Adobe CS5.5 (v.7.5) Windows DVD DK 65103258 User Manual

Navigating documents

InDesign offers many of the same methods

 for document navigation 

you’ve become accustomed to in QuarkXPress. Even better, it includes several 

features that let you navigate more quickly to the page you want to display, 

zoom in more closely on the area you want to work on, and see more clearly 

the objects you want to modify.

Besides the scroll bars on the side 

and bottom of each document win-

dow, there are several ways to pan 

around a page, or even from one 

page to another:

 ■ The Hand tool lets you adjust the 

visible portion of the page within 

the document window. You can 

temporarily access the Hand tool 

(and scroll the page) by pressing 

Option+spacebar (Mac OS) or 

Alt+spacebar (Windows).

 ■ Holding down the mouse button 

with the Hand tool selected for 

about one second invokes the 

Power Zoom mode, zooming out 

to show you the current spread. 

The red rec tangle indicates the area 

you will see when you release the 

mouse button. Drag this rectangle 

to a different location or use the 

arrow keys on your keyboard (or 

scroll wheel) to change its size.

You can also zoom in and out by 

choosing one of the magnifica-

tion commands in the View menu, 

using the Zoom tool, or specifying a 

percentage in the Zoom field in the 

Application Bar (if currently visible).

Like QuarkXPress, InDesign pro-

vides a keyboard command—

Command+J (Mac OS) or Ctrl+J 

(Windows)—that lets you quickly 

navigate to a particular page. When 

you use this keyboard shortcut, the 

Go To Page dialog box is displayed. 

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