Adobe InDesign CS4 - Manual (Page 404)

396 USING INDESIGN CS4
Frames and objects
• Type a percentage value (such as 120%), or a specific distance (such as 10p) in the Scale X Percentage or Scale Y
Percentage box, and then press Enter or Return.
Scale an object using the Scale command
1 Select an object to scale. To scale both the frame and its content, use the Selection tool to select the frame. To scale
the content without scaling its frame, direct-select the object. To scale a frame without scaling the content, direct-
select the frame, and select all the anchor points.
2 Do one of the following to open the Scale dialog box:
• Choose Object > Transform > Scale.
• Double-click the Scale tool .
• Select the Scale tool and Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) on or near the object to select a new
reference point.
3 Type a percentage value in the Scale X or Scale Y box.
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:
• To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview.
• To scale the object, click OK.
• 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
❖ 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.
Updated 18 June 2009