How to turn off the Stretch Alignment feature?

Question

Hi, I am just learning how to use the text formatting options and have been experimenting but for some reason  any new text box I create now and type something, the Stretch Alignment is on and stretching everything I type.  How do I turn that off?
Thanks!

Answer 1

There is no "stretch alignment" option for text, so I'll assume you mean either justified alignment or horizontal scaling.
If you're getting big gaps between words, change your alilgnment from "Justified" to "Left"
If letters themselves are getting stretched, make sure horizontal alignment is set to 100% and nothing higher.
If these are both set correctly and the words themsleves are getting stretched, you may have scaled the text block itself using the Scale tool. Easiest thing to do is delete the text block and add the text into a newly created text block.
Avoid scaling any text blocks with the Scale tools as this will also distort the text. If you just need to make the text block larger or smaller, use the Pointer tool, and drag any one of the four control points of the selected text object.
HTH