Magnifying and Decreasing the View


The magnification methods or zoom options are only available when you are viewing document in the Preview pane. If you want to enlarge or reduce the displayed text in the TextView pane, you should set font size in the Options menu, or in the Toolbar. See Setting Text Fonts.

To increase or decrease magnification

Do one of the following:

  • Click the Zoom In or Zoom Out button in the toolbar, and then click the page. Or select View > Screen Tools > Zoom In or Zoom Out in the menu bar. After finishing the zoom, you may want to select the hand tool.
  • Drop down the Zoomout or Zoomin options in the toolbar, and then select a magnification percentage. Or select View > Zoom To... in the menu bar, select a new percentage in the ZoomTo dialog box, and then click Ok.
  • Select the Zoom In or Zoom Out command in the View menu
  • Drop down the Zoom box on the Status bar, and scroll down the bar to select a percentage.

To Resize a Page to Fit the Window

Do one of the following:

  • Select View > Fit Page from the menu bar.
  • Drop down the Zoom box on the Status bar, scroll down the bar and select Fit Page.

To Resize a Page to Fit the Window Width

Do one of the following:

  • Select View > Fit Width from the menu bar. Part of context may be out of view.
  • Drop down the Zoom box on the Status bar, scroll down the bar and select Fit Width.

To Return a Page to its Actual Size

Do One of the following:

  • Select View > Actual Size from the menu bar.
  • Drop down the Zoom box on the Status bar, scroll down the bar and select Fit Width.

Note: Its actual size of a pdf document is typically 100%, but some pdf documents may be created in another zoom level.

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