Konica Minolta Darwin VDP Software - Manual (Page 95)

Note: If you do not want the font size of the text changed, make sure
that both values are set to 100%.
Darwin reduces or increases the font size and leading (weight) as
necessary, according to your specifications.
4. In the H. Scale boxes, enter percentage values that indicate a
horizontal scaling down or scaling up of the text in the selected text
box.
● To have Darwin scale down the text horizontally, enter a value
less than 100% in the Min column. This value represents the
minimum amount of scaling down (as a percentage of the
original horizontal length of the text) that Darwin should
generate for this text box. For example, if you enter 20%, Darwin
will scale down the text horizontally as necessary to fit into the
box, but the scaled-down text will be no shorter than 20% of the
original text.
● To have Darwin scale up the text horizontally, enter a value
greater than 100% in the Max column. This value represents the
maximum amount of scaling up (as a percentage of the original
horizontal length of the text) that Darwin should generate for this
text box. For example, if you enter 130%, Darwin will scale up the
text horizontally as necessary to fill out the box, but the scaled-
up text will be no longer than 130% of the original text.
Note: If you do not want the horizontal length of the text changed,
make sure that both values are set to 100%.
When you print the job, the text is horizontally scaled down or up as
necessary, according to your specifications.
Checking for the longest line of text
Have Darwin find the record that has the longest text in a specified text
box so that you can check whether the text will fit into the box.
As it checks the length of text, Darwin takes into account the physical
space occupied by the characters. This space is affected by the number
and width of the characters and the character style (such as bold). If
the longest text fits into the specified text box, the text of all the other
records is most likely to fit, too.
1. On the InDesign CS3 page, place the pointer in the text box that you
want to check.
2. On the Darwin Preflight panel, click the Longest Line arrow button.
Darwin checks the selected text box and displays the record with
the longest amount of text. If the text box contains two or more
fields, Darwin checks the combined length of text in all the fields in a
text box.
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