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How to determine minimum width of textbox for some text
With given text I want to calculate the minimum width (and height) needed in
a textbox to contain the text. I suppose it depends on the font (duh!), but how would I do the calculation? Word 2000, XP -- L. Catlett |
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How to determine minimum width of textbox for some text
Why do you want to "calculate" the size of the box? Just grab a corner of the
box and stretch it until the text fits. Then go to Format - Text Box and check to see what size it is. "Lloyd Catlett" wrote: With given text I want to calculate the minimum width (and height) needed in a textbox to contain the text. I suppose it depends on the font (duh!), but how would I do the calculation? Word 2000, XP -- L. Catlett |
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How to determine minimum width of textbox for some text
Use a frame or a table cell and the height of the 'box' can be configured to
adapt to the amount of text. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Lloyd Catlett" wrote in message ... With given text I want to calculate the minimum width (and height) needed in a textbox to contain the text. I suppose it depends on the font (duh!), but how would I do the calculation? Word 2000, XP -- L. Catlett |
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How to determine minimum width of textbox for some text
Thanks for asking, Jerry. I've some code in VBA Word that creates a
cartesian coordinate grid (graph grid) of user-defined size on which I plot a function. One of the things I do is give the user the option to number the x-axis and y-axis. To number the axis I create a textbox and set the text to whatever number is needed (such as "-5"). Since the text can be of different lengths I have to set the textbox width and height in the code. If I set the width too wide the scale numbers will overlap; too small and the text won't fit. If I can find a way to calculate the minimum width (and height) of the text I have more options available about how to size the textbox. I set the textbox width with the line of code "Selection.ShapeRange.Width = WidthNeeded"; I need a way to calculate WidthNeeded. -- L. Catlett "Jerry" wrote: Why do you want to "calculate" the size of the box? Just grab a corner of the box and stretch it until the text fits. Then go to Format - Text Box and check to see what size it is. "Lloyd Catlett" wrote: With given text I want to calculate the minimum width (and height) needed in a textbox to contain the text. I suppose it depends on the font (duh!), but how would I do the calculation? Word 2000, XP -- L. Catlett |
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How to determine minimum width of textbox for some text
Found an way!
Perhaps this is what Graham mayor meant with his suggestion. Here's how I determine the (minimum) width and height required for specific text: a. create the textbox with .Shapes.AddTextbox b. set font name, font size and the specific text I am working with with Selection.Font.Name, .Font.Size, and .Text = c. set margins to zero with ShapeRange.TextFrame.MarginLeft=, etc. d. Turn AutoSize on by Selection.ShapeRange.TextFrame.Autosize=True e. Get the minimum width and height with ShapeRange.Width, .Height Maybe this will help anyone else looking for this capability. Thanks to those who responded to my question! -- L. Catlett "Lloyd Catlett" wrote: With given text I want to calculate the minimum width (and height) needed in a textbox to contain the text. I suppose it depends on the font (duh!), but how would I do the calculation? Word 2000, XP -- L. Catlett |
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