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The easiest way to stretch a text object containing a single line of data is on-screen, using your mouse and the text object's handles. After a text object has been stretched on-screen, the Scale option, located on the Font property page, can be used to view exactly how much the text object has been distorted from normal.
You can also enter a value directly into the Scale option to specify the factor by which a text object will be either compressed or stretched horizontally. The default setting for all text objects is 100%. However, this number may be increased or decreased as necessary for your needs. A number greater than 100 will stretch your text, while a number less than 100 will compress your text.
When stretching text objects, using either your mouse or the Scale option, you need to keep the following points in mind.
TrueType and PostScript fonts can be stretched in
When you specify a Scale value, you are entering an approximate value. Windows will give you the closest matching stretch value that is available.
With paragraph text objects, the on-screen handles do not allow you to stretch the text. Instead, they are used to increase and decrease the width of the paragraph itself. In order to compress or stretch the size of the actual text in a paragraph, you must use the Scale option on the Font property page.