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wrapping autotext?

cremsberg
Contributor
Is there a way to get Autotext in layouts to wrap? If my drawing title is long and I want to put it in a narrow box on two or more lines, is there a way I can still use Autotext to link to View Map title of drawing? Attached is a snapshot of how I like to present my drawing titles in corner of layout, but I am now typing this in manually.

wrap text.png
Claire Remsberg

Remsberg Architecture, P.A.

MacBook Pro, OSX 12.6, ArchiCAD v25 (5010)
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Erika Epstein
Booster
You can predefine the width of the text box,
Or if the text [box] is already placed select it and resize the width of the text box,Ctlr + H (both platforms).
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
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cremsberg
Contributor
THANKS. I see now that that should have been obvious, but it wasn't at the time. Works very well.
Claire Remsberg

Remsberg Architecture, P.A.

MacBook Pro, OSX 12.6, ArchiCAD v25 (5010)
Anonymous
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Should that be ctrl-K (resize) instead of ctrl-H (scale)?
Erika Epstein
Booster
Not unless your intent is to resize the block of text in both the X and Y directions.
Stretching, CrtlH, in this instance, is stretching the block of text, not the size of the text.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
cremsberg
Contributor
Adjusting text blocks shapes - I usually just drag the handles at the corners of the text block.
Claire Remsberg

Remsberg Architecture, P.A.

MacBook Pro, OSX 12.6, ArchiCAD v25 (5010)
Erika Epstein
Booster
Yes, the pet palette works too, just set it to the stretch button
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"