Resizing layout boxes and layout cells
To resize a layout box
- Select the layout box by clicking its border or an empty space inside it. (The pointer should look like
before you click.)
- Drag any of the box’s resize handlesSmall, solid rectangles at each of the corners and sides of an object’s bounding rectangle, used to resize the object..
- If you need to make fine adjustments to the size of the box, right-click the box, select Layout Box Properties, and then enter the desired dimensions in Width and Height.
To resize a layout cell
- Select the layout cell by clicking its border or an empty space inside it. (The pointer should look like
before you click.)
- Drag any of the cell’s resize handlesSmall, solid rectangles at each of the corners and sides of an object’s bounding rectangle, used to resize the object..
- If you need to make fine adjustments to the size of the cell, double-click its border and enter the desired dimensions in Width and Height.
Resizing a layout cell does not affect the size or position of any other layout cell. Also, layout cells cannot overlap. As a result, you cannot increase the size of a layout cell beyond the borders of any adjacent cells.
While editing a layout box, it is possible to set the size of a layout cell so that all of its contents are not visible. Such a cell will appear with a red border in Edit mode. However, when the document is viewed in Preview mode or a browser, the layout cell will expand to show all its contents.
To adjust the size of a layout cell to fit its contents
- Select the layout cell by clicking its border or an empty space inside it. (The pointer should look like before you click.)
- Right-click, point to Layout, and then click Fit to Contents.
If necessary, the layout box will be expanded to accommodate the resized layout cell. However, any adjacent cells will not be moved automatically, so the Fit to Contents command will be unavailable if it would require adjacent cells to be moved.