Hello ppl.

I'm wondering - is there any way I can resize ALL text with different fonts
and sizes in one document I wrote in PageStream?

If yes, what is the process? If no, can someone write Arexx script?

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On 26-Jun-00, DJNick wrote:

>I'm wondering - is there any way I can resize ALL text with
>different fonts and sizes in one document I wrote in PageStream?

If you resized all sizes by 1 point, then 6-point type would be
changed by 17%; 64-point type by less than 2% -- a bit strange.

The obvious way to resize the entire document (or each page in
the document) is in the Print requester -- select Custom under
Scale, and pick the percentage you'd like. Under PageStream 4,
the page image will be centered in the print area of the paper
size selected.

If only the text and not the graphics are to change -- e.g., to
fit just 1 more line of text into a signature -- and all text is
linked, then Select All and a slight adjustment of Leading might
do the job. A slight adjustment of Width (98% or 102%) would hardly
be noticeable, but could accomplish the same effect. But if the
text elements are all separated into independent frames and frameless
text objects, these adjustments would be quite laborious.

To go into the PageStream 4 IFF-DOC format Save file to identify and
modify all font-size callouts would be quite awkward. It might be much
easier to do with a PostScript file, where the font size callouts are
in ASCII text, but since that file may contain some absolute locations
and measurements, fooling around with just font sizes could result in
some very ugly character positioning.

It might turn out to be easiest to just go in page by page and change
the font sizes manually.

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On 26-Jun-00 12:56:59 ggass@teleport.com Geoffrey Gass wrote:

>On 26-Jun-00, DJNick wrote:

>>I'm wondering - is there any way I can resize ALL text with
>>different fonts and sizes in one document I wrote in PageStream?

>If only the text and not the graphics are to change -- e.g., to
>fit just 1 more line of text into a signature -- and all text is
>linked, then Select All and a slight adjustment of Leading might
>do the job. A slight adjustment of Width (98% or 102%) would hardly
>be noticeable, but could accomplish the same effect.

I have found that a slight adjustment to the tracking works wonders and
is barely noticeable, if at all, if done right. I always keep the edit
pallette open in PageStream, so I just go to the tracking adjustment
gadgets in the upper right of the edit pallette, click the cursor in the
text gadget and change the "0%" that I find there to a small negative
figure---almost always a half percent or less. I, of course, don't do
this with paragraphs that have a sizeable last line of text, just with
the ones that barely go into that last line.

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Hello Geoffrey

Le 26-Juin-00, Geoffrey Gass a écrit:

>GG If you resized all sizes by 1 point, then 6-point type would be
>GG changed by 17%; 64-point type by less than 2% -- a bit strange.

Another solution could exist if one used paragraph or text styles styles.
One could go to the approriate menu and change the font sizes for that
style, which whould be updated in the whole document.

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>I'm wondering - is there any way I can resize ALL text with different fonts
>and sizes in one document I wrote in PageStream?

No, not really. Not even very easily by Arexx (it could be done, but it
would be pretty complex).

Probably the best way is to use find/replace attributes. Start at the
highest point size used, and go down.

Does anyone see a need for such a function? (I can't, but...)

>If yes, what is the process? If no, can someone write Arexx script?
>
>D.J.Nick

Deron Kazmaier
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Hello SoftLogik

On 29-Jun-00, SoftLogik Support wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering - is there any way I can resize ALL text with different fonts
>> and sizes in one document I wrote in PageStream?
>
> No, not really. Not even very easily by Arexx (it could be done, but it
> would be pretty complex).
>
> Probably the best way is to use find/replace attributes. Start at the
> highest point size used, and go down.
>
> Does anyone see a need for such a function? (I can't, but...)

Maybe if, for example, I type loong document for student, and he realizes his
work of 25 pages is too expensive to him and then start begging me to resize
all letters and all captions/headings as much as possible ;)

It is just an example

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Hi DJNick,

> Maybe if, for example, I type loong document for student, and he
> realizes his work of 25 pages is too expensive to him and then start begging me
> to resize all letters and all captions/headings as much as possible ;)

Well, all headings/captions can easily be changed with the change
attributes option (providing you are using version 4 of PageStream).
Similar can be done for all body text. Say you have a paragraph style
called body with a 12 pt. letter. You want to change this to a 10
point letter. Just use the change attributes option to change from the
original paragraph style to one called something like bodysmaller,
with a 10 pt letter.

That said, you can always win some space by adjusting the leading.

That said, the way I used to do my business was to have the customer
pick out a font and size from my sample sheets, and if he picked one,
we agreed on it on paper. So, if he wanted me to change the document
after I was finished (following his instructions), he would have to
pay me more. Maybe some pages could be saved, but he would have to pay
the extra time it would take me to adjust the document to his likings.
Of course, this can only work if you let your customer decide on a
font and size before starting to work, and put it down in writing. You
run a job, you get paid by the hour. You done the job as your student
told you you should do it, in the timeframe set for it, and your
student wants you to spend some more hours on it, because he changed
his mind. Sounds only fair to me that he would have to pay the extra
time you would be putting in.

I personally don't see a need to be able to change all fonts in a
document to a one point smaller (have never had to do it) aspecially
with the change attributes option now available. This almost does what
you wants, and should have your entire document redone in a couple of
mouse-clicks (if you use paragraph formats in a clever way). If you
need help on how to do this, contact me, and I'll mail you some
information on this option. If you are not using version 4, well, this
might be one good reason to upgrade .

Dirk

Hey there, DJNick

On 30-Jun-00, DJNick wrote:

> Maybe if, for example, I type loong document for student, and he
realizes his
> work of 25 pages is too expensive to him and then start begging me to
resize
> all letters and all captions/headings as much as possible ;)
>
> It is just an example

It's a good example of the value of using type styles. If you'd set a
style for main headings, one for subheadings and another for body,
etc., all you'd have to do is redefine the styles. It also helps in
maintaining consistency throughout the document.

But I'm guilty of not doing it sometimes, too.

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On 26-Jun-00, DJNick wrote:

> I'm wondering - is there any way I can resize ALL text with different
> fonts and sizes in one document I wrote in PageStream?

As others have pointed out, resizing everything by one point would only be
practical with pre-existing styles or the new Replace Attributes feature.

But if you want to resize everything *proportionately,* you can apply a
custom super/subscript with no baseline offset and, say, 92% horizontal
and vertical scaling. That would reduce 12pt text to about 11pt, for
example. Then adjust the leading if necessary.

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Hello Dirk

On 01-Jul-00, Dirk Harlaar wrote:
>> Maybe if, for example, I type loong document for student, and he realizes
>> his work of 25 pages is too expensive to him and then start begging me to
>> resize all letters and all captions/headings as much as possible ;)
>
> Well, all headings/captions can easily be changed with the change
> attributes option (providing you are using version 4 of PageStream).
> Similar can be done for all body text. Say you have a paragraph style
> called body with a 12 pt. letter. You want to change this to a 10
> point letter. Just use the change attributes option to change from the
> original paragraph style to one called something like bodysmaller,
> with a 10 pt letter.
>
> That said, you can always win some space by adjusting the leading.

...

thanx for the tip :]

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