Zooming with Mouse

[Mark]

Hi everyone,

As I mentioned in a previous post I am a new Freehand user and am liking
this program more and more everyday.

I also mentioned how I switched to Freehand from CorelDraw. Corel had one
feature that I am always wishing every program had (AutoCAD also has
it)...the ability to zoom using the mouse wheel. Scroll forward...zoom in.
Scroll back...zoom out. Very VERY handy feature. I've been trying to find a
way to get Freehand to emulate this, but the best I can come up with is
keyboard shortcuts.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Mark Stratton

[Ken Kehl]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:15:33 -0600, "Mark"
<mstratton@leespecialties.com> wrote:

> I also mentioned how I switched to Freehand from CorelDraw. Corel had one
> feature that I am always wishing every program had (AutoCAD also has
> it)...the ability to zoom using the mouse wheel. Scroll forward...zoom in.
> Scroll back...zoom out. Very VERY handy feature. I've been trying to find a
> way to get Freehand to emulate this, but the best I can come up with is
> keyboard shortcuts.

It might be handy, but it may be limited compared to the CTRL-SPACE
click (or drag) and CTRL-ALT-SPACE click that FH and most other
drawing programs offer. Have you tried that?
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Ken
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[Mark]

Thanks, Ken, I didn't know about that.

I just tried it and it works okay, but I like my own shortcut keys
better...and I still like the scroll wheel zoom better.

Oh well.

[Ken Kehl]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 08:19:25 -0600, "Mark"
<mstratton@leespecialties.com> wrote:

> I just tried it and it works okay, but I like my own shortcut keys
> better ...and I still like the scroll wheel zoom better.

Yep, it's all a matter of what you're used to. Over the years I have
worked with many mainstream DTP apps that use some variation of the
'Page Grabber' hand and zoom feature, so it became second nature. That
kind of continuity and familiarity is valuable in a production
situation.
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Ken
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