Determine how scaling is tracked, Adjust stroke weight when objects are scaled, Reset scaling value to 100 – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN
Frames and objects
Last updated 11/16/2011
To maintain the original proportions of the object when using the Transform panel, make sure the Constrain
Proportions icon
is selected.
4 Do any of the following:
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To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview.
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To scale the object, click
OK.
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To scale a copy of the object, click Copy.
Determine how scaling is tracked
You can determine how scaling is tracked in the interface. If the Apply To Content preference option is selected in
General preferences, scaling values are reset to 100% in the Transform panel after the object is scaled. If Adjust Scaling
Percentage is selected, scaling values remain as specified (such as 125%).
With multiple objects selected, the scaling value will always display as 100%. However, you can select objects
individually to see the applied effect of the transform (such as 125%) if Adjust Scaling Percentage is selected.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences
> General (Windows) or InDesign
> Preferences
> General (Mac
OS).
2 Under When Scaling, select Apply To Content or Adjust Scaling Percentage, and then click OK.
If Adjust Scaling Percentage is selected and you scale an object, you can choose Redefine Scaling As 100% from the
Transform or Control panel menu to reset the scaling percentages to 100%.
Adjust stroke weight when objects are scaled
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Select the Adjust Stroke Weight When Scaling option in the Transform or Control panel menu.
For example, if you scale a 4-point stroke by 200% when this option is turned on, the stroke weight becomes 8 points.
If you turn off this option, the object doubles in size but its stroke weight remains 4 points.
If this option is turned on and you scale an object disproportionally, InDesign applies the smallest stroke weight to all
sides. For example, suppose that you scale a selected object with a 4-point stroke only in the X direction by 200%.
Instead of applying an 8-point stroke in the X direction and a 4-point stroke in the Y direction, InDesign applies the
smaller value (4 points) to all sides.
Reset scaling value to 100%
In some cases, you may want to reset the Scale X and Scale Y values of an object to 100% without resizing the object.
For example, you may have opened a document from a previous version of InDesign that has non-100% scaling values,
or you may have scaled an object with the Adjust Scaling Percentage preference setting selected. When you choose this
command, the scaling values for all selected frames are reset to 100%. Choosing this command does not change the
size or appearance of objects.
1 Select one or more objects that have non-100% scaling values.
This command is dimmed if you direct-select an imported image or if an object has 100% scaling values.
2 Choose Redefine Scaling As 100% from the Transform or Control panel menu.
Note: Choosing this command may result in unexpected behavior with objects in transformed groups.
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