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11. Click the bottom-right corner of the frame, then drag up to make the
frame smaller. When cursor feedback shows the frame is 1.6 in high,
release the mouse button.
When the Auto-Fit option is
checked, resizing the frame
automatically resizes the contained
image to fit the new frame size; the
image remains centered inside the
frame. Areas of the image outside
the resized frame remain visible,
but slightly ghosted, while you hold
down the mouse button.

When Auto-Fit is not selected, you
can press Command/Control while
resizing a frame to also scale the
frame’s content.

12. Uncheck the Auto-Fit option in the Properties panel.
If you don’t turn off this option, you will not be able to manually apply other frame
fitting commands in the next steps.

13. With the graphics frame still selected, click the Fit Content Proportionally
button in the Properties panel.
The fitting options can resize the image
relative to its frame or resize the frame
relative to its content.
Fill Frame Proportionally resizes
content to fill the entire frame
while preserving the content’s
proportions. Some of the image
area might be cropped.
Fit Content Proportionally resizes
content to fit entirely within its
containing frame, maintaining the
current aspect ratio of the image.
Some empty space might result
along one dimension of the frame.
Fit Content to Frame resizes
content to fit the dimensions of Auto-Fit is turned off.
the container, even if that means
scaling the content out of proportion (stretched in one direction or another).
Note:
Fit Frame to Content resizes the frame to the dimensions of the placed content.
Center Content centers content within its containing frame, but neither the frame Frame fitting options
nor the content is resized. can also be accessed in
an object’s contextual
Content-Aware Fit allows the software to evaluate the placed image, then scale the
image inside the frame to show what it determines to be the most important part menu or in the Control
of the image. panel.

In this case, you defined the available frame height; you are using the fitting options to
force the content proportionally into that available space.

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