Operation Manual

Status bar
The zoom controls are located on the right side of the status bar (Figure 41); these controls give
you quick and easy access to zooming.
Figure 41: Status bar zoom controls
• Click on the minus sign to reduce the zoom factor.
• Click on the plus sign to increase the zoom factor.
• Click and hold on the slide control and move it to increase or decrease the zoom factor.
• Right-click on the zoom percentage number and select a zoom factor from the context
menu that opens.
• Double-click on the zoom percentage number and select a zoom factor from the Zoom &
View Layout dialog (Figure 42) that opens.
Figure 42: Zoom & View Layout dialog
Zoom layout dialog
Go to View > Zoom > Zoom on the main menu bar or double-click on the zoom percentage figure
on the Status bar (Figure 41) to open the Zoom & View Layout dialog (Figure 42), where you can
increase or reduce the zoom factor. The current zoom percentage is displayed on the Status bar.
Zoom factor
Sets the zoom factor at which to display the current document and all documents of the same
type that you open thereafter.
• Optimal – resizes the display to fit the width of the text in the document.
• Fit width and height – displays the entire page on your screen.
• Fit width – displays the complete width of the document page. The top and bottom edges of
the page may not be visible.
• 100% – displays the document at its actual size.
• Variable – enter a percentage in the box for the zoom factor at which you want to display
the document.
View layout
For text documents, you can set the view layout. Reduce the zoom factor to see the effects of
different view layout settings.
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