void = SetBoxWidth(nFixedUnits)

This macro function is used to specify the width of the textbox that contains the macro token.

➢Looking at the measurements palette of QuarkXPress and InDesign, as shown in the image on the right, the effect of this function is to set the value of W equal to nFixedUnits.

➢Textbox resizing functions only work on textboxes whose angle is a multiple of 90 degrees (0­°, 90°, 180°, or 270°) and we strongly encourage you to always use non-rotated textboxes (with an angle of 0°) for any macro which contains the above macro function, as explained in the gridtemplate construction guidelines.

➢A fixed unit is the smallest unit of size, used by both QuarkXPress and InDesign, and is defined as 1/65536 of a point. This means that an inch is 4718592 fixed units, and a millimeter is approximately 185771 fixed units.

This function will affect the width of the textbox, keeping the left position unchanged.

See also: MoveBoxHor and textbox resizing macro functions.

Topic 179925, last updated on 25-Jan-2021