Layout properties

 

Paper	The paper standard size.
Orientation	Landscape or Portrait format.
Position - X	The position of the object’s anchor point in horizontal direction relative to its parent in the object hierarchy. An object added directly to the page has a position relative to the page origin (upper left corner). An object within a group has a position relative to the upper left corner of the group’s bounding box.
Position - Y	As Position - x but in vertical direction.
Size - Width	The width of the object.
Size - Height	The height of the object.
Rotation	The clockwise direction of the object in degrees.
Inner margins	In this property group, you specify the distance between the area border and the text inside the area, in up to four directions. The area can e.g. be a Story frame, a Text area, or a table cell. For text in non-rectangular shapes, the left inner margin setting is used to calculate the inner margin for the whole shape. The top inner margin setting affects the margin as it is calculated from the upper bounding box to the top of the text. See Example 57.
Inner margins - Left	The left margin from the border to the text inside the text object.
Inner margins - Right	The right margin from the border to text inside the text object (Only rectangular text objects).
Inner margins - Top	The top margin from the border to text inside the text object.
Inner margins - Bottom	The bottom margin from the border to text inside the text object (Only rectangular text objects).
Outer margins	In this property group, you specify the distance from a wrapped object to the text wrapping the object, in up to four directions.
Outer margins - Left	The left margin from the object to the text wrapping the object.
Outer margins - Right	The right margin from the object to the text wrapping the object.
Outer margins - Top	The top margin from the object to the text wrapping the object.
Outer margins - Bottom	The bottom margin from the object to the text wrapping the object.
Placement - vertical ratio	The position of the anchor point of an object with content (For example image placeholders and text areas). The anchor point defines: • The point of an object referred by Position X/Position Y properties. • The starting point when an object is resized during design • The starting point when objects with dynamic content grows in runtime. • The position of the object when snapped to grid. 0 – Top of the object. 0.5 – Center of the object. 1 – Bottom of the object. By default the anchor point is at the top left of the object. Figure 63 Vertical ratio 0.5
Placement - horizontal ratio	The position of the anchor point. The anchor point defines: • The point of an object referred by Position X/Position Y properties. • The starting point when an object is resized during design • The starting point when objects with dynamic content grows in runtime. • The position of the object when snapped to grid. 0 – Left side of the object. 0.5 – Center of the object. 1 – Right side of the object. By default the anchor point is at the top left of the object. Figure 64 Horizontal ratio 0.5
Shape - Resize mode	For objects with content, i.e. Text areas, Story frames, table cells, images, fragments, barcodes and charts. Note: Vector objects do not have content. The value of the Resize mode just gives you start values. You can edit the Max vertical/horizontal shrink/growth values which will override the Resize mode value. Shrink values are negative, and growth values are positive. You can edit the values either in the Properties panel or graphically directly on the page by dragging the handles. Fixed – The shape will keep the size as designed or set in runtime. (Default) Vertical limited – The shape can shrink indefinitely vertically. Vertical unlimited grow – The shape can grow indefinitely vertically. Vertical unlimited – The shape can grow and shrink indefinitely vertically. Horizontal limited – The shape can shrink indefinitely horizontally. Horizontal unlimited – The shape can grow and shrink indefinitely horizontally. Limited – The shape can shrink indefinitely vertically and horizontally. Original – The shape has by default no limits vertically or horizontally.
Shape - Max vertical shrink	The maximum value the shape can shrink vertically relative to design size, depending on content size.
Shape - Max vertical growth	The maximum value the shape can grow vertically relative to design size, depending on content size.
Shape - Max horizontal shrink	The maximum value the shape can shrink horizontally relative to design size, depending on content size.
Shape - Max horizontal growth	The maximum value the shape can grow horizontally relative to design size, depending on content size.
Content - Rescale mode	For images and overlays only. Fixed – The image itself can not be resized, the size is calculated from the original bitmap size and dots per inch (DPI). Note that the bounding box can still be resized. Free – The image can be scaled freely to the limits specified in max vertical/horizontal shrink/growth options. Proportional – The image can be scaled to the limits specified in max vertical/horizontal shrink/growth options, while retaining its x/y-ratio.
Content - Max vertical shrink	The maximum (negative) value the image can shrink vertically relative to the original size. To enable unlimited shrinkage, enter unl.
Content - Max vertical growth	The maximum value the image can grow vertically relative to the original size. To enable maximum growth, enter max.
Content - Max horizontal shrink	The maximum (negative) value the image can shrink horizontally relative to the original size. To enable unlimited shrinkage, enter unl.
Content - Max horizontal growth	The maximum value the image can grow horizontally relative to the original size. To enable maximum growth, enter max.
Content - Alignment mode	The alignment of the content within the shape. Horizontal – The value you specify in Alignment horizontal ratio is used. Vertical – The value you specify in Alignment vertical ratio is used. Full – Both alignment ratio values are used.
Content - Alignment vertical ratio	The value representing the vertical position of the content relative to the shape containing it, ranging from 0 (top position) to 1 (bottom position). For example 0.3 means 30% aligned from top. By default three values are available, Top (0), Center (0.5) and Bottom (1), but you can enter any value between 0 and 1.
Content - Alignment horizontal ratio	The value representing the horizontal position of the content relative to the shape containing it, ranging from 0 (leftmost position) to 1 (rightmost position). For example 0.3 means 30% aligned from the left. By default three values are available, Left (0), Center (0.5) and Right (1), but you can enter any value between 0 and 1.
Visibility	The visibility of the object. Visible – The object is visible. Hidden – The object is skipped and any content flowing after the object replaces the hidden object. Invisible – The object consumes the space defined for it in the output but is invisible. Note: When using a modification on this property, use a numeric value to represent the property value. For the values to use, see the StGetProperty() script function in the Scripting Reference. Note: The Visibility option can only be set on objects where skip() is implemented. See Scripting.
Exclude from selection	Excludes an object (during design only) when it is selected in the Document, Page, or Story view. This is useful if you want to select an object that is behind another object that you do not want to select, for example when grouping objects. Note: The object can still be selected in the panels.

Example 57

Inner margins in round shape