Text boxes

[John S]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a large text box with 600pt font. The text box is 96
inches wide but the text doesn't seem to span the whole width - it wraps to
the next line at about 2/3 the width of the text box.

Is there a size limit on text boxes in Visio 2007?

Regards,
John.

 

[John... Visio MVP]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a large text box with 600pt font. The text box is 96
inches wide but the text doesn't seem to span the whole width - it wraps
to
the next line at about 2/3 the width of the text box.

Is there a size limit on text boxes in Visio 2007?

Regards,
John.

Interesting, the text block width appears to max out at 52". One option to
try to get around this is to make the drawing half size and use the scaling
on the Print Setup tab in the Page Setup dialog... Set the Print Zoom to
Adjust to 200%

John... Visio MVP

 

[Paul Herber]

Interesting, the text block width appears to max out at 52". One option to
try to get around this is to make the drawing half size and use the scaling
on the Print Setup tab in the Page Setup dialog... Set the Print Zoom to
Adjust to 200%

This problem was reported in one of these groups some time ago:

1. subject (TEXTWIDTH(TheText)) has a maximum value it can return?
group : microsoft.public.visio.developer
date: 4 Jun 2006

2. subject: Text no longer centres
group: microsoft.public.visio.developer
date: 18 Jun 2008

 

[John S]

Many thanks - I assume that Microsoft will look to fix this in the next
version of Visio!

Regards,
John.

 

[John... Visio MVP]

Let us know if you have success with using the printer to do the scaling.

I have also added the request to my Visio Wishlist. I have been told that
some of the Visio developers actually look at the list. ;-)
http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

John... Visio MVP