Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

Working with Graphics and Frames
Here’s a quick overview of how to resize and crop images and adjust graphics to fit
frames or frames to fit graphics with InDesign:
• To scale a graphics frame and graphic together, use the Selection or Position tool.
With the Selection tool, click the frame or its contents to select it, and then press
Command in Mac OS or Ctrl in Windows, and drag a handle. Add the Shift key to
maintain the graphic’s proportions as you resize. Use the same technique with the
Position tool, but start by clicking the frame edge. Alternatively, enter values for
Scale X Percentage and Scale Y Percentage in the Control or Transform panel.
• To scale a graphic without affecting its frame, click the graphic with the Direct
Selection or Position tool, and then use the same keyboard shortcuts or panel
controls described above to change the size of the graphic.
• To change how an image is cropped by its frame, click it with the Direct Selection
or Position tool, hold for a moment to see a ghosted back image of the entire
graphic, and then drag the graphic to a new position.
• To quickly fit a frame to its content, double-click a frame handle.
To use the automated fitting options
on the Object menu or Control panel
menu, choose one of the following:
• Fit Content To Frame, which
stretches or shrinks a graphic so
that it fills its frame. When you
choose this option, the graphic’s
proportions are not maintained.
• Fit Frame To Content, which stretches
or shrinks a graphics (or text) frame so
that the edges of the frame align with
the edges of the graphic within.
• Use the controls in the Frame Fitting
Options dialog box (Object > Fitting
> Frame Fitting Options) to specify
default fitting options so that graphics
are automatically resized according to
your settings when you place graphics
into empty frames.
• Center Content, which aligns the cen-
ter point of a placed graphic with the
center point of its frame.
• Fit Content Proportionally, which
stretches or shrinks a graphic to fit
within its frame while maintaining
the proportions of the graphic. When
you choose this option, white space
may result between the right
edge or the bottom edge of
the graphic and the frame.
• Fill Frame Proportionally,
which stretches or shrinks a
graphic to fill its frame while
maintaining the proportions
of the graphic. When you
choose this option, a portion
of the graphic may be
cropped to ensure that
the content fills the
frame proportionally.
ghosted image, using Direct selection tool
to change how an image is cropped, click
and hold a graphic with the Direct selection
tool until a ghosted image of the whole
graphic appears. then adjust its position in
the frame.
fit frame
to Content
fill frame
Proportionally
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fit Content
to frame