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y.topp
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June 27, 2017
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Unable to resize text in text boxes

  • June 27, 2017
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Hey everyone. I've found some similar threads but no solutions for my issue yet. Well it's actually for a friend, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. She's having issues scaling text within a text box using the cmd + shift shortcut. It resizes the text box, but the text stays the same size.

Any suggestions?

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      Correct answer Michael33907470eayv

      For posterity, I had an identical problem just now, but my solution made me feel really silly.

      Turns out my layout was too big (96"x24") and that was causing my font size to cap out at 1296pt, and not continue scaling with the text box. When I rebuilt my layout at 50% scale, I had no problem scaling text anymore.

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      Michael33907470eayvCorrect answer
      Participant
      February 14, 2025

      For posterity, I had an identical problem just now, but my solution made me feel really silly.

      Turns out my layout was too big (96"x24") and that was causing my font size to cap out at 1296pt, and not continue scaling with the text box. When I rebuilt my layout at 50% scale, I had no problem scaling text anymore.

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        Jeeters05
        Participant
        October 4, 2017

        Unlock from Fluid box is an option under properties.  Once I turned that on I was able to resize the text boxes.

          Barb Binder
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          Barb BinderCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          October 4, 2017

          In InDesign? Where is Fluid Box?

          ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
          KaCe
          KaCe
          Participant
          June 28, 2017

          When I want to enlarge text I insert the the text curser into the type I want to enlarge and hit command + A to select all; then I use the shift+commant+great than (>) symbol to enlarge. If I want smaller type I use the less than symbol (<).

          Bill Silbert
          Community Expert
          Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 27, 2017

          You need to make sure that the Regular Selection tool is chosen in the Tool Panel. If one of the Frame tools is selected using Command-Shift and dragging on a Frame corner will only open the Frame and not enlarge the text.

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          y.toppAuthor
          Participant
          June 27, 2017

          Yep, it's selected. But I also tried having the frame tools selected and using the shortcut on my computer (which works) and it still resizes the text.

          Bill Silbert
          Community Expert
          Bill SilbertCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 28, 2017

          If it's working on your computer and not on hers then it may be a problem that deleting her Indesign preferences might help. To delete the preferences on a Mac: Open a Finder Window in column view and click on your Home folder. With the option key pressed select Library under the Finder Go menu and follow the screen shot below and trash the two highlighted files. Make sure that InDesign is closed when you do this.

          jmlevy
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          jmlevyCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          June 27, 2017

          Does she press first on the keyboard, then start to drag the text frame?

          Also, if you start to drag to fast, it does not work. Press the keys and hold on a second or so before dragging.

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          y.toppAuthor
          Participant
          June 27, 2017

          Well I also gave it a go and it didn't work but works on mine. Also just tried pressing the keyboard before clicking and after clicking and does the same thing.

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