The Image Viewer main toolbar provides buttons for viewing and printing the image, for adding annotations to the image, for opening the image in a new window, and for opening Help. You can use the Collapse and Expand buttons to hide or show the main toolbar.
Each toolbar button is explained below.
NOTE Some of the Image Viewer toolbar buttons have shortcut keys, such as the Zoom Area feature which can be accessed using the shortcut key "a". When the CAPS LOCK key is turned on (upper-case selected) the shortcut keys will still work. However, if you hold down the SHIFT key and then hit a shortcut key, the shortcut might not work, or another operation might be performed.
Icon | Tool | Description |
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Annotations Toolbar | The Annotations Toolbar button shows or hides the Annotations toolbar. Annotations are text or graphics added to an image document to call attention to areas of the image, to apply stamps of approval, or to add text notes. For more information, see About Annotations. |
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The Print button prints the current image. For more information, see Printing an image. | |
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Zoom Area | The Zoom Area button magnifies a rectangular portion of the image. Click Zoom Area to enable or disable the magnify area option. After enabling it, use the cross-hair cursor to drag a rectangle over the area you want to magnify. That section of the image is enlarged to fill the entire window. Click the button again to disable off the cross-hair cursor and return to panning mode. Keyboard: press a. |
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Zoom Page | The Zoom Page button increases the size of the image by 25%. Keyboard: press the plus sign on the numeric keypad. |
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Unzoom Page | The Unzoom Page button decreases the size of the image by 25%. Keyboard: press the minus sign on the numeric keypad. |
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Show Magnifier | The Show Magnifier button opens a rectangular cursor that simulates holding a magnifier lens over a portion of the image. As you move the cursor over the image, the area under the rectangle is magnified while the rest of the image remains visible. Keyboard: press m. |
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Zoom to 100% | The Zoom to 100% button displays the image at its actual size. Keyboard: press z. |
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Fit to Window Width | The Fit to Window Width button resizes the image so that it fits the width of the current window. After resizing, the image might be too tall to fit the height of the window. You can use the scroll bar at the right or the up and down arrow keys to see the rest of the image. Keyboard: press F9. |
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Fit to Window Height | The Fit to Window Height button resizes the image so that it fits from top to bottom in the window. After resizing, the image might be too wide to fit the width of the window. You use the scroll bar at the bottom or the left and right arrow keys to see the rest of the image. Keyboard: press F10. |
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Fit to Window | The Fit to Window button resizes the image so that all of it fits within the window in both directions. Keyboard: press F11. |
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Rotate Clockwise | The Rotate Clockwise button rotates the image to the right (clockwise). Keyboard: press r. |
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Rotate Counterclockwise | The Rotate Counterclockwise button rotates the image to the left (counterclockwise). Keyboard: press l (lowercase L). |
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Rotate 180 Degrees | The Rotate 180 Degrees button rotates the image 180 degrees. Keyboard: press r twice or press l twice. |
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Mirror | The Mirror button flips the image along the vertical axis. |
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Flip | The Flip button flips the image along the horizontal axis. |
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Invert | The Invert button inverts the colors in the image. Keyboard: press i. |
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Help | The Help button displays the Help topics for Image Viewer. Keyboard: press F1. |
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New Window | The New Window button opens the current image in a second window. This gives you additional control over the size of the document and the size of the window. All of the normal buttons and menus appear in the new window. Any changes you make in the new window are displayed in the main window after you close the new window. Keyboard: press W. |
MMM | Scroll bars | When an image is larger than the display window, scroll bars appear on the right or bottom of the window as necessary. You can also just drag the image around in the window to see parts that are hidden. This might be faster than using the scroll bars or arrow keys to get to the part of the image you want to see, |