the stress pain in my shoulder is getting better as I type. February 8th, 2010 at 8:11 pm PS CC using the text tool, i type the words i want but if i try to change the font type or size the text disappears and i have to re type it...anyone else notice this it started doing it … November 29th, 2012 at 1:30 pm How to Change the Size of Text. You can change the unit of measurement for width and height by choosing from the menus to the right of the Width and Height text boxes. dmajor says: For me what worked was I had to actually DRAW a text box then put the text inside, after that it let me resize it without messing with the text. We also wish to control the text box position and size. When I go to the text tool, the bounding box around the text disappears so there is nothing to grab onto to adjust/drag the text box size. Catherine says: Thanks so much Jeff – you're a life saver! I thought i would finally go grazy of that!! I usually can pick up use of new software with no problem–PS is something else entirely! eda says: oh thank so much man. I used to know a shortcut (I THINK in PS, but perhaps it was InDesign) that made the text box correctly size itself to the text… which is what I was looking for… but this worked, too! I had the same problem deleting layers. June 10th, 2012 at 9:42 am Mariano says: Thanks, man. This tutorial will teach you how to create a shape from scratch and insert text that conforms to the edges of that shape. Adjust the size of the box to fit your overlay/background 3. Is there a way to change the size of the text that comes out with the printers marks? In the Monitor panel, select the text and do one of the following: ... To center the text in the box, click Center Text. Angel says: Huge THANKS to Peter and NATE! December 7th, 2011 at 2:17 pm I have now stopped weeping. shelley says: that was not only the funniest post i’ve read in a long time it was equally enlightening! July 8th, 2011 at 10:13 am I have been fighting this for YEARS and, like you, was never able to find a good answer. Instead, link all the text layers you want to change, then select one of them and use the option bar to make the changes WHILE holding the Shift key. I was editing someone else’s PSD, and they had just created a single line of text and then used returns to wrap the text. Now, you can edit the text to the point where it fits in your box. Hours of retyping into new text boxes later, I find this simple solution. amanda says: thanks! You can create everything from a single line of text, to a fully custom text box shape. I'm pretty sure that you want all text at the same size for all your form fields. But if you select the type tool, then draw a rectangle to create a text box for the type, then start typing, it then treats it as paragraph text, which can be resized later without affecting the text. I was hoping there was an easy way to "decouple" the size of the objects/pictures/text box with the size of the slide. The current size of your canvas appears at the top of the dialog box. As you change one value, the other two values change accordingly. March 23rd, 2010 at 3:39 pm I am editing a brochure in Illustrator CS4. If you just select the type tool, click on your image and start typing, it treats that text as "Single line text", and we have the problem. January 26th, 2007 at 10:02 am To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture. Brian says: Thanks Thom. February 15th, 2010 at 6:42 pm I know it seems daft to mention this but that would be where you would come a cropper if you didn't hold the mouse button down. Saved me a lot of time and the bizarre thing about this is: Millions of people are using text in Photoshop and there is no further info on adjusting text box sizes without adjusting font sizes….strange…. Add a text box with the text you want to show. yourock says: Nice – saved me a bunch of time after I tried a ton of different things. baskar says: Thanks… I too got the same problem… your explanation is superb…. The original post wasn’t the fix I needed, but Nate’s suggestion to “convert text to paragraph type” saved the day. I would say to set up the font size change in your CSS stylesheet file. I had just this problem and found by googling "photoshop text tool size of text box" . Chris says: May 17th, 2009 at 6:24 pm Use your keyboard to change the text as needed. October 18th, 2006 at 6:05 pm February 9th, 2012 at 3:40 pm Years and years later, you are still saving people loads of stress. I'm pretty sure that you want all text at the same size for all your form fields. May 8th, 2009 at 6:07 am March 14th, 2008 at 2:15 pm To align text on the right side in the box, click Right Align Text. solution so simple as allways. Select the text layer that you wish to edit. The text gets all stretched and distorted. September 13th, 2013 at 3:51 am RE: Changing text size with keyboard changes my highlighted text instead of field with text-size Because you can change the size of the text box, you have great flexibility using paragraph text. HUGE thanks! To change the size of all the characters in a layer, select the text layer in the Layers panel. E-mail (will not be published) (required). Fire up the Settings app by pressing Win+I and then click the “Ease of Access” category. You saved me that hour and untold frustration. A. Evan says: Took me a while to figure this out, until I spotted Mark’s comment: "It depends the way you have created the text to begin with. Right click on the element again and select Filters 6. RobH2 says: Excellent ‘Useful Crap’ for sure. SteveC says: You da man, thanks for that, I too was getting increasingly frustated with what should be a simple task (which it is when you know how to do it!!!!). Adding inline styles in your HTML will add to many lines at the end... plus you would need to add it to the other types of form fields such as