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Fitting a box to text or a picture
The <FIT> element type lets you automatically adjust the size of a box to fit the text or
picture in that box.
The default behaivior is to not fix a box to its content. To use this feature, you must supply
<MAX> and <MIN> elements. Each <MAX> or <MIN> element lets you specify a maximum
or minimum size for the box, a maximum or minimum location for the resized box, or a
maximum or minimum scale percentage for the box. Note that you can use different types
of <MAX> and <MIN> elements in a <FIT> element, but you can use only one <MAX> element
and one <MIN> element per <FIT> element.
The FIT@POINT attribute lets you indicate the direction in which the box should grow or
shrink. The available options are TOPLEFT, BOTTOMLEFT, TOPRIGHT, and BOTTOMRIGHT.
The FIT@AVOIDBOXESBY attribute lets you specify the distance between the POINT side
or corner of a resized box and any other items around it. A box will expand only until it
is this distance from an adjacent item.
The FIT@PROPORTIONAL attribute lets you specify whether the resized box should have
the same aspect ratio as the original box.
For example:
<BOX>
<ID UID="5"/>
<GEOMETRY>
<POSITION>
<TOP>224.001</TOP>
<LEFT>110.003</LEFT>
<BOTTOM>381</BOTTOM>
<RIGHT>253.253</RIGHT>
</POSITION>
<FIT POINT="BOTTOMLEFT" PROPORTIONAL="true">
<MAX>
<LOCATION X="320" Y="560"/>
</MAX>
<MIN>
<SIZE HEIGHT="100" WIDTH="10"/>
</MIN>
</FIT>
</GEOMETRY>
<BOX/>
To use this feature, you must have FitBoxToContent XTensions software loaded.
For pictures, <FIT> is equivalent to PICTURE@FIT="FITBOXTOPICTURE". <MAX> and
<MIN> have no effect.
Using inline boxes
The Inline Boxes feature makes it easy to create an anchored box. Rather than having to
describe every aspect of a box and then reference that box from an <ANCHOREDBOXREF>
or <CALLOUTANCHOR> element, you can simply specify the content for a box inline, like
so:
<PROJECT>
<LAYOUT>
<ID UID="123"/>
<BOX COLOR="Cyan" OPACITY="50">
<ID UID="456"/>
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