Magnify or reduce your view of a document

The Magnifier offers a direct way to zoom an image area you want to see in more detail.

Click Magnifier Window then drag a rectangle around the area you want to magnify. The area will be displayed in the Magnifier window.

The Magnifier window displays the selected area at 200%, but you can adjust the area using the Zoom In or Zoom Out options on the Magnifier's Zoom menu. The Magnifier window sizes itself to accommodate the selection but only up to the screen size. Therefore, the software (Windows) may reduce the size of the selected area as necessary to fit in a full-screen window.

If you do not want the shape of the magnifier window to change when rotating the image, select the Maintain Magnifier Size checkbox in the viewer (Tools/Customize/Display Defaults). This will highlight a different part of the image that has rotated under the static selection. This setting stays in effect for all Magnifier windows until you change it.

You cannot use the Magnifier for a COLD document with a background image.