Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Using the Zoom tool
In addition to the view commands, you can use the Zoom tool to magnify and reduce the
view of a document. In this exercise, you will experiment with the Zoom tool.
1.
Choose View > Fit Spread In Window to position pages 2 and 3 in the center of the
window.
2.
Select the Zoom tool ( ) in the Tools panel and position it over the text at the
right. Notice that a plus sign appears in the center of the Zoom tool.
3.
Click three times. The view changes to the next preset magnification, centered on
the point where you clicked.
Now you'll reduce the view.
4.
Position the Zoom tool over the text and hold down the Alt (Windows) or Option
(Mac OS) key. A minus sign appears in the center of the Zoom tool.
5.
While holding the Alt or Option key, click three times to reduce the view scale.
You can also use the Zoom tool to drag a marquee around a portion of a document
to magnify a specific area.
6.
With the Zoom tool still selected, hold down the mouse button to drag a marquee
around the text, and then release the mouse button.
The percentage by which the area is magnified depends on the size of the marquee:
the smaller the marquee, the larger the degree of magnification.
Because the Zoom tool is used frequently during the design and editing processes,
you can temporarily select it from the keyboard at any time without deselecting the
tool you are using. You'll do that now.
7.
Click the Selection tool ( ) in the Tools panel and position it anywhere in the
document window.
