Graphics Programs Reference
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2. Move the magnifying glass cursor near the middle of the screen, press and hold
down the left mouse button, and drag the cursor up and down until the objects you
want to see almost fill the screen.
Dragging up increases the zoom magnification, and dragging down decreases it.
3. Right-click in the drawing area and choose Pan from the menu that appears (as
shown in Figure 12-2).
Figure 12-2:
The Zoom/Pan Realtime right-click menu.
Because AutoCAD LT doesn't do 3D, there's no 3D Orbit choice on LT's right-click
menu. The magnifying glass cursor changes to a hand.
4. Click and drag to pan the drawing in any direction.
You can use the right-click menu to toggle between Zoom and Pan as
many times as you like. If you get lost in your drawing, choose Zoom Original or
Zoom Extents to return to a more familiar view.
5. Right-click in the drawing area and choose Exit.
The Zoom or Pan Realtime cursor returns to the normal AutoCAD crosshairs.
In the preceding example, you started with zooming and ended with panning.
You also have the option of doing the reverse: Click the Pan button on the Navigation
bar, and after you've panned, use the right-click menu to switch to zooming. However
you start it, the important thing to realize is that Zoom and Pan Realtime is a single
