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Author Topic: How does the menu: "Expand Canvas to Fit Objects" work?  (Read 6,109 times)

schema

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How does the menu: "Expand Canvas to Fit Objects" work?
« on: August 16, 2007, 03:31 AM »
I've got an arrow object added in the screenshot, and the comments text was beyond the orginal screenshot region.
When saved, the region out of the canvas was not included.
I think the "Expand Canvas to Fit Objects" menu was to fix this.
But it didn't work, nothing changed.
Anyone got idea on this?
How to use the menu?
Thanks~

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Re: How does the menu: "Expand Canvas to Fit Objects" work?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2007, 03:43 AM »
you have got it exactly right, that is the purpose of that menu item. but it doesnt seem to work perfectly -- text boxes attached to objects aren't accounted for.  putting it on my todo list.

in the meantime you can work around this by going to the Edit -> Resize menu and choosing to resize canvas instead of stretching:
Screenshot - 8_15_2007 , 10_39_52 PM.png

ps. rather than try to get the size exactly right, i find it's easier just to add a big border all around and then crop.

schema

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Re: How does the menu: "Expand Canvas to Fit Objects" work?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2007, 03:52 AM »
Appreciation of ur quick reply.
I am working around that way now,
looking forward to the next version~

THX!
« Last Edit: August 16, 2007, 05:54 AM by schema »

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