Can someone explain fit text? I can't seem to get it to work they way I think it should.
Filling out a title block, I want it to fill the block(space) but not go over.
Why does the text go outside the bounder I give it. I did hit the fit icon.
PS this is a attributed block, if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance!
I think what you are looking for is "word wrap" instead. when the typing exceeds the width of the text field it drops a line.
What I do is similar to what Dan mentioned. I have the text center justified, and I adjust the size of the text box so it's centered in the space I want it in. If the text gets too long to fit it will wrap to a second line.
Thanks everyone. Thought I was going crazy!!!
Below, is how I expected it to work. (this is AutoCAD though)
Yeah, this doesn't work the way that you would expect. It physically stretches the text. Which is what no one wants.
What I would do is use either the word wrap function inside the manager of the text properties, or grab the red dots on the border when you are editing the text to stretch them to the limits that you want. Then the text will simply word wrap when you want it, but will not fill it if it is shorter.