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the text length in the excerpt box but not the box itself. i want to reduce it to the 2 inches in height it is now to about 1 inch.
Are you talking about the excerpt that appears in the slider, or the slider itself? Or are you talking about the homepage panes?
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Also, the thumbnail would need to be reduced to 100 as well.
Generally, this should be under Settings >> Media
Moved to Support.