I've read this twice and still can't figure out what you're saying...
Typically, when you want two printouts at different scales, you would create TWO different VIEWS in the View Map and applying the correct scale in the VIEW SETTINGS...
If you want the 1/2" scale drawing GLOBALLY reduced by 50% (all text and markers GET smaller proportionally) then simply change the scale of the DRAWING that is placed on the sheet.
Version 1 above rarely works cleanly without having to massage text sizes anyway to make the same numbers fit at both scales...
I believe you are looking for version 1 and looking to see the TEXT larger in 1/4" scale drawing as opposed to having it all tiny... right?
Duane
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