Louis Desjardins schrieb: > It just came to my mind that this little X is like a dumb light in the > car telling you the motor temp is too high... when it's too late (or > very late)... We'd be improving again, and innovating, if the little > square telling you text overflows would be a number (of line) instead. > Could be in a square. Could be whatever! But it would be anything but > dumb. And would help make a decision right away: > a. too many lines to adjust the layout, go back to the editor and tell > them to cut that many lines (and by the way, you sound smart knowing > that much about the problem! No more "cut a few, and it'll be perfect" > thing... who needs an approximation 10 minutes from the deadline?!) > b. 2-3 lines over, track a bit or suppress a subtitle > c. 10 lines over and this author will never accept a text cut, crop the > picture instead, crop it! > d. 20 lines and the same as 3, change the font and squeeze the > leading... oh! and yes, crop the pic, just a bit. > e. 300 lines over... well, at least you'll know it doesn't fit at all > and can ask "by the way who the hell did the layout and thought it'd fit!" > > :-) > > Louis You can get the exact information how much text doesn't fit into a textframe when you right click on that frame and choose the "Info" item on top of the popup menue.
Best Regards, Franz Schmid
