You can have Publisher automatically resize your text to fit in a text box when the text box is not connected to other text boxes.
Turn copyfitting on
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Click in the text box.
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Click the Text Box Tools Format tab, and then click Text Fit.
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Do one of the following:
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To shrink or expand text to fit in the text box when you resize the box or type, click Best Fit.
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To reduce the point size of text until there is no text in overflow, click Shrink Text On Overflow.
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Turn copyfitting off
If your text is changing size as you type or when you resize a text box, you have AutoFit Text turned on. Here's how to turn it off so that the text stays the same size.
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Click in the text box.
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Click the Text Box Tools Format tab, and then click Text Fit.
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Click Do Not AutoFit.
With automatic copyfitting turned off, the font size remains the same whenever you resize the text box.
