Sorry, Jane, that I didn't get back to you earlier.
Your experience is similar to mine. At first, I thought it was something in the old layouts that had this effect.
But when I like you tried to save a simple workspace with a few text objects to a workspace and reopened this, I saw the same behavior.
We seem to have implemented a behavior similar to what you see in PowerPoint.
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Peter Horsbøll Møller
Principal Presales Consultant | Distinguished Engineer
Precisely | Trust in Data
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-09-2023 05:29
From: Jane Mason
Subject: Text box in layout not expanding as type
Hi Peter,
Actually, this is still an issue - I added in new text boxes, entered text and saved the Layout workspaces. As I did this, the text boxes expanded. But when I open the workspaces and write into these text boxes again (adding to the existing text which we use as a template) they do not expand as I type.
Thanks,
Jane
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Jane Mason
Biological Records Officer (GIS), Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service, UK
Original Message:
Sent: 02-06-2023 08:09
From: Jane Mason
Subject: Text box in layout not expanding as type
Thanks Peter.
It only happens in existing Layout workspace text boxes. The boxes used to work like this, but I think it happened after a new upgrade - though I think it's more to do with the Layout (and how I saved it?) itself - they are based on v15 workspaces rather than created in 64-bit.
It's easy to fix, as I can create new text boxes and these work fine, so I can copy the text into these new boxes. I just thought I'd missed a simple setting.
I can send you the workspace in case you can spot anything?
Thanks,
Jane
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Jane Mason
Biological Records Officer (GIS), Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service, UK
Original Message:
Sent: 02-06-2023 07:50
From: Peter Møller
Subject: Text box in layout not expanding as type
That sounds weird.
When I use the Text from the Text dropdown on the Layout tab and click in the layout, I can start typing a text and the textbox grows to hold the text I write.
I sounds as if you aren't seeing the same?
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Peter Horsbøll Møller
Principal Presales Consultant | Distinguished Engineer
Precisely | Trust in Data
Original Message:
Sent: 02-06-2023 06:19
From: Jane Mason
Subject: Text box in layout not expanding as type
Hello,
We seem to no longer be able to type into a layout text box while it automatically expands to fit the width - we have to physically drag the box to widen it to fit the text now.
I feel there must be a setting that will change this - I'd be grateful if someone could let me know. We're using MapInfo Pro v2021.1.
Many thanks,
Jane
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Jane Mason
Biological Records Officer (GIS), Suffolk Biodiversity Information Service, UK
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