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Resizing boxes
You can resize any box by modifying the size of its bounding box. A bounding
box is a non-printing, rectangular shape that encloses every box. The box’s item
handles demarcate the bounding box. The best way to view the bounding box
clearly is to use the Item tool to select item handles on a Bézier box.
You can resize active boxes using any of the following methods:
Select the Item tool or a Content tool and move the mouse pointer ●
over a selected box’s item handle to display the Resizing pointer. Click and
drag the handle to a new location to reduce or enlarge the box. Press Shift to
maintain the box’s aspect ratio. Press Option/Alt to resize the box from the
center. Press Command/Ctrl to resize the box contents along with the box.
Enter values in the W and H fields of the Home or Space/Align tabs of the ●
Measurements palette to change the width and height, and then press
Return/Enter.
Use keyboard increments to automatically increase/decrease the value in 
this field. See “Palettes” for more information.
You can lock a box’s proportions, so that you don’t have to press Shift to 
maintain the aspect ratio. For more information, see “Locking box
proportions.”
Auto Grow/Shrink Text Boxes
QuarkXPress lets the box grow or shrink automatically during text input, text
import/text copy paste/drag and drop text. This feature adds huge benefit for
the designer since they now do not have to keep dealing with the text over
matter or keep readjusting box to fit to the text length. User can set text box
width, height or both to auto.
A text box can auto-grow up to the page margin (width wise and height wise).
Auto (grow/shrink) property is only applicable for rectangular text boxes and will
be turned off in case of non-rectangular boxes, boxes having text angle or text
skew.