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If a symbol has captioned text, the settings for Auto Symbol Grow do not affect the symbol size because the text area appears below the symbol image.

To change the way a symbol grows as you add text:

1.Select the symbol.

2.On the Symbol menu, choose Auto Symbol Grow.

3.Do one of the following:

To increase symbol size vertically as you add text, select Standard. (This is the default setting.)

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To maintain symbol height-to-width ratio as you add text, select Proportional.

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To maintain symbol size as you add text, select Off. When the text does not fit inside the symbol, part of the text is displayed followed by an ellipsis.

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To maintain a specific symbol width and then increase symbol size vertically as you add text, select Fixed Width. Re-size the symbol to the specific width before you select this option.