Publisher - Resizing multiple objects/images but keep spacing the same?

[GC79]

I work a lot with image layouts in Publisher. Is there a way of resizing multiple images but keeping the spacing between them at a set size? Whenever I resize a layout with several images, the spacing changes too. I then have to manually change the spacing between them.  thanks!

[GC79]

Anyone?

[Andreas Scherer]

Click on the icon to “transform objects separately” (highlighted in blue in my screenshot), select the midpont in the “Transform” studio panel (if appropriate) and adjust the width and height proportionally for all selected objects.

[GC79]

20 minutes ago, Andreas Scherer said:

Click on the icon to “transform objects separately” (highlighted in blue in my screenshot), select the midpont in the “Transform” studio panel (if appropriate) and adjust the width and height proportionally for all selected objects.

Thanks, but I'm talking about the spacing in between each object....when I scale the objects, the spacing scales too. For instance, I have a 5mm gap between each object. If I then scale the objects, the spacing goes up or down too. I want to keep the same 5mm gap even when I scale the objects.

[GC79]

Ah ok thanks, that's probably more effort than the way I have been doing it especially when there are multiple images of different sizes! Was hoping there was something I could use to keep the spacing the same.

[Andreas Scherer]

1 hour ago, GC79 said:

Thanks, but I'm talking about the spacing in between each object....when I scale the objects, the spacing scales too. For instance, I have a 5mm gap between each object. If I then scale the objects, the spacing goes up or down too. I want to keep the same 5mm gap even when I scale the objects.

Sorry, I misunderstood your request, I thought you wanted to keep the objects in place and scale them individually.

Maybe “Constraints” are more suited to your idea? You can add the spacings as invisible objects that don't change in size (width resp. height) while scaling the parent container.

[GC79]

Thank you, I'll take a look at that.

[thomaso]

3 hours ago, GC79 said:

when I scale the objects, the spacing scales too. For instance, I have a 5mm gap between each object. If I then scale the objects, the spacing goes up or down too. I want to keep the same 5mm gap even when I scale the objects.

Workaround: Set the distance between object bounding boxes to Zero + create a visual spacing with a stroke for each object (set to not scale).

[GC79]

1 hour ago, thomaso said:

Workaround: Set the distance between object bounding boxes to Zero + create a visual spacing with a stroke for each object (set to not scale).

 

Hadn't thought of that but this could work, thanks!

[thomaso]

19 minutes ago, GC79 said:

Hadn't thought of that but this could work, thanks!

One downer: You can not combine this workaround with Vector Crop. (… whereas Picture Frame does work)