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Height and Width are blank in AutoFormat dialog box

Problem

You open the Formatting dialog box to adjust the size of a shape and find the the height and width boxes on the Size tab are blank.

Solution

You can usually enter the height and width you want and the shape will adjust accordingly.

If all newly drawn shapes have this problem, it's because the defaults have been set to resize the shape to fit text. To fix this:


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Height and Width are blank in AutoFormat dialog box
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Last update 07 April, 2021
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