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Zooming in and out

You can change the image or page view in a PDF file in several ways. For example, you can zoom in to get a close-up of an image or zoom out to see a larger area of the image.

Here are some ways to zoom in and out:

To zoom in or out, choose View > Zoom In or View > Zoom Out.

To see the image or page in its original size, choose View > Actual Size.

To view an image or page at a size you specify, resize the Preview window to the size you want, then choose View > Automatically Resize. The image resizes to fit the window size.

To zoom to a particular section of a PDF document, choose Tools > Select Tool, select the section, and then choose View > Zoom To Selection.

To see a page at a specific percentage of its original size, type a percentage in the Scale field in the toolbar.

If you don’t see the Scale field, choose View > Customize Toolbar.

You cannot save changes to the way you view an image or page.

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