Operation Manual

108 Working with Text
On text overflow, the frame's AutoFlow button can be used to create new
frames for the overflowed text. To control how the frame text is spread
throughout available frames, you can use Fit Text, Enlarge Text, or Shrink
Text. These options scale a story's text size. See Fitting text to the frames on
p. 108.
Fitting text to frames
Fitting story text precisely into a sequence of frames is part of the art of laying
out publications.
If there's too much story text to fit in a frame sequence, PagePlus stores it in an
invisible overflow area and the Link button on the last frame of the sequence
displays ; an AutoFlow button appears next to the Link button. You
might edit the story down or make more room for it by adding an extra frame or
two to the sequence. Clicking the AutoFlow button adds additional frames and
pages as needed (see below).
Once frames are in position it's still possible to control how text is distributed
throughout the frame(s) via tools on the Frame context toolbar.
The Text Sizing
flyout offers three tools for controlling how frame text
scales through the text frame. These are "once-off" operations
(compared to the "continuous" Autofit options shown below).
Fit Text
Click to scale the story's text size so it fits exactly into the available
frame(s); further text added to the frame will cause text overflow. You
can use this early on, to gauge how the story fits, or near the end, to
apply the finishing touch. Fit Text first applies small point size changes,
then small leading changes, then adjustments to the paragraph space
below value, until the text fits.
Enlarge Text
Click to increase the story's text size one increment (approx. 2%).
Shrink Text
Click to reduce the story's text size one increment.