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User-Defined Graphics Box - Text Height Chang
DocumentID: 621425
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:39:41 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer created a User-Defined graphics box to use what the customer terms "drop caps." The drop capitals are used in the first paragraph of a chapter in a manuscript where the first letter is extra large. The box type is set to Character and the size is set to Auto Both. In the editing screen for the User box, the customer selected a 36pt font. The customer then chose to insert the letter W after the Font code.

After exiting the editing mode, the size for the box displays as 0.5" wide and 0.528" high. If the user goes back into the editing mode and exchanges the letter W with the letter I, the size then reads 0.139" wide and 0.528" high. However, if the user edits the box again and replaces the I by reinserting the W, the size then reads 0.139" wide and 1.06" high. Why does the height increase so much (almost double)? Solutions: When the I is replaced by the W, the formatter thinks the box is still only as wide as the I (since the box width isn't calculated until you exit the editing screen). The program inserts a deletable soft return [DSRt] code. Then, when the user exits the editing screen, the [DSRt] code means that there is more than one line in the box and the Auto Width function will not work. Therefore, the size is not automatically calculated, leaving the width as it was before the editing occurred.

To work around the situation, set the Size option to Fixed Width (a large setting, such as 1") and change the letter, then exit the editing screen and select Auto Both.

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