VIZACT: Layout of Page Changes When Using Grow or Shrink in Page

• Microsoft Vizact 2000

SYMPTOMS

The layout of your page changes when you play grow or shrink effects on the page.

CAUSE

When elements on the page change in size, other content on the page moves to accommodate the change.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you must wrap the expanding object, so that it does not affect other content on the page. To do this, you can use a text box or a table cell. With a table cell, you can set to be the largest size of the expanding object. However, if the object ever becomes larger than the specified size of the table cell, the cell will expand, and you will see the behavior described in the Symptoms section.

The other method is to use a text box. Like the table cell, set the largest size of the expanding object, but if it ever becomes larger than that, the text box will not expand. Rather, the content will be "clipped" and the rest of the content on the page will not be affected. To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Wrap The Expanding Object in a Text Box

1. Open the page that has the behavior in Vizact, and place the insertion point after the item with a grow or shrink effect.



2. From the Insert menu, click Text Box.



3. Select the object that has the grow or shrink effect applied, and use the drag operation to move it to the text box.



4. Click the border of the text box, so that it is selected (there is no blinking cursor in the text box).



5. On the Format menu, point to Order, and click In Line With Text.



6. Scroll the timeline, so that it is at a time where the object is as large as it will be.



7. Using the resize handles on the text box, resize it to be the same size as the object contained within it.



8. To disable the border and background of the text box, right-click the text box, and click Format Text Box.



9. Set the Fill Color to No Fill and the Line Color to No Line.

Method 2: Wrap the Expanding Object in a Table Cell

1. Open the page that has the behavior in Vizact, and place the insertion point after the item with a grow or shrink effect.



2. Insert a single-cell table into the page.
   1. On the Table menu, click Insert Table.
   
   
   
   2. Change the Number of Columns to 1 and the number of rows to 1
   
   
   
   3. Click OK.
   
   
   



3. Select the object that has the grow or shrink effect, and drag it into the table cell.



4. Right-click inside the table, and click Cell Properties.



5. Click to select the Specify Height check box, and type the number of pixels you want the verticle space to be (for example, 40pt).
   
   NOTE: If you specify the height in percent, the space may still change based on other elements on the page



6. Click OK.



7. To disable the border of the table, right-click the table, and click Table Properties.



8. In the Borders section, change the Size to zero.



9. Click OK, and save the page.

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Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb