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Specifying the Size of Text Boxes

After you insert a text box, you can adjust its width and height. This can be done through styles or by using local formatting. Using styles is usually recommended because the setting is automatically applied to any content using that style throughout the project, whereas local formatting affects only the particular content that you are working on.

  Best Practice: Use styles instead of local formatting.

How to specify the size of a text box using a style

1. Open the topic style sheet that you want to modify.

2. In the local toolbar, make sure the first button displays (which means that the Simplified view is currently shown in the editor). If the button displays instead, then click it.
3. In the upper-left corner of the editor, click in the Show Styles field and select Show Paragraph Styles.

4. Select the appropriate <div> style. If you use the default style when inserting the text boxes, then select div. Otherwise, if you have used a class of that style that you created previously, then select it instead.

5. In the local toolbar of the editor, click . The Properties dialog opens.

6. Select the Position tab.
7. Specify the Width and Height of the text box.
8. In the Properties dialog, click OK.
9. Press CTRL+S or click to save your work.

How to specify the size of a text box using local formatting

1. Open a topic where you have inserted a text box.

2. Right-click inside the text box and from the menu, select Text Box.

   The Text Box Properties dialog opens.

3. Select the Size & Position tab.
4. Specify the Width and Height of the text box.
5. Click OK.
6. Press CTRL+S or click to save your work.

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