dcrosby Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I'm trying to find the secret to stopping text from overflowing the text frame in Designer. I just want to hide any extra copy in the frame. I know I've seen a toggle or some such before. I can't find it now or any mention of it in the forums. that overflow "feature" may have its benefits but it's really annoying if you don't want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted March 7, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 7, 2019 Hi Dcrosby, There is no way to do this in Designer at the moment however this has been requested in the past so we may add a feature like this in the future. Thanks Callum Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrosby Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, Callum said: Hi Dcrosby, There is no way to do this in Designer at the moment however this has been requested in the past so we may add a feature like this in the future. Thanks Callum Really? I could have sworn I'd seen an option for that in the past. Must have been some other function. Disappointed but thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, dcrosby said: Really? I could have sworn I'd seen an option for that in the past. Must have been some other function. Disappointed but thanks. You may have seen that in Publisher? As a workaround for Designer you can try this, if you really need it. 1st resize your text frame so it encompasses all your text Add a rectangle on top of the text frame and the exact same size and position of your text frame (all 4 sides will snap to the text frame to make this easier). The rectangle must have a Fill colour. Move the Rectangle into the "Mask" position under the text layer. Now when you select and resize the text frame the mask will move with it, hiding any text overflow Just make sure "Lock Children" is not selected in the context toolbar when you have the text frame selected. Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrosby Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, carl123 said: You may have seen that in Publisher? As a workaround for Designer you can try this, if you really need it. 1st resize your text frame so it encompasses all your text Add a rectangle on top of the text frame and the exact same size and position of your text frame (all 4 sides will snap to the text frame to make this easier). The rectangle must have a Fill colour. Move the Rectangle into the "Mask" position under the text layer. Now when you select and resize the text frame the mask will move with it, hiding any text overflow Just make sure "Lock Children" is not selected in the context toolbar when you have the text frame selected. Interesting. I'll have to give that a go sometime. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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