Scaling and stretching items
You can scale or stretch items to make them fill the margins of a border. This provides you with an easy way of making items fit neatly against the margins. Scaling an item fits it to the margins while retaining its aspect ratio, meaning it may not touch all margins; stretching an item fits it to the margins and alters its aspect ratio if necessary to ensure that it does touch all margins.
You can scale or stretch the items that are currently selected, or all items within a border, including the chart area.
Example of scaling and stretching
An item before scaling or stretching:
The item scaled to the margins. Note how the item does not touch the bottom margin, as its aspect ratio is preserved:
The item stretched to the margins. Note how the item touches all margins as its aspect ratio has been altered:
To scale selected items to the margins
- Select the items you want to scale.
- Select the Scale to Margins command from the Edit menu.
To stretch selected items to the margins
- Select the items you want to stretch.
- Select the Stretch to Margins command from the Edit menu.
To scale all items within a border to the margins
Select the Scale all to Margins command from the Edit menu.
To stretch all items within a border to the margins
Select the Stretch all to Margins command from the Edit menu.