Applying horizontal or vertical scale

To apply horizontal or vertical scaling to selected text, do one of the following things:

  • Choose Style > Horizontal/Vertical Scale, choose Horizontal or Vertical from the Scale drop-down menu, enter a value in the field, and then click OK.
  • Use one of the keyboard commands below. If a range of text is selected that has both horizontal and vertical scaling applied, the keyboard commands will increase or decrease the text accordingly.
Note: You cannot apply horizontal and vertical scaling values simultaneously.

Mac OS

  • Condense 5%: Command+[
  • Expand 5%: Command+]
  • Condense 1%: Command+Option+[
  • Expand 1%: Command+Option+]

Windows

  • Condense 5%: Ctrl+[
  • Expand 5%: Ctrl+]
  • Condense 1%: Ctrl+Alt+[
  • Expand 1%: Ctrl+Alt+]

Applying horizontal or vertical scale