Zooming, panning, and scrolling

You can change the view of a drawing by zooming in to get a closer look or by zooming out to see more of the drawing. You can experiment with a variety of zoom options to determine the amount of detail you want. Another way in which you can view specific areas of a drawing is by panning. When you work at high magnification levels or with large drawings, you may not be able to see the whole drawing. Panning and scrolling let you view areas that aren’t displayed by moving the page around in the drawing window.

CorelDRAW start panning example Zooming, panning, and scrolling

You can use the Hand tool to pan around a large image and view particular areas.

You can zoom in and out while you are panning, and you can pan while you are zooming; this saves you from having to alternate between the two tools.

By specifying default zooming and panning settings, you can zoom in quickly to detailed parts of a drawing and zoom out to the larger context.

CorelDRAW tip Zooming, panning, and scrolling

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If you use a mouse wheel, by default the wheel will zoom in to or out from the image.
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To scroll vertically using a mouse wheel, press Alt while you move the wheel.
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To scroll horizontally, press Ctrl while you move the wheel.

To zoom

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In the toolbox, click the Zoom tool CorelDRAW pgx zoom tool Zooming, panning, and scrolling .
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On the property bar, click one of the following buttons:
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Zoom in CorelDRAW pgx zoomin tool Zooming, panning, and scrolling
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Zoom out CorelDRAW pgx zoomout tool Zooming, panning, and scrolling
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Zoom to selected CorelDRAW pgx zoom selected Zooming, panning, and scrolling
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Zoom to all objects CorelDRAW pgx zoomall button Zooming, panning, and scrolling
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Zoom to page CorelDRAW pgx zoompage button Zooming, panning, and scrolling
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Zoom to page width CorelDRAW pgx zoomwidth button Zooming, panning, and scrolling
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Zoom to page height CorelDRAW pgx zoomheight button Zooming, panning, and scrolling

CorelDRAW note Zooming, panning, and scrolling

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The Zoom to selected button is available only when you select one or more objects before you click the Zoom tool.

CorelDRAW tip Zooming, panning, and scrolling

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When you are not editing text, you can also access the Zoom tool by pressing the Z key.
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You can also zoom in by double-clicking or dragging anywhere in the drawing window using the Hand tool CorelDRAW pgx hand tool Zooming, panning, and scrolling. To zoom out, right-click in the drawing window.

To pan in the drawing window

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In the toolbox, click the Hand tool CorelDRAW pgx hand tool Zooming, panning, and scrolling .
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Drag in the drawing window until the area you want to view appears.

CorelDRAW tip Zooming, panning, and scrolling

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When you are not editing text, you can also access the Hand tool by pressing the H key.
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If you want to pan in the drawing window while zoomed in on the drawing, click the Navigator button CorelDRAW pgx navigator popup Zooming, panning, and scrolling in the bottom-right corner of the drawing window or press the N key and drag the cross-haired pointer around in the Navigator pop-up window.
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You can quickly center the page in the drawing window by double-clicking the Zoom tool in the toolbox.

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Using the Navigator, you can display any part of a drawing without having to zoom out.


To establish default settings for the Zoom tool and the Hand tool

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Zooming, panning, and scrolling Options.
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In the list of categories, click Workspace, double-click Toolbox, and click Zoom, Hand tool.
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To specify the action of the Zoom or Hand tool when you right-click it in the drawing window, enable one of the following options:
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Zoom out — zooms out by a factor of 2
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Context menu — displays a menu of commands from which you can choose to zoom to a specific level

To establish default setting for the mouse wheel

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Zooming, panning, and scrolling Options.
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In the list of categories, click Workspace, and click Display.
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To specify the default action of the mouse wheel, choose Zoom or Scroll from the Default action for mouse wheel list box.
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Click OK.

Zooming, panning, and scrolling