Adobe acrobat reader 7.0 User Manual
Magnifying and reducing the view
The toolbar and status bar offer several methods for magnifying the view of PDF documents.
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The Zoom In and Zoom Out tools let you change the document's magnification.
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The Dynamic Zoom tool lets you zoom in or out by dragging the mouse or mouse wheel up or down.
Magnification options on toolbar A. Zoom In tools B. Fit Width button C. Zoom menu D. Zoom In button
To increase or decrease magnification:
Do one of the following:
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Click the Zoom In button
or the Zoom Out button
in the toolbar, or select a magnification
percentage from the toolbar menu.
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From the Zoom menu in the toolbar, choose the Zoom In tool
or the Zoom Out tool
, and then
click the page. To zoom in on a specific area, use the Zoom In tool to draw a rectangle. When you're
finished zooming, you may want to select the Hand tool.
finished zooming, you may want to select the Hand tool.
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Click the magnification percentage area in the toolbar, type a new percentage, and press Enter or Return.
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From the Zoom menu in the toolbar, select the Dynamic Zoom tool
, and then drag up to zoom in to
the area where you begin dragging, or drag down to zoom out from that location. If your mouse has a
mouse wheel, you can roll it forward to zoom in or backward to zoom out.
mouse wheel, you can roll it forward to zoom in or backward to zoom out.
When the Zoom In tool is selected, you can hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while
clicking or dragging to zoom out. When the Zoom Out tool is selected, hold down Ctrl or Command to
zoom in. With either zoom tool, hold down Shift to use the Dynamic Zoom tool.
zoom in. With either zoom tool, hold down Shift to use the Dynamic Zoom tool.
To change the magnification level using a page thumbnail:
1. Click the Pages tab on the left side of the window to view the page thumbnails. Each thumbnail represents
a page.
2. Locate the thumbnail for the current page, and then position the pointer over the lower right corner of the
page-view box until the pointer changes.
3. Drag the corner of the box to reduce or expand the view of the page.
A page-view box in a page thumbnail indicates the area of the page currently showing in the document pane.
To resize a page to fit the window:
Do one of the following:
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To resize the page to fit entirely in the window, choose View > Fit Page, or click the Fit Page button
on the toolbar.
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To resize the page to fit the width of the window, choose View > Fit Width, or click the Fit Width
button
on the toolbar. Part of the page may be out of view.
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To resize the page so that its text and images fit the width of the window, choose View > Fit Visible. Part
of the page may be out of view.
of the page may be out of view.
To see keyboard shortcuts for resizing the document, open the View menu and notice the shortcuts
for each command.
To return a page to its actual size:
Choose View > Actual Size, or click the Actual Size button
on the toolbar. The actual size for a PDF
page is typically 100%, but the document may have been set to another magnification level when it was
created.
created.