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                    Resize objects
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                <div><div class="section"><p>When you drag the handle of a frame that
includes contents, such as an imported graphic, you may expect the
contents to be resized as well. It’s important to understand that
the content and the container frame are separate items, each with
its own bounding box. Simply dragging the frame of an imported graphic will
either crop the graphic or leave a blank space outside the graphic,
depending on which direction you drag. Being able to modify the
frame apart from the contents adds flexibility, but it may take
some time to get used to.</p>
<p>The Smart Guides feature makes it
easy to resize objects based on other items in your layout. As you
resize an object, temporary guides appear, indicating that the object
is aligned with an edge or center of the page or is the same height
or width as another page item.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="gh_transform_resize" src="images/gh_transform_resize.png" /><div class="figdesc">Resizing an imported graphic</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Frame selected with Selection tool</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Frame
resized</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Frame and content scaled</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<ul><li class="stepexpand"><span>To resize a frame, drag any handle using
the Selection tool. If you hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac&#160;OS)
while dragging, the frame and the content are scaled. Adding the
Shift key scales proportionally.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To resize the content of a graphics frame, use the Direct
Selection tool, select the graphic, and then drag any of the graphics
frame handles.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To resize a frame or its content to a precise size, select
the object and enter the size in the width (W) or height (H) fields
on the Transform panel. (You can also use the Control panel.)</span> <div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To maintain the original proportions
of the object when using the Transform panel, make sure the Constrain
Proportions icon&#160;<img src="images/P_Link_Sm_N.png" /> is
selected.</div></div>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>To resize both the frame and content, use the Scale X
Percentage and Scale Y Percentage fields, not the W and H fields.
The W and H fields change only the selected frame or content, not
both. Rather than specifying percentages, you can type dimensions
by including the unit of measurement, such as “6p.”</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To resize a frame or its content to a percentage of its
current size, select the object and enter the percentage in the
width or height fields on the Transform panel.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To create a copy of the selected object with the new
size applied to the copy, type a value in the width or height fields
on the Transform panel and then hold down Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac&#160;OS) as you press Enter.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />After you resize a frame or object, you
can use a fitting option (Object&#160;&gt; Fitting) to fit the
content to the frame or the frame to the content.</div></div>
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