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Subject:Re: text changing size when file is inserted. :o( From:Kathi Jan Knill <Kathi -dot- Knill -at- TEMPLATE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:17:22 -0400
And which software are you using to write?
Kathi Jan Knill
Senior Technical Writer
Template Software
Kathi -dot- Knill -at- Template -dot- com
"Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a
positive and constructive one." --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cirrus Matusek <CMatusek -at- LTDCOMMODITIES -dot- COM>
To: <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 8:43 AM
Subject: text changing size when file is inserted. :o(
> here's something interesting and frustrating; i'll try to be
clear:
>
> my doc consists of inserted files
>
> in those files, i have screen prints and text underneath the
images
>
> on the screen prints, i have call outs with text (9 pt font)
>
> after i create those files and then insert them into my doc,
the font size
> of the text in the call outs (over the image) changes to
something much
> larger (child-like appearance!) -- this only happens 1/3 of the
time that i
> insert files
>
> it's not the fact that i'm inserting into any sort of template,
because
> nothing else changes (only the call-out text!). i've tried to
change the
> font in the big doc and control-shift-F7 to save the change in
it's original
> inserted file, but whenever the doc is refreshed, the same old
HUGE font
> size comes back. has anyone else encountered this? assistance
is much
> appreciated.
>
>
>
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