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Text Box - Text Overflowing Box, Text Chopped
DocumentID: 652293
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:15 PM

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

Problem

Symptoms: The customer created a text box that is 2" wide by 0.5" high. The customer is using the Letter Gothic 27.27cpi font from the Great Start cartridge. WordPerfect is allowing the user to type more text into the box than really fits. When the customer prints or views the document, the last lines of the text are gone. The customer would expect WP to display the message "Too Much Text." Solutions: If the customer is using graphics boxes with the Set Both size option to define the dimensions of the text box, they are locking the size of the box. If the customer then types in enough text to overflow that size, WP will chop it off only in View Document and when the document is printed. However, WP will retain the text. The text can be added to the box if the customer increases the size of the box or if they use the Auto Height sizing option. WP will increase the height of the box just enough to fit the text. This is true no matter what size font the customer is using. This however is not documented specifically in the manual. However, for the Auto Both sizing option the manual does state that "If you select this option (Auto Both) for a Text Box ... the height of the box fits the text." For the Set Both sizing option, the manual states "Be aware that because you are graphically changing dimensions, a graphic image may appear and print distorted." An enhancement request has been entered to expand and clarify the documentation.

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