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Working with Document

ConceptDraw offers you a number of handy tools and facilities for working with documents. You can modify and save settings for each particular document, multi-paged documents, connected with hyperlinks.

Scrolling

To scroll the document, you can use the vertical and the horizontal scroll lines, or the Scroll Hand tool located on the Zoom toolbar.

Note: Some of the tools on the Zoom toolbar may be not displayed by default. To display all available tools on the toolbar, call the Customize dialog (menu View / Toolbars). Choose the Toolbars tab, select the Zoom toolbar in the list and click Reset. The toolbar will be set to display all its tools.

If a page is large and only a part of it is displayed, the Scroll Hand Tool lets you view it in a handy and quick way. It looks like you grab the page with the hand and move it before you.

Switch to the Scroll Hand Tool, it, grab the page with the mouse and move it in the direction you need.

To quit the hand scroll mode, just choose some other tool (for instance the Select Tool on the Drawing Tools toolbar).

You may also use the keyboard for scrolling:

Zooming

Zooming makes for more comfortable editing. It can help you view the whole page, or see some shapes of the drawing in close-up. You can increase or decrease magnification using the Zoom In and Zoom Out tools on the Zoom toolbar. The following standard zoom levels are provided (in % of actual size): 1,2,3,6,13,25,50,75,100,125,150,200,400,800,1600,2500. Each time you use the zoom tools, zoom level changes one step higher or lower.

To enlarge the view, click Zoom In on the toolbar, or select Zoom In from the View menu. You can also use the keyboard: Ctrl + "+"

The shapes appear closer and you can work with greater precision.

To see a larger part of the drawing, click Zoom Out on the Zoom toolbar, or select Zoom Out from the View menu. You can also use the keyboard: Ctrl + "-"

You can select the desired zoom level or enter a custom value using the Zoom tool on the toolbar

(also available from the View / Zoom menu). The values may range from 1% to 2500%.

Additional commands in the list are:

• Last - to return to the previous zoom level
• Page - to view the whole page
• Width - to view the entire page width

Note: These commands are also accessible from the View / Zoom menu.

To return to the actual size of the document, just set 100% in the zoom field, or select Actual Size from the View menu.

The Zoom Box tool is handy for quickly enlarging or diminishing the view of the selected area on the page.

To enlarge the view: use the mouse to select the desired rectangular area on the page. On releasing the mouse, the enclosed part will be enlarged to fit the entire window.

To diminish the view: holding down the Alt key, use the mouse to select an area on the page. On releasing the mouse button, page view will be diminished. The larger the area enclosed by the zoom box, the smaller zoom level will be set.

Simply clicking on the page with this tool selected works similar to the Zoom In tool (or to the Zoom Out tool if you hold down the Alt key).

To select the Zoom Box tool do one of the following:

1. Click the Zoom Box button on the toolbar
2. Choose Zoom Box from the View menu
3. Use the keyboard: Ctrl + Shift + Z

To quit the Zoom Box tool, just choose some other tool (for instance, Select Tool on the Drawing Tools toolbar).

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