Changing Selected Areas Of A Bitmap - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX Use Manual

Zooming in and out in the Paint window
You can use the Magnify tool or the Zoom commands on the View menu to zoom in or out at
four levels of magnification.
To zoom in or out, do one of the following:
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Click the Magnify tool, and click the image. Click again to increase the magnification. Shift-
click to zoom out.
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Select Zoom In or Zoom Out from the Paint window's Options menu.
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Select View > Zoom, and select the level of magnification.
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Press Control + the Plus (+) key (Windows) or Command + the Plus (+) key (Macintosh) to
zoom in, or Control + the Minus (-) key (Windows) or Command + the Minus (-) key
(Macintosh) to zoom out.
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Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) the image to zoom in on a
particular place.
To return to normal view, do one of the following:
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Click the normal-sized image in the upper right corner.
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Select View > Zoom > 100%.

Changing selected areas of a bitmap

After you select part of an image in the Paint window with the Lasso or Marquee tool, you can
change the selected area.
To reposition the selected area:
Move the cross hair inside the selected area (the cross hair becomes an arrow pointer).
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Drag the selected area.
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To affect how the selected area behaves when you drag it, use the following key combinations:
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To make a copy of the selected area as you drag, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh) the selection.
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To stretch the selection (Marquee tool only), Control-drag (Windows) or Command
(Macintosh) the selection.
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To stretch the selection proportionally (Marquee tool only), Control-Shift-drag (Windows) or
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Command Shift
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drag (Macintosh) the selection.
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