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To create a symbol that resizes to fit any text, you must take the following steps in the order that they are listed. Before you begin, select the Maintain Relationships option on the Tools menu.

For a Symbol with a Circle, Rectangle, or Ellipse

  1. In a symbol document, draw a rectangle, circle, or ellipse.

    • On the Info tab, set Horizontal in the Text Alignment group to Center.

    • On the Info tab, set Vertical in the Text Alignment group to Center.

    • On the Paragraph tab, set Alignment to Center.

  2. On the Symbol Authoring Tools toolbar, click the Symbol Properties button .

  3. On the Behaviors tab, select the Label checkbox.

  4. Select the Graphics Fit to Text checkbox.

For a Parametric Symbol

  1. Create a parametric symbol

    While creating the parametric symbol, you must identify two primary dimensions as TextHeight and TextWidth.

  2. Open the new symbol document that you just created.

  3. On the Draw toolbar, click Text Box

  4. Click the center of the symbol to place a text box.

  5. On the Draw toolbar, click the Select tool and select the text box.

  6. Click Edit > Properties.

  7. On the Properties dialog box, set the options that indicate the directional flow for text if you add characters to the text box. You can specify the direction by the options that you click. For example, if you want the text in the rectangle, circle, or ellipse to grow from the center of the element, you can set the following options:

    • On the Info tab, set Horizontal in the Text Alignment group to Center.

    • On the Info tab, set Vertical to Center.

    • On the Paragraph tab, set Alignment to Center.

  8. On the Symbol Authoring Tools toolbar, click the Symbol Properties button .

  9. On the Behaviors tab, select the Label checkbox.

  10. Select the Graphics Fit to Text checkbox.

If you want to create a symbol that has text associated to attributes, you can define a SmartLabel that contains SmartText for the symbol. SmartLabels that contain SmartText are associated with text attributes for the symbol. When you attach a symbol with a SmartLabel to an element or object in a document, the symbol attributes assume the values of the element attributes. If the element or object does not have attributes, then the element or object assumes the attributes on the symbol.

To use this functionality, you must install the Symbol Authoring option.