Technical data

18 Getting Started
To turn off a tab, click the Close button in its titlebar. To turn a tab or
toolbar off or on, uncheck or check its name on the View menu. If you
need more room on-screen for a particular operation, press the Tab key
to turn all the visible tabs off, and again to turn them back on.
To dock or undock a tab, click on its label and drag to the new position,
either floating independently or docked in a window next to another tab.
It’s easy to get online help in PhotoPlus. For a summary, see the “Getting
Help” section at the end of this chapter.
Setting preferences
To specify the ruler units, grid interval, and other preferences, choose
Preferences… from the File menu to open the Preferences dialog. Select
the appropriate options on the Undo, Transparency, Layout and/or
Startup tab of the dialog.
When you have made your choices, click the OK button to save your
changes or click Cancel to abandon them.
Setting the view
Zooming (changing the relative size of the image in relation to its
window) and panning (moving the image in relation to its window) are
essential when you're operating at different levels of detail, or on
different portions or an image. PhotoPlus provides standard Zoom and
Pan tools.
To change the image scale, choose the Zoom tool from the Tools
toolbar. To zoom in, left-click on the image. To zoom out, right-click on
the image. The current zoom ratio appears in the titlebar of the image
window, next to the file name.
You can also set a specific zoom ratio by choosing Zoom In or Zoom
Out from the View menu, then selecting a ratio from the submenu. To
restore a 1:1 viewing ratio, choose Normal Viewing from the View
menu.
To pan, Choose the Pan tool from the Tools toolbar and drag the
image to move it in relation to its window.