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The Auto Size feature resizes the text within an object to fit within a rectangle of a specified size. This is useful when the data contained in the text is highly variable in length, but must always fit within a certain area on the template. BarTender will increase or decrease the font size of the text contents so that it fits within the boundaries of the object, or it will compress or stretch the horizontal width of each character. The latter option does not affect the height of the object.

When Auto Size is enabled, the settings for Point Size override the settings found on the Font property page.

• Font Point Size. Specifies the Minimum and Maximum point size. You can use this option to ensure that the text will never be too small or large. If you want the font to stay at a fixed height, set both Minimum and Maximum to the same value.

• Font Width Scale. Specifies the Minimum and Maximum percentage that the text can be scaled. You can use this option to ensure that the data is never compressed or stretched to the point of unreadability. Set both values to 100% if the letters must stay at their standard width relative to the font size.

  If data for the object is ever too long to fit within the rectangle at the minimum point size and scale settings, BarTender will truncate the text.

• Object Size. Specifies the height and width of the text object, or of the human readable characters of a barcode object.

• Alignment. Specifies the horizontal and vertical alignment of the text within the object, if it does not completely fill the height of the object.

The Tabs tab allows you to set tab stops for text. Tab stops define the location your cursor stops when you press the Tab key on your keyboard or insert a <HT> character from the Insert Symbols or Special Characters dialog.

• Tab Stops. When enabled, allows you to set tab stops in the selected object.

• Default Tab Stops. Defines the distance between tab stops and between the margin and the first tab stop.

• Custom. Allows you to add custom tab stops in addition to the default. To add a tab stop, enter a value in the Custom field, and select Set. To remove a tab stop, select the desired tab stop to highlight it, and select Delete. To remove all custom tab stops, select Delete All.

• Reading Order. Specifies the reading order for the object. Set this to Auto to use the reading order of the script identified on the Advanced tab of the Font property page. Selecting a reading order that is not supported by the selected script results in BarTender treating the text as directionally mixed.