Feature Request - Format Painter
Oct 02, 2012
Quite often, I find myself creating several boxes, adding text, color, resizing them etc. They are usually labelled with labels of varying sizes etc. I then would like these boxes, to all be the same size - which is usually the size of the box with the greatest amount of text. Right now, I have to right-click each box and set size parameters manually.
Suggest Augmenting Format Painter
You should consider augmenting the Format painter to provide the functionality of copying size parameters from one image/box/diagram etc to another. Could consider using something like Ctrl + Click Format Painter to accomplish. This would save a developer LOTS of time and be extremely useful.
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Hi Steve - this is a good idea. I noticed you have been asking for a few feautre requests, you might want to make it more "official" by submittin your requests using
http://www.articulate.com/support/contact/submit.php?form=feature
+1 - I may have submitted a similar request awhile back. The computer should do stuff like this for you
Nancy,
Thanks for the Link. Unfortunately, I already posted a few in the forum. Will try to remember to use the "Official Request" link in the future.
I just played around with this a bit. If you CTRL-Click to select all of your shapes, then go to the Drawing Tools tab, you can set the height and width of all at the same time.
Meryem,
Not exactly what I am looking for. Let me explain.
Lets say you have 5 boxes. They all have text labels of varying sizes. You want to make them look all the same ( size, fill, outline etc).
I would like to be able to take, say the largest box, and easily apply the size (horizontal and vertical) to the other 4 boxes. Right now, if I select all boxes ( Ctrl + Click) the size parameters ( hor / vert ) are blank. What would be very useful is to be apply to Apply the size, of say the largest box, to all boxes, at the same time, without having to manually enter the numbers. I know it might sound like a small thing but it would same me (and I am sure others) lots of time.
ps: I have a large art pad, sitting to the right of my mouse, where I write down all kinds of sizes, positions, colors etc etc for most of the items I work with on various screens. I would prefer not to have to be in a position where I have to manually enter the sizes etc but just be able to copy from one item and click to another. Does this make sense?
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