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Scaling objects

Percentage: Specify vertical and horizontal percentages. Scaling an object 150% is the same as increasing the object’s size by a factor of 1.5.
Ratio: Specify horizontal and vertical scaling factors as ratios by entering numbers in each set of two boxes; e.g., to scale an object to one-third its original height, enter “1” in the first text box, and “3” in the second.

The Scale command provides several options for enlarging or reducing objects. Scale by a percentage or ratio, horizontally and vertically. You can also scale text and stroke weights when you scale objects.

To scale an object:

Select one or more objects.
Choose Object | Scale to open the Scale dialog box.
Select the Scale options.
Do one of the following:
- Click Apply. The object is scaled, but the dialog box remains open. If you want to change the options you can do so and click Apply again, or you can click Cancel to discard the changes and close the dialog box.
- Click OK. The object is scaled, and the dialog box is closed.

You can also scale an entire document when you print it, without changing the objects in the document, by specifying a scaling factor in the Print dialog box.

Scale options

Scale by	Select a method to scale by: Percentage: Specify vertical and horizontal percentages. Scaling an object 150% is the same as increasing the object’s size by a factor of 1.5. Ratio: Specify horizontal and vertical scaling factors as ratios by entering numbers in each set of two boxes; e.g., to scale an object to one-third its original height, enter “1” in the first text box, and “3” in the second.
Proportional	Select this check box to scale an object vertically and horizontally by the same amount.
Keep As Group	Select this check box to retain the spacing between the selected items when they are scaled.
Scaling	Enter the percentage of horizontal and vertical scaling.
Scale Pen	Select this check box to maintain the proportion between an object’s pen size and the overall size of the object.
Scale Text	If one of the selected objects contains text, select Scale Text to change the size of the characters. Otherwise, text remains the same size.