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If you zoom in and out of your documents quite a bit, you may get tired of using the pull-down zoom control on the toolbar. If you have a mouse that has the wheel between the two buttons, you can do a neat trick. All you need to do is hold down the Ctrl key as you turn the small wheel. Each click of the wheel, up or down, increases or decreases the zoom factor by 10%.
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2013-04-22 07:50:44
Heather
Thanks John, I did not know that :-)
2013-04-22 05:13:26
John Summers
Don't forget that you can return to default size by using Control + Zero
2013-04-20 10:48:16
Josie
My mouse wheel with Control key depressed zooms in increments of 5%.
I think I once knew this but had forgotten. Thanks for the reminder.
2013-04-20 05:38:38
Surendera M. Bhanot
Good tip. I am using this since ages. Only the new information is that it brings about a increment/decrement of 10%. Good!!
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