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DRW98: Text in Draw Object Appears Crushed/Overlapping

Article ID: 183365

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002


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SYMPTOMS

The text in a Microsoft Draw object appears to be crushed together or overlapping. When you edit the Microsoft Draw object by double-clicking it, the text appears fine.

CAUSE

The Microsoft Draw object was resized disproportionately. Microsoft Draw is unable to dynamically resize text if the entire object is resized unevenly.

RESOLUTION

To resize an object proportionally, select one of the resize handles on the corner of the object and then drag to change the shape of the object.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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