transform palette the elements get "cropped" as shown below :
Thank you in advance for your kind help and patience.
You want to enter the dimension in the scale field(s), overwriting the preset that has a percentage value.
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Never mind. I found the culprit. Eacb of the five elements were inside some kind of "masks" :
This screen capture shows what happens when I Transformed the group to 2 inches by 2 inches.
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I now remember pasting this logo from Illustrator, filled with the gradients.
I think they were obtained from a PDF. So the clipping masks must have followed through in InDesign.
Perfect troubleshooting demonstration for my students...
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You want to enter the dimension in the scale field(s), overwriting the preset that has a percentage value.
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You are absolutely right, dear Jeffrey!!!!
I did not think InDesign would "do anything" with dimension values in the scale fields.
Wow! I owe you a beer 🙂