Comments on: Scaling vs. Resizing in InDesign CS3 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:09:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Thomas http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470496 Thomas Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:40:04 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470496 Yes!!! I have it! Its a bad bug with Ctrl holding. When i drag the frame with mouse first & push the Ctrl key when mouse dragging is still active the object is dont scaled, only the frame. When pushing down Ctrl key & the mouse dragging is only the second action after the Ctrl pushed and hold down it works good. I dont realy know why this priority choice of Ctrl key. In older versions this priority dont needed & the object scaled always, when Ctrl is hold down > when i drop the frame with mouse. [heh, & sorry for english, i am a bad "speaker"] :) Yes!!!
I have it! Its a bad bug with Ctrl holding. When i drag the frame with mouse first & push the Ctrl key when mouse dragging is still active the object is dont scaled, only the frame.
When pushing down Ctrl key & the mouse dragging is only the second action after the Ctrl pushed and hold down it works good. I dont realy know why this priority choice of Ctrl key. In older versions this priority dont needed & the object scaled always, when Ctrl is hold down > when i drop the frame with mouse.
[heh, & sorry for english, i am a bad "speaker"] :)

]]> By: Thomas http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470495 Thomas Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:22:41 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470495 David: I try to scale a frame+image[with clip path]. Frame+text dont works too. Scaled is always the frame only. The content of frame [any type] is dont scaled - when i drag with "Selection Tool" [+hold the Ctrl]. Free Transform tool works without problems and the content is scaled with frame [images OK, text OK]. My Ctrl key is OK, must be a bug with Selection Tool in my version of installation. I dont know. I never seen this problem in other versions of ID. Thanks for your time... David:
I try to scale a frame+image[with clip path]. Frame+text dont works too. Scaled is always the frame only. The content of frame [any type] is dont scaled - when i drag with “Selection Tool” [+hold the Ctrl].
Free Transform tool works without problems and the content is scaled with frame [images OK, text OK].
My Ctrl key is OK, must be a bug with Selection Tool in my version of installation. I dont know. I never seen this problem in other versions of ID.
Thanks for your time…

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470470 David Blatner Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:27:30 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470470 @Thomas: Are you scaling a frame and an image? A frame and text? Both of these work for me in CS4. Does it work for you with the Free Transform tool? @Thomas: Are you scaling a frame and an image? A frame and text? Both of these work for me in CS4. Does it work for you with the Free Transform tool?

]]> By: Thomas http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470465 Thomas Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:32:26 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-470465 "To resize a frame, drag any handle using the Selection tool. If you hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while dragging, the frame and the content are scaled. Adding the Shift key scales proportionally." [CS4 help] - I have a problem in CS4. resizing frame & content don't work when i hold down Ctrl key. Resize only the frame, NOT the object inside. In older version [CS, CS2] this works OK = resized frame & content too. Please help with CS4, i don't know who is the prob. :( Resizing with shortcuts "," & "." works OK, but resizing manually with mouse-drag Nope. [sorry for bad english] “To resize a frame, drag any handle using the Selection tool. If you hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) while dragging, the frame and the content are scaled. Adding the Shift key scales proportionally.” [CS4 help]

- I have a problem in CS4. resizing frame & content don’t work when i hold down Ctrl key. Resize only the frame, NOT the object inside. In older version [CS, CS2] this works OK = resized frame & content too. Please help with CS4, i don’t know who is the prob. :(
Resizing with shortcuts “,” & “.” works OK, but resizing manually with mouse-drag Nope.
[sorry for bad english]

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]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-421748 David Blatner Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:44:30 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-421748 Dean, check out <a href="http://indesignsecrets.com/scale-graphic-and-frame-in-cs3-with-shortcuts.php" rel="nofollow">this post about the scaling shortcuts solution</a>. Dean, check out this post about the scaling shortcuts solution.

]]> By: Dean http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-421694 Dean Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:21:50 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-421694 sorry i meant the , and . keys along with apple and option sorry i meant the , and . keys along with apple and option

]]> By: Dean http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-421693 Dean Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:19:53 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-421693 PLEASE HELP!!! I used to use option, apple and the keys to resize BOTH the frame and content. I found it easy to use these keys. Now when I use these keys I can either resize the frame and NOT the content inside OR the content inside and NOT the frame. Its REALLY annoying now, especially when I have cropped multiple images in different frames and need to resize them - Is there any other way then having to group them, then use the mouse and the shift and apple keys while dragging?? PLEASE HELP!!!
I used to use option, apple and the keys to resize BOTH the frame and content. I found it easy to use these keys. Now when I use these keys I can either resize the frame and NOT the content inside OR the content inside and NOT the frame. Its REALLY annoying now, especially when I have cropped multiple images in different frames and need to resize them - Is there any other way then having to group them, then use the mouse and the shift and apple keys while dragging??

]]> By: Diana http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-418738 Diana Fri, 30 May 2008 19:54:52 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-418738 I too was disappointed to no longer be able to set a specific width/height to an image and frame, logically through the width/height fields. I used that all the time. I'm glad to now know there is a workaround to make this happen using the scale fields, but it's not very intuitive. What I'm missing here is why this changed. I'm a big Adobe fan, so since I've been using CS3 for a while and grumbling every time I had to use to steps to size things to particular dimensions -- up until now, I kept thinking that there must be some hidden benefit to this new way that just hasn't revealed itself yet. Please enlighten me. I haven't found it. I was happy with the old way. Diana I too was disappointed to no longer be able to set a specific width/height to an image and frame, logically through the width/height fields. I used that all the time.

I’m glad to now know there is a workaround to make this happen using the scale fields, but it’s not very intuitive.

What I’m missing here is why this changed.

I’m a big Adobe fan, so since I’ve been using CS3 for a while and grumbling every time I had to use to steps to size things to particular dimensions — up until now, I kept thinking that there must be some hidden benefit to this new way that just hasn’t revealed itself yet.

Please enlighten me. I haven’t found it.

I was happy with the old way.

Diana

]]> By: Nikolaus http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-276370 Nikolaus Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:28:23 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/scaling-vs-resizing-in-indesign-cs3.php#comment-276370 To Michael Ninnes: To say You don´t need the numeric resize option any more is something I definitely don´t agree with. What was so simple in CS2 suddendly disappeared. You cannot resize pictures with frames to certain sizes any more easily, neither with groups. Hope Adobe fixes that soon. Looks like this was a step in the wrong direction. Nikolaus To Michael Ninnes:

To say You don´t need the numeric resize option any more is something I definitely don´t agree with. What was so simple in CS2 suddendly disappeared. You cannot resize pictures with frames to certain sizes any more easily, neither with groups.

Hope Adobe fixes that soon. Looks like this was a step in the wrong direction.

Nikolaus

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