topic Re: centering text in its text frame in Modeling

centering text in its text frame

Gus — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:06:52 GMT

There is a checkbox in the text selection settings in Text Block Formatting to put a frame around your text. I think this is great. However, the text is not centered within that frame. I've changed the "leading" on the text and that seems to have no effect on the frame placement. Anyone know how to get the frame centered around the text?

Re: centering text in its text frame

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:11:22 GMT

Have you tried center justified ?
Peter Devlin

Re: centering text in its text frame

Gus — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:33:23 GMT

I have tried "justified" and "centered" but found nothing that is both "justified" and "centered" as an option. Am I missing something?

Re: centering text in its text frame

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:13:41 GMT

The image below is of a framed piece of text with the info box
for the text showing center justified selected.
Peter Devlin

Re: centering text in its text frame

Link — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:03:24 GMT

It also depends how your text was created. Did you place a text box first then your text? Or did you double click and then enter your text?

Either way, if you uncheck Text Wrapping in your Text Settings, you'll get a better idea of how it works.

Cheers,
Link.

Re: centering text in its text frame

Gus — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:07:04 GMT

If you do the same thing you just did with the distance between the frame and the text at zero you will see what I mean. It won't be centered. It looks good with a big frame but not with a small frame. The small frame is what I need for my construction documents. Otherwise the text won't fit in the drawing.

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