Stencil and its text width..

[genc ymeri]

Hi,
I just created a stencil (32x32). When I try to write e.g "Automated Processes" in its text, the width of the entire text (horizontally) woudn't go farther than the width of the stencil itself but it keep going down vertically ?

How can make the stencil's text to expand horizontally as needed ?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I think you are talking about a Master shape when you say "stencil". This is a shape that you want to reuse in drawings.

You can set the size of the text block for a shape using the Text Block tool. If you click the dropdown arrow next to the Text tool ('A') in the Standard toolbar, you can select the Text Block tool. Use it to resize the text block to an appropriate width.

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Microsoft Corporation

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Hi,
I just created a stencil (32x32). When I try to write e.g "Automated Processes" in its text, the width of the entire text (horizontally) woudn't go farther than the width of the stencil itself but it keep going down vertically ?

How can make the stencil's text to expand horizontally as needed ?

 

[dani]

You can also open the shapesheet of the master shape and set as formula
for width:

TEXTWIDTH(TheText)

So the shape gets wider the more text you have....

 

[genc ymeri]

Thanks a lot !

You can also open the shapesheet of the master shape and set as formula
for width:

TEXTWIDTH(TheText)

So the shape gets wider the more text you have....