Zoom, Pan and templates - Introduction to AutoCAD 2011: 2D and 3D Design - page 83

Center - the drawing centres itself around a picked point.
Dynamic - a broken line surrounds the drawing which can be changed in
size and repositioned to part of the drawing.
Extents - the drawing fi lls the AutoCAD drawing area.
Previous - the screen reverts to its previous zoom.
Scale - entering a number or a decimal fraction scales the drawing.
Window - the parts of the drawing within a picked window appears on
screen. The effect is the same as using real time .
Object - pick any object on screen and the object zooms.
The operator will probably be using Realtime , Window and Previous
zooms most frequently.
Figs 4.2 - 4.4 show a drawing which has been constructed, a Zoom
Window of part of the drawing allowing it to be checked for accuracy and
a Zoom Extents , respectively.
Fig. 4.2 Drawing to be acted upon by the Zoom tool
Fig. 4.3 Zoom Window of part of the drawing Fig. 4.2