Scrolling with the Hand tool
1
Select the Hand tool from the toolbox. The pointer becomes a
hand.
2
Drag to make the document follow the pointer. For example, to
move a document up so you can see the bottom, drag toward the top
of the screen.
Changing the view magnification
You can change your view of a document by changing the view mag-
nification. You can zoom in to make objects appear larger or zoom
out to see a larger area.
You can zoom with the Magnifying Glass tool, the Zoom bar, the
Zoom palette, and Zoom commands. You can use magnification lev-
els from 3.12 to 3,200 percent. Normal magnification is 100 percent.
To use a command to zoom: Choose Layout > Views > Zoom
In or Zoom Out. Zoom In increases magnification to the next higher
preset level; Zoom Out decreases magnification to the next lower
preset level.
To enter a zoom percentage: Choose Layout > Views >
Zoom, or press Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and the slash key
(/). Enter a zoom percentage from 3.12 to 3,200 in the dialog box and
press Enter or click OK.
Using zoom shortcuts
You can use keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and out.
Mac
To zoom in with any tool selected, press Option+Tab or
Option+Spacebar or Command+Spacebar and click or drag a box
around an area. To zoom out, press Option+Tab+Shift or
Option+Spacebar+Shift or Command+Shift and click or drag a box
around an area.
To zoom in directly, press Command+Option +Plus (+). To zoom out
directly, press Command+Option+Minus (-).
Windows
To zoom in with any tool selected, press Ctrl+Spacebar
and click or drag a box around an area; to zoom out, press
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar and click or drag a box around an area.
To zoom in directly, press Ctrl+Alt+Plus (+). To zoom out, press
Ctrl+Alt+Minus (-).
Tip
To temporarily switch to the
Hand tool while using another
tool, press the Spacebar and
drag with the Hand pointer.
Tip
Zooming changes the view on
screen, but doesnt change the
actual size of anything in the
document.