Resize Objects
You can resize objects graphically with the mouse or keyboard, and with the Size group on the Layout tab.
Change the size or position of any object in
the Size or Position group on the Arrange tab.
Selected objects appear with selection handles at the corners and sides of the bounding box for the object. The size of a selected object is displayed in the status bar and in the Size group. The pointer changes to a two-headed arrow when it is moved over one of the selection handles. You can resize a single selected object or several selected objects using the following methods.
- To drag a handle with the mouse, move the pointer over the handle and then press and hold the left mouse button. Move the pointer to a new position. Release the left mouse button and the object is resized.
- To drag a handle with the keyboard, move the pointer over the handle, press and hold the SPACEBAR, and use the ARROW keys to move the pointer to a new position. Release the SPACEBAR and the object is resized.
- Drag one of the four corner handles to size the object proportionally.
- Drag one of the side handles to stretch or compress the object in one dimension only.
- Press and hold the ALT key while dragging a corner handle with the mouse to free size an object.
- Press and hold the CTRL key while dragging a corner handle with the mouse to square resize an object.
- Set the size of axes in the axis properties dialog.
- You can use the W and H fields in the Size group to change the size of an object.
Some objects, such as rotated graphs, cannot be resized. Also, some objects such as axes can only be resized in one direction.