Advanced Text Properties dialog box

Height Modes tab

The text area you draw on the PageOUT sheet, is not the same used in the output. When you add text to a block, you have four options for how to conform the height of text area to the actual output.

Settings
Default height	Adjusts the height of the text area to the size of the text. The text will never be cropped using this option.
Fixed height	The height of the text area is exactly the same height as defined in the PageOUT tool. If the text does not fit, it will be cropped.
Maximum height	Behaves like the Default height option until the height of the text area equals the height defined in the PageOUT tool. If more text is added to the output, it will be cropped.
Minimum height	Behaves like the Fixed height option until the maximum height is reached. If more text is added to the output, the height of the text area will grow. The text will never be cropped using this option.

When the text is added on root level (not in frames), the Maximum height mode equals the Fixed height mode, and the Minimum height mode equals the Default height mode.

Alignment tab

Specify the vertical alignment of the text in an Advanced Text area.

Settings
Top	Start text at the top of the Advanced Text area.
Center	Center text in the Advanced Text area. Text moves toward the top and bottom as you add new text.
Bottom	Places text at the bottom of the Advanced Text area. Text moves toward the top of the Advanced Text area as you add new text.

Wrapping tab

Specify how to wrap text lines in an Advanced Text area.

Settings
Wrapping mode	Word Wrap – Wrap text inside the Advanced Text area. None – Disable wrapping of text.
Scaling	None – Keep original font size. Scale to Fit – The text will be scaled, up or down, so that the longest line of text will fit into the Advanced Text area.

Example 18

Wrapping mode=Word Wrap and Scaling=None

Wrapping mode is set to Word Wrap and Scaling is set to None.

 

Example 19

Wrapping mode=None and Scaling=None

Wrapping mode is set to None and Scaling is set to None.

 

Example 20

Wrapping mode=None and Scaling=Scale to Fit

Wrapping mode is set to None and Scaling is set to Scale to Fit.

 

Advanced tab

Expose the Advanced Text area as a section in Composition Center or import external text.

Settings
Expose as section in document definition	Select to expose this area as a section in Composition Center. Texts and images added to the section in Composition Center will be the output in this area.
Section name	Enter the name of the corresponding section in Composition Center.
Import text	Not applicable if you select Expose as section in document definition. Use aliases to dynamically replace the text in the area. If you use an array variable, all variable values are inserted one after another. See Dynamic selection using aliases in the Design Center documentation for information about aliases.