Magnifying and reducing the view area


    The Zoom-in and Zoom-out tools and commands let you magnify or reduce the display of any area in the file up to 64 times its actual size. You can also magnify and reduce the view area using the Navigator palette. (See Using the Navigator palette.)

    You see the current magnification level at the top and the bottom left of the window.

To zoom in:

    Do one of the following:

    • Select the Zoom tool Zoom tool . The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a plus sign in its center. Click at the center of the area you want to magnify. Each click magnifies the view to the next preset percentage. When the file has reached its maximum magnification level of 6400%, the magnifying glass appears blank.
    • Choose View > Zoom In. Each click magnifies the view to the next preset percentage. When the file has reached its maximum magnification level of 6400%, the command is dimmed.
    • When no objects are selected, click the right mouse button (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and select the Zoom In command from the context menu.
    • Enter a magnification level in the Zoom text box at the lower left of the window.
    • Select a magnification level from the Zoom pop-up menu at the lower left of the window.

To zoom out:

    Do one of the following:

    • Select the Zoom tool, then hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS). The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a minus sign in its center. Click the center of the area you want to reduce. Each click reduces the view to the previous preset percentage, down to a maximum reduction level of 3.13%.
    • Choose View > Zoom Out. Each click reduces the view to the previous preset percentage, down to a maximum reduction level of 3.13%.
    • When no objects are selected, click the right mouse button (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and select the Zoom Out command from the context menu.
    • Enter a reduction level in the Zoom text box at the lower left of the window.
    • Select a magnification level from the Zoom pop-up menu at the lower left of the window.

    Tip iconTo choose the Zoom-in tool while using another tool, press Ctrl+spacebar (Windows) or Command+spacebar (Mac OS). To choose the Zoom-out tool while using another tool, press Ctrl+Alt+spacebar (Windows) or Command+Option+spacebar (Mac OS).

To magnify by dragging:

  1. Select the Zoom-in tool Zoom-in tool .
  2. Drag a dotted rectangle, called a marquee, around the area you want to magnify. To move the marquee around the artwork, after you've begun dragging to create the marquee hold down the spacebar, and continue dragging to move the marquee to a new location.

To display a file at 100%:

    Choose View > Actual Size, or double-click the Zoom tool.

To change the view to fit the document window:

    Choose View > Fit In Window, or double-click the Hand tool.