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9. Open the Interface pane of the Preferences dialog box. Choose Immediate Note:
in the Live Screen Drawing menu, then click OK.
Remember, preferences
Live Screen Drawing controls are accessed in the
the appearance of an image InDesign menu on
when you move or resize it. Macintosh and in the
The default behavior, Delayed, Edit menu on Windows.
means the image does not
appear inside the frame
while you change the frame
parameters (position, etc.).
Using the Immediate Live
Screen Drawing option, the
image inside the frame always
appears inside the frame when
you move or resize the frame.
If Delayed is selected, you
can click and hold down the
mouse button for a couple of
seconds to temporarily access
the Immediate preview behavior.
Note:
10. With the placed image selected, check the Auto-Fit option in the
Control panel. Press Shift while dragging
a corner to maintain the
If you don’t see the Auto-Fit option in the Control panel, you can customize the Control original height-to-width
panel to show that option, or you can choose Object>Fitting>Frame Fitting Options, aspect ratio in the resized
and check the Auto-Fit option in the resulting dialog box.
frame.
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 Note:
mouse button.
When the Auto-Fit
When the Auto-Fit option is checked, resizing the frame automatically resizes the option is not selected, you
contained image to fit the new frame size; the image remains centered inside the frame. can press the Command/
Areas of the resized image outside the resized frame remain visible while you hold down Control key while
the mouse button.
resizing a frame to scale
When Auto-Fit is checked, Areas outside the the content at the same
resizing the frame also affects frame edges are slightly time.
the graphic inside the frame. ghosted in the preview.

12. 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.

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