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Pearls from the auld Scotsman
Few people know Visio software and communicate their knowledge as well as
Dave Edson. In this regular column Dave dispenses pearls of wisdom in his own inimitable
style.
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Zooming
in Visio
Visio provides built-in facilities
that minimize the requirement to zoom in and out of your drawing. When you double click on
a shape to edit its text attribute, Visio automatically zooms into to a greater
magnification so you can easier read the text as you enter it. When the text entry is
complete, Visio zooms out to resume the initial display magnification.However, taking a closer or more distant look at your work
is inevitable from time to time. There are several ways to Zoom, or change the display
magnification in Visio:
- Select percentage, last, width, or page from the
dropdown menu on the toolbar.
- Select the zoom in or zoom out icons from the
toolbar.
- Right click with the Shft and Ctrl keys pressed
zooms in and left click with the same keys zooms out.
- Holding the Shft and Ctrl keys down you can click
and drag a rectangular viewing area to zoom in on.
The zoom drop-down menu is shown activated here.
The zoom out and zoom in are clearly shown just to the left of the zoom
drop-down.
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