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To scale a placed graphic proportionally

  1. Choose Window > Advanced Tools. Click the Graphics Tool  image\Graphics_Tool.gif. The Graphics menu appears.
  2. Click the graphic to select it. Or, drag-enclose the entire graphic to select it. When selected, eight bounding handles appear on the graphic.
  3. Drag a handle to resize the graphic horizontally or vertically.

  1. To retain the aspect ratio while resizing, hold down shift and drag one of the corner handles.
  2. To adjust the exact scaling of a graphic or to reset it to 100% of its original size, select the graphic, then choose Attributes from the Graphics menu. Or, double-click the graphic. The Graphics Attributes dialog box appears.
  3. Enter a value into the Scale: H: and V: text boxes, as a percentage. Enter 100 in each box to draw the graphic at 100% of its original size, 50 to draw it at half its original size (50%), and so on.
  4. Click OK to confirm your settings.

 

 

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