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To change the vertical alignment of a text area, place the text caret in the text and select
the VERTICAL TEXT ALIGNMENT button on the InfoBar. This reveals a menu allowing you to
choose the vertical alignment.

Text areas with top, center and bottom alignments
This option is not available for text columns or simple text lines.

Auto-fit to text areas

There are two further options on the VERTICAL TEXT ALIGNMENT menu - AUTO-FIT TO
CONTAINER and SHRINK TEXT ON OVERFLOW. You can also display the two options by
clicking on the black flow arrow which appears at the bottom of a selected TEXT AREA.
You can choose one or the other and both are unchecked by default.

The AUTO FIT TO CONTAINER allows you to fit any text into any restricted area on a page,
so it’s great for text that needs to change often where there is restricted space.

With this option on, the font size of the text is automatically adjusted so that the text will
just fit into the available space. Add more text and the font size reduces, so the text will
still fit. Remove some text and the font size grows so the text will still fill the container.

Just select the shape with the TEXT TOOL. You will see a dialog which gives you the
following options...