Shortcut for Fit text on Box?

Hi guys,
Is there any way or shortcut for Illustrator CS 5 to Fit Texts as the same lenght of the Box Frame? This is a image sample
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1PwekCEGe3qN6mrq24V3UHC86svK8
i have a shortcut in InDesign to do this and it is very useful when aligning differente text frames. If the frame does not fit its text content the alignment is not right. I know i can do it by hand, but when you have many blocks is way time consuming.
Any help or ideas?
Cheers,
S

On the other hand, it is nice the script adjust to the text frame but i guess it would be nicer if the fit would adjust to the right lenght of the text.
"Length" should be avoided when describing dimensions. It can be interpreted as either horizontal or vertical. Use "height" and "width", not length. Better still, explicitly state horzontal or vertical.
What would be nicer is for Adobe to take a look at its other vector drawing program (FreeHand) and discover a far superior interface for text objects. Then trash Illustrator's entirely ill-conceived, cumbersome, unintuitive, and limited "Area Type" vs. "Point Type" distinction.
Enable the user to set any text object to auto-expand and auto-fit its contents either horizontally or vertically. FreeHand users have been able to do this to any text object with a mere double-click for decades. This can also be set to all the text objects in the document at once--a huge advantage for avoiding accidental overset text in map projects where hundreds of street labels are subject to the risk.
InDesign needs this almost as badly.
JET

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