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AJHudak
Frequent Visitor
5 years ago
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Text Box Menu now GIANT, and blocks input/grab points

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?  Since the latest update (Sept 2020), when creating a new text box in PBI Desktop, depending on the shape of the box, the text formatting menu covers much of t...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    AJHudak 

    I am testing with 2020 Oct version and did not met the issue, the menu bar always appears at the top of the text box.. I guess it is fixed in the newest update.

     

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    DataZoe
    5 years ago

    Anonymous You have to turn on the preview feature for Smart Narrative Visual. It turns the text box into the smart narrative as well, which is the giant text box issue.

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DataZoe
Microsoft Employee
5 years ago

AJHudak I am experiencing this too.

 

Sometimes it opens nicely, to the right and not covering the text:

 

 

but if I move it around then it covers the text, and makes it harder to use:

 

 

and I can't adjust where it is.