How to fit HTML into a web content overlay?

How can I fit a 640px x 960px HTML generated from Adobe Animate into a Web content overlay with 640x x 960x dimension graphic frame?
When I uncheck the "scale content to frame" option, the HTML was scaled up--cropping 3/4ths of the image. But with the scale content frame option selected, the HTML was scaled down showing the whole image but on a 1/3rd scale.
The article format is set to PDF.

I assume you mean Edge Animate.
What version of ID? Did you fully patch Edge to 1.0.1?
If you have CS6 you can just place the OAM file.
Bob

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