Text goes off right side of page

**mjw** · 26 November 2011, 01:13 AM

Ok, that was that problem. I redrew the text box and repasted the text from notepad. Checked it in preview and still going over right edge. Maybe I should just delete the entire page and start a new one from scratch?

**zaphodeist** · 26 November 2011, 01:19 AM

Might be an idea ... I'm flummoxed :-)

**mjw** · 26 November 2011, 01:23 AM

That's what I'll do (tomorrow, it's getting late). Thanks for all the time you took to help.

**zaphodeist** · 26 November 2011, 01:28 AM

Let us know how it goes :-)

**Soquili** · 26 November 2011, 06:12 AM

If you make notepad's window the width your web page will be and have Word Wrap enabled you can see the same run off the page as on your current Directions page.

By inserting Enter/Return keys to make the text fit within notepad (window at your web page size) the text can be copied and pasted to your new Text Area and will fit on the web page.

**PeteS** · 28 November 2011, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by mjw

Ok, that was that problem. I redrew the text box and repasted the text from notepad. Checked it in preview and still going over right edge. Maybe I should just delete the entire page and start a new one from scratch?

This is because the new text area that is being drawn uses the last attributes applied to that object, so redrawing the text area will apply the same incorrect text aspect ratio as the one you've just deleted.

Solution: Copy your text into Notepad. Delete the text area in WD. Save the file, close and restart the program. Draw text area and copy/paste the text from Notepad into the newly drawn text area.

That will then have set the text aspect ratio as 100%.

**mjw** · 28 November 2011, 02:09 PM

Problem fixed. I copied text to notepad and deleted the page. Inserted new page, drew new text box and pasted text from notepad into it. Works correctly now. (Didn't need to restart program)
Thanks for all the assistance.

**garyshapley** · 29 November 2011, 06:18 PM

MJW, select the text and the text tool. To the right of the font size box in your menu you'll see a % box. Change the % to 100, then select the font and size needed for your page. I had the problem when I started Xara. I found that keeping the % at 100 will display the text properly. Do not shrink any text with the selector unless you intend to convert it to bitmap.