Auto Resize Text in a Text Box

How do you make the text inside of a text box auto resize to fit the box I'm typing in?
I have a text box with a list in it. I change this list everyday and like the text to fit the box. The size of the text doesn't matter. If I have a long list, I don't mind that the font is small. If I have a short list that day, I don't mind that the font size is then big. Hopefully I am making sense. I used to use text boxes like this in MS Publisher and am assuming I just need to find a setting change in Pages.
I do this often enough that it would save time not having to keep guessing the correct font size until it fits properly.
Thanks!
Message was edited by: mnbinth

mnbinth wrote:
I used to use text boxes like this in MS Publisher and am assuming I just need to find a setting change in Pages.
Assuming that application B will behave the same than application A is always a bad idea.
There is no reason for such a guess.
Happily, all engineers aren't thinking the same way and remember Apple's statement :
*_Think different !_*
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 25 septembre 2010 10:55:56

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