Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 for Windows & Macintosh

Yes, it's another feature borrowed from standard design applications, just like the grid and guides. New in Dreamweaver 8, the Zoom feature lets you design your pages more precisely. And as with the grid and guides, you'll need to be in Design view to use it.

To zoom into your page:

• Select the Zoom tool from the status bar at the bottom right of your document, and your cursor changes to a magnifying glass with a plus . While in zoom mode, you can do either of two things:

  • Click and drag to draw a box over the area you want to zoom in on ( Figure 6.51 ). That rectangle expands to take up the entire document window.

    Figure 6.51. You can zoom in on a particular part of the screen.

  • Click the spot on the page you want to magnify. Continue to click it until you get the magnification level you want.

    or

    Press Ctrl-= (Cmd-=) until you've reached the level you want.

    or

    Select a magnification level from the Zoom pop-up menu in the status bar ( Figure 6.52 ).

    Figure 6.52. Pick a particular magnification level to make everything larger or smaller.

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    Type your desired magnification level into the Zoom text box in the status bar .

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    Select View > Magnification and pick a magnification level ( Figure 6.53 ).

    Figure 6.53. You can also get to the magnification levels from the menu.

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    Select an element on the page, and then choose View > Fit Selection (Figure 6.53).

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    Select an element on the page, and then choose Fit Selection from the Zoom popup menu in the status bar (Figure 6.52).

To zoom out from your page:

• Select the Zoom tool from the status bar at the bottom right of your document. Press Alt (Option) and the cursor changes to a magnifying glass and a minus . Click on the page to zoom out.

  or

  Press Ctrl-- (Cmd--) until you've reached the level you want.

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  Select View > Magnification and pick a magnification level (Figure 6.53).

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  Choose View > Fit All or View > Fit Width (Figure 6.53).

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  Choose Fit All or Fit Width from the Zoom pop-up menu in the status bar (Figure 6.52).

Tips

• To edit your page in Zoom mode, select the pointer in the status bar and click inside the page.

• To pan your page after you've zoomed in, select the hand icon in the status bar , and then drag the page to move around.