Zoom in or zoom out

To zoom in and out

• Press Ctrl-+ and Ctrl--(minus) keystrokes at any time to zoom in and out. There is no need to select the Zoom tool.

Or,

• Click the Zoom tool  . Alternatively, you can press command-shift and right-click simultaneously, saving you a trip to the tool palette.
• Click the music. SongWriter enlarges the spot you clicked. To zoom out, press ctrl and click (or, if you haven’t switched to the Zoom tool, press ctrl-shift) and click the right-button. Finale ‘stops’ at the following view percentages when zooming in and out: 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000.

To enlarge a selected area

This technique works only in Page View.

1. Click the Zoom tool  . Alternatively, you can press command-shift and click the right-button
2. Drag across the music, creating a dotted-line rectangle. When you release the mouse, SongWriter enlarges the enclosed portion of the display, just enough to fill your monitor.

To zoom in/out by a specific percentage

• Choose Scale View to from the View Menu. In the resulting submenu you can choose a preset percentage, or set any percentage from 5 to 1000 by choosing Other from the submenu (or pressing Ctrl-0). See Keyboard Shortcuts.

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