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DigitalChickster
Inspiring
September 12, 2017
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Resizing all text (of different sizes) within a text box at once

  • September 12, 2017
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Hi all! Years ago, I used Quark. I haven't used it in a long time, so I don't remember the exact key command... but I want to know if I can do something in InDesign that I used to be able to do in Quark. Imagine having a text box... and in it is a 12 point headline and 9 point text below that headline. I want to enlarge the whole thing... maybe bring the headline up to 18 points and the text up to 15 points (or whatever would be proportional). Is there a way to do this in InDesign? I've never been able to find it. And I find myself wanting to do this periodically. I'm not looking to enlarge the text box itself... just the text within it. Thanks.

    Correct answer winterm

    And a bit different approach with different result:

    Select text, then

    Increase point size: Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+.

    Decrease point size: Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+,

    Step size can be set in Preferences > Units and increments > Keyboard increments.

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    winterm
    wintermCorrect answer
    Legend
    September 12, 2017

    And a bit different approach with different result:

    Select text, then

    Increase point size: Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+.

    Decrease point size: Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+,

    Step size can be set in Preferences > Units and increments > Keyboard increments.

    DigitalChickster
    Inspiring
    September 12, 2017

    Thank you both! I got the shift command and drag one to work. The other one I couldn't really get to work. When I tried Cmd+Shift+, It reduced my type size by a weird amount... and created weird spacing. I would like to get a key command to work... that is what I was doing before, and I found it helpful.

    Thanks again!

    TᴀW
    Legend
    September 12, 2017

    You're welcome.

    BTW, those KB shortcuts are default, but not set in stone... You can always check (and change) it in Keyboard Shortcuts > Text and Tables > Decrease point size / Increase point size.

    You also may notice there the commands Decrease point size x5 / Increase point size x5. Those also can be useful, among many others...


    Of course, those shortcuts don't modify the leading proportionally, nor any paragraph indents, etc. etc. Just the size of the text, nothing else...

    Participating Frequently
    September 12, 2017

    Shift Command and drag