"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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Anybody here good with Google Docs?

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I'm trying to design a document in multiple formats (Letter, A4, A5, Half-Letter), but when I change the page setup size to accommodate those other formats it resizes the document, but not its contents.

Font size, table size, etc aren't locked and scaled to fit similarly on the new document and end up on different lines and different pages.

Is there a way to "lock the aspect ratio" when it comes to the content within a document that you're changing?
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Did you look at the results of the search before you posted this? I obviously did a search first...

I'm not looking to lock the aspect ratio of an IMAGE...I'm looking to maintain the aspect ratio of ALL CONTENT within a document once I change the page size...that means tables, fonts, sentences, spacing, etc.

I don't want to change the page size and have half of what I wrote end up on a 2nd page, for example.

I don't see a way to do that online through Google Docs so far, just a lot of external software suggestions from dozens of random companies.
 

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I think that'll be forte of design tools than docs. Try Canva.
 

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Did you look at the results of the search before you posted this? I obviously did a search first...

I'm not looking to lock the aspect ratio of an IMAGE...I'm looking to maintain the aspect ratio of ALL CONTENT within a document once I change the page size...that means tables, fonts, sentences, spacing, etc.

I don't want to change the page size and have half of what I wrote end up on a 2nd page, for example.

I don't see a way to do that online through Google Docs so far, just a lot of external software suggestions from dozens of random companies.
Why ask on here then?
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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I think that'll be forte of design tools than docs. Try Canva.
Played around with it a bit, and while I can create custom resizes and "lock aspect ratio" it doesn't seem to maintain the size of the content. Maybe it would apply correctly if I built it inside of Canva rather than uploading the Google Doc, so I can try that tomorrow.

Why ask on here then?
Because I'm hoping somebody on here knows something I don't/more than a Google search. Below are example images from the competition in Letter and A4 sizes. Notice how despite the pages being different sizes, the content ON the page are spaced the same in both images. I don't know how to achieve that result.

a4example.png letterexample.png
 
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