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9. With the placed image selected, check the Auto-Fit option in the Control panel.
If you don’t see the Auto-Fit option in the Control panel, you can customize the Control
panel to show that option, or you can choose Object>Fitting> Frame Fitting Options, and
check the Auto-Fit option in the resulting dialog box.

10. Click the bottom-right corner of the frame, then drag left to make the frame
smaller. When cursor feedback shows the frame is 3.6 in wide, 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
resized image outside the resized frame remain visible while you hold down the mouse button.

When Auto-Fit is checked,
resizing the frame also affects
the graphic inside the frame.

11. Uncheck the Auto-Fit option in the Control 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.
Note:
12. Control/right-click the selected image and choose Fitting>Fit Content
Proportionally from the contextual menu. Unlike raster images,
vector graphics can be
The fitting options can resize the image relative to its frame, or resize the frame relative resized without losing
to its content.
quality.

Note:
When the Auto-Fit
option is not selected, you
can press the Command/
Control key while
resizing a frame to scale
the content at the same
time.
In this case, you defined the available frame width; you are using the fitting options to
force the content proportionally into that available space.
Note:
Press Shift while dragging
a corner to maintain the
original height-to-width
aspect ratio in the resized
frame.

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