Resizing Annotations

You can change the size and other settings of selected annotations.

Changing the Length/Orientation of Lines and Comment Leading Lines

This section describes how to change the length and orientation of lines and comment leading lines.

Click

(Select Object) on the ribbon.

Or, follow one of the steps described below.

Click

(Select Text) on the ribbon

Click

(Grab Mode) on the ribbon

Click

(Select Object) on the Details Window

Click

(Select Text) on the Details Window

Click

(Grab Mode) on the Details Window

NOTE
If the Details Window is not displayed, see the following. Displaying/Hiding the Details Window This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them. Setting Buttons on Toolbars Lists of Ribbon Commands/Toolbars

Move the mouse pointer to the line or comment you want to change on the Work Window, and click when the shape of the mouse pointer changes to

Or, drag the mouse pointer selection rectangle to include the line or comment to change.

NOTE
When using the Grab Mode, you cannot drag to select annotations. You can press the [Tab] key on the keyboard successively to select a line or comment.

Move the mouse pointer to one of the handles (

) displayed on the line or comment leading line.

The shape of the mouse pointer changes to

Drag the handle to change the length of the line or comment leading line.

NOTE
For lines, by dragging the mouse pointer while holding down the [Shift] key on the keyboard, you can change the line length without changing its direction. To cancel the process of changing the length and direction, press the [Esc] key on the keyboard during the drag operation.

Click on a Work Window area other than the line or comment leading line you changed to deselect the line or comment leading line.

Resizing by Moving a Vertex of a Polygon or Polygon Line

This section describes how to resize by moving a vertex of a polygon or polygon line.

Click

(Select Object) on the ribbon.

Or, follow one of the steps described below.

Click

(Select Text) on the ribbon

Click

(Grab Mode) on the ribbon

Click

(Select Object) on the Details Window

Click

(Select Text) on the Details Window

Click

(Grab Mode) on the Details Window

NOTE
If the Details Window is not displayed, see the following. Displaying/Hiding the Details Window This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them. Setting Buttons on Toolbars Lists of Ribbon Commands/Toolbars

Move the mouse pointer to the polygon or polygon line you want to move the vertex of on the Work Window, and click when the shape of the mouse pointer changes to

Or, drag the mouse pointer selection rectangle to include the polygon or polygon line you want to move the vertex of.

NOTE
When using the Grab Mode, you cannot drag to select annotations. You can press the [Tab] key on the keyboard successively to make a desired polygon or polygon line selected.

Move the mouse pointer to one of the handles (

) displayed on the polygon or polygon line.

The shape of the mouse pointer changes to

Drag the handle to the position to move the vertex to.

NOTE
To cancel the vertex move operation, press the [Esc] key on the keyboard during the drag operation. If [Cloud (Small)] or [Cloud (Large)] is selected as the line type of a polygon, solid lines are displayed for the frame of the annotation when you move a vertex.

Click on a Work Window area other than the polygon or polygon line you moved the vertex of to deselect the polygon or polygon line.

Resizing Annotations

This section describes how to change the size of annotations.

Click

(Select Object) on the ribbon.

Or, follow one of the steps described below.

Click

(Select Text) on the ribbon

Click

(Grab Mode) on the ribbon

Click

(Select Object) on the Details Window

Click

(Select Text) on the Details Window

Click

(Grab Mode) on the Details Window

NOTE
If the Details Window is not displayed, see the following. Displaying/Hiding the Details Window This operation can also be performed with the tool buttons on the toolbar. If tool buttons are not displayed on the toolbar of Desktop Editor, see the following to display them. Setting Buttons on Toolbars Lists of Ribbon Commands/Toolbars

Move the mouse pointer to the annotation you want to change the size of on the Work Window, and click the field when the shape of the mouse pointer changes to

Drag the mouse pointer selection rectangle to include the desired annotation to change the size.

NOTE
When using the Grab Mode, you cannot drag to select annotations. You can press the [Tab] key on the keyboard successively to make a desired annotation selected.

Move the mouse pointer to the displayed handle (

The shape of the mouse pointer changes to

, or

Drag the handle to change the size of the annotation.

NOTE
When you perform the following operations by dragging the handle, the size of the annotation is enlarged/reduced while the aspect ratio is maintained. Annotations other than images and image stamps: Drag any of the corner handles while holding down the [Shift] key on the keyboard. Image or image stamp: Drag any of the corner handles. When the horizontal size of the text whose size have been changed is larger than that of the entered information in the text, the following occurs. Horizontal size: Reduced according to the entered content Vertical size: Enlarged/reduced according to the number of lines after automatic line breaks are entered according to the vertical size after change To cancel the size changing process, press the [Esc] key on the keyboard during the drag operation.

NOTE

When you perform the following operations by dragging the handle, the size of the annotation is enlarged/reduced while the aspect ratio is maintained.

Annotations other than images and image stamps: Drag any of the corner handles while holding down the [Shift] key on the keyboard.

Image or image stamp: Drag any of the corner handles.

When the horizontal size of the text whose size have been changed is larger than that of the entered information in the text, the following occurs.

Horizontal size: Reduced according to the entered content

Vertical size: Enlarged/reduced according to the number of lines after automatic line breaks are entered according to the vertical size after change

To cancel the size changing process, press the [Esc] key on the keyboard during the drag operation.

Click on the Work Window outside the annotation you changed the size of to deselect the annotation.

NOTE
If you perform the following operations, part of the annotation will protrude outside the area of the page. If a display of annotation is also divided when a page is divided If an annotation larger than the area of the page is pasted The areas of annotations protruding outside the area of the page are not displayed. When you change the size of such an annotation, the hidden part may become displayed in the page area.

NOTE

If you perform the following operations, part of the annotation will protrude outside the area of the page.

If a display of annotation is also divided when a page is divided

If an annotation larger than the area of the page is pasted

The areas of annotations protruding outside the area of the page are not displayed. When you change the size of such an annotation, the hidden part may become displayed in the page area.