Adjusting size of grouped objects

[Amy]

I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To be clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled in, but when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[JoAnn Paules]

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

 

[Amy]

Thanks for the reply. I set the text to Best Fit and grouped my items and
did hold down the shift key while resizing, but still no luck. I would be
more than happy to send you a publisher file with the logo so you might see
what I am doing wrong.

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To be
clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled in, but
when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[Mary Sauer]

What happens when you re-size without the text box? You may have to resize the text
separately.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Thanks for the reply. I set the text to Best Fit and grouped my items and
did hold down the shift key while resizing, but still no luck. I would be
more than happy to send you a publisher file with the logo so you might see
what I am doing wrong.

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To be
clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled in, but
when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[Amy]

This logo has 4 text boxes (text box per line), an oval and a piece of
clipart. It seems that instead of growing larger together, it grows larger,
but apart. The spaces between the text boxes and the oval just separate. I
have tried everything I can and I have pulled pieces apart and it still does
the same thing.

Anyone willing to look at it?

What happens when you re-size without the text box? You may have to resize the text
separately.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Thanks for the reply. I set the text to Best Fit and grouped my items and
did hold down the shift key while resizing, but still no luck. I would be
more than happy to send you a publisher file with the logo so you might see
what I am doing wrong.

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To be
clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled in, but
when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Yep - send it to jpaules029 at suscom dot net.

Also, I'll need to know which version of Publisher you are using so I can
duplicate your efforts.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

This logo has 4 text boxes (text box per line), an oval and a piece of
clipart. It seems that instead of growing larger together, it grows
larger,
but apart. The spaces between the text boxes and the oval just separate.
I
have tried everything I can and I have pulled pieces apart and it still
does
the same thing.

Anyone willing to look at it?

What happens when you re-size without the text box? You may have to
resize the text
separately.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Thanks for the reply. I set the text to Best Fit and grouped my items
and
did hold down the shift key while resizing, but still no luck. I would
be
more than happy to send you a publisher file with the logo so you might
see
what I am doing wrong.

:

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get
grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it
for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the
formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To be
clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled in,
but
when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[Amy]

I've sent you an e-mail. I'm using Publisher 2003.

Thanks,

Amy

Yep - send it to jpaules029 at suscom dot net.

Also, I'll need to know which version of Publisher you are using so I can
duplicate your efforts.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

This logo has 4 text boxes (text box per line), an oval and a piece of
clipart. It seems that instead of growing larger together, it grows
larger,
but apart. The spaces between the text boxes and the oval just separate.
I
have tried everything I can and I have pulled pieces apart and it still
does
the same thing.

Anyone willing to look at it?

What happens when you re-size without the text box? You may have to
resize the text
separately.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
Thanks for the reply. I set the text to Best Fit and grouped my items
and
did hold down the shift key while resizing, but still no luck. I would
be
more than happy to send you a publisher file with the logo so you might
see
what I am doing wrong.

:

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get
grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it
for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the
formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To be
clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled in,
but
when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I was able to get Amy's logo to scale down. The problem seemed to have
stemmed from having four lines of text in four separate text boxes. Three of
them were overlapping to maintain a tight betwwen line spacing. I took those
three lines of text, put them into one text box, and changed the between
line space to .8sp. I had to change the size of the text box for the last
line of text. Before I did that it kept shrinking the font down really
small - before scaling.

After those things were changed, I regrouped everything and now it scales
down just fine. Amy was sent the file - and now we wait to hear from her. So
Amy - does it work for you?

--
JoAnn Paules <keeping my fingers crossed>
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I've sent you an e-mail. I'm using Publisher 2003.

Thanks,

Amy

Yep - send it to jpaules029 at suscom dot net.

Also, I'll need to know which version of Publisher you are using so I can
duplicate your efforts.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

This logo has 4 text boxes (text box per line), an oval and a piece of
clipart. It seems that instead of growing larger together, it grows
larger,
but apart. The spaces between the text boxes and the oval just
separate.
I
have tried everything I can and I have pulled pieces apart and it still
does
the same thing.

Anyone willing to look at it?

:

What happens when you re-size without the text box? You may have to
resize the text
separately.

--
Mary Sauer MS MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://www.mvps.org/msauer/
news://msnews.microsoft.com
Thanks for the reply. I set the text to Best Fit and grouped my
items
and
did hold down the shift key while resizing, but still no luck. I
would
be
more than happy to send you a publisher file with the logo so you
might
see
what I am doing wrong.

:

1. Make sure your text is set for Best Fit.

2. Hold the shift key down when you scale it up or down.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



I have a logo that I created in Publisher. All the elements get
grouped
together, but I want to be able to adjust the size. Shrinking it
for some
documents and enlarging for others. I have played with the
formatting
option, but my grouped objects do not stay the same general look
and
proportion when adjusting size. So how do I get around this?? To
be
clearer,
I have text, graphic and shape in the logo. The shape is filled
in,
but
when
resizing larger it doesn't stay in the same place. I hope
someone
understands this.

I have tried the Lock Aspect Ratio, but no help.

Thanks,

Amy

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

In JoAnn Paules <[email protected]> posted:
|| I was able to get Amy's logo to scale down. The problem seemed to
|| have stemmed from having four lines of text in four separate text
|| boxes. Three of them were overlapping to maintain a tight betwwen
|| line spacing. I took those three lines of text, put them into one
|| text box, and changed the between line space to .8sp. I had to
|| change the size of the text box for the last line of text. Before I
|| did that it kept shrinking the font down really small - before
|| scaling.
||
|| After those things were changed, I regrouped everything and now it
|| scales down just fine. Amy was sent the file - and now we wait to
|| hear from her. So Amy - does it work for you?

Thanks for the follow up JoAnn. You are a true MVP
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I thought others might run into the same/similar circumstances. It's always
nice to be able to look something up in the archives and find a solution to
a problem we might be having now.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]