3.1. CimEdit Screen Quick Zoom Tools

About this task

Quick zoom tools are the:

  • Zoom button
  • Mouse-click zoom

Zoom Button

The Zoom button in the Home>Zoom group provides three zoom percents.

Procedure

  1. Click the down arrow to the right of the Zoom button.
  2. Select any of the three common zooms.
    • Zoom 50
    • Zoom 100
    • Zoom 200

    Result: The screen zooms to your selection.

    Note: When you re-open the CimEdit screen after you have used one of these buttons to zoom it, the CimEdit screen will re-open at the zoomed size.

    Mouse-click Zoom

  3. Click Zoom Tool in the Drawing>Edit group on the CimEdit Ribbon bar.

    The cursor changes to a magnifying glass.

  4. Choose any of the following to zoom the image in or out.
    • Click mouse-buttons, as follows.
    Button Result
    Right Enlarges the image by 5% increments.
    Left Decreases the image by 5% increments.
    • Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out.
    • Select an area to zoom.
    1. Hold down the left-mouse button to drag the cursor around an area

    A box surrounds the selected area.

    1. Release the mouse button.

    The screen zooms to maximize the selected area display size.

    • Use keyboard keys, as follows.

    Note: Keyboard zooms include both location and percent.

    Keys Result
    Ctrl+K Zooms to the next zoom in the zoom stack. Ctrl+K functionality is only available if you have already used Ctrl+J.
    Ctrl+J Zooms to the previous zoom.