Magnifying and Reducing the View

Magnify the view of an image (zoom in) to view and edit image details or reduce the view (zoom out) to see the overall image. The title bar of the image window displays the zoom percentage.

To zoom in:

Do one of the following:

• Zoom with the mouse wheel, roll the optional wheel on your mouse to zoom in or out quickly.

• On the Tools toolbar choose the Zoom tool (if necessary, click the down-arrow next to the Pan tool), and then left-click the area you want to magnify. The view magnifies to the next preset percentage with each click, up to the maximum magnification of 5000%.

• Choose the Zoom tool or the Pan tool, and then in the Tool Options palette select a zoom percentage or click the Zoom In or Zoom in more buttons.

• Choose View > Zoom > Zoom In to magnify the view to the next preset percentage.

• Choose View > Zoom > Zoom in more to magnify the view to the fifth preset percentage.

To zoom out:

Do one of the following:

•  On the Tools toolbar, select the Zoom tool (if necessary, click the down-arrow next to the Pan tool) and then right-click the area you want to reduce. The view reduces to the previous preset percentage with each click, down to a minimum magnification of 1%.

• Choose the Zoom tool or the Pan tool, and then in the Tool Options palette select a zoom percentage or click the Zoom Out or Zoom Out More buttons.

• Choose View > Zoom > Zoom Out to reduce the view to the next preset percentage.

• Choose View > Zoom > Zoom Out More to reduce the fifth preset percentage.

To magnify a specific area:

1. Choose View > Magnifier. This puts the cursor in magnifier mode.

2. Place the cursor over the part of the image you want to magnify. The selected area is displayed at the highest percentage that will fit within the window.

3. To turn off magnifier mode, choose View > Magnifier again.

Automatic resizing: By default, when you zoom in or out the image window is automatically resized to fit the image. To change this preference setting, see View Preferences.

Related Topics

Using Context Menus

Using Toolbars

Using Palettes

Using the Overview Palette

The Status Bar

Using Tools

Setting Tool Options