I am thinking of getting InDesign due to more and more limitation I am finding with Illustrator. Does InDesign have a button where i can select two rectangular shapes and press one button to make both my selections the exact same dimensions? seems like a rudimentry function that is missing from illustrator.
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I do not wish to copy a box, i am referring to making something the same dimensions as something else as a post process. For example, I have many images i place into one document, some of which are different sizes and dimensions - but all are some sort of rectangle. I want them to all become the same dimensions quickly and easily.
http://illustrator.hilfdir
Right-click to download the zip file. In Illustrator you can go to File > Scripts > Other Scripts and run it from where ever, but if you want to keep it handy all the time, you should put it in to Illustrators Script folder.
Try: Make a few boxes of different sizes, select them all and run the script. All boxes will become the same size as the first one or you can send the key box to back.
Hope this is what you are looking for.
(this is completely off-question so bear with me!)
I went back and re-read the original question. It's interesting to me what you said:
"I am thinking of getting InDesign due to more and more limitation I am finding with Illustrator."
I find a lot of this sort of misunderstanding stems from the advances that have been made in both programs. Originally, they developed for two completely different purposes. Indesign is/was for page layout and illustrator for linework art creation (with photoshop strictly for bitmapped art manipulation). With advances in each program the lines have blurred so much that these days, its hard to point people in the correct direction if they can only afford one program because in the past, it was pretty clear: Quark/Pagemaker/Indesign were strictly for page layout; Illustrator/Freehand/Corel
In the 'old' days, the correct answer would have been that you need one of each of those programs to perform normal desktop publishing. Now, it's not so clear. You probably could make do with just Illustrator, or fudge it with Indesign and photoshop. In some instances, you might even get away with just photoshop. It's very strange to me! LOL!
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by: Philip_SparkPosted on 2009-11-02 at 12:40:45ID: 25723478
I don't understand. If you have one rectangle say 3x4, option drag to copy and you have two rectangles 3x4. Are you talking about proportionate scaling of different size rectangles?