Magnifying And Reducing The View; To Enlarge Or Reduce A Page View Using The Zoom Tool; To Enlarge Or Reduce A Page Using Keyboard Shortcuts - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11 Use Manual

Magnifying and reducing the view

You can zoom in or out to magnify or reduce your view using tools, menu commands, or
keyboard shortcuts. Using the Zoom tool, you can create custom views based on the applied
magnification. Using the View menu or the document's Magnification pop-up menu, you can
select magnifications ranging from 6% to 6400%, depending on the menu you use.
In Windows, you can use the right mouse button to magnify a selected area. You specify this
behavior through preferences; see "Using the right mouse button (Windows)" on page 33.

To enlarge or reduce a page view using the Zoom tool:

Click the Zoom tool.
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Do one of the following:
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To enlarge the page, click the page.
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To enlarge a selected area, drag the selection.
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To reduce the page view, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and click the page.
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To reduce a selected area, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Macintosh) the selection.
To enlarge or reduce a page using menu commands, do one of the following:
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Select an increment from the Magnification pop-up menu in the Status toolbar (Windows) or
at the bottom of the Document window (Macintosh), or enter a value into the text box. You
can also enter a value followed by x, up to 256x.
Magnification pop-up menu
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Select View > Magnification to select an increment from 25% to 800%.
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In Windows, right-click in the workspace to display a context menu, then select View and
select an increment between 6% and 6400%.

To enlarge or reduce a page using keyboard shortcuts:

Click the Zoom tool.
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Do one of the following:
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To reduce the page view to the next increment, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh) and click the page.
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To zoom out to the lowest magnification, hold down Shift+Alt (Windows) or Control+Option
(Macintosh) and click the page.
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To zoom in to the highest magnification, hold down Shift (Windows) or Control (Macintosh)
and click the page.
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