OUT

Purpose:

To enable a user to visually 'zoom' away from a selected region and thus increase the apparent scale, resulting in graphic entities appearing to be smaller

Instructions:

In the View menu, click Zoom, then Out.

Position the cursor at a suitable position on the screen and click the left-hand button on the mouse.

Move the cursor to a new position. The system responds by continuously drawing a rectangular box. This box is positioned and proportioned according to the selected first point and the current cursor position becoming the opposite corner along a diagonal.

When the cursor is in the required position click the left-hand button again.

The system responds by linearly scaling the screen contents down to fit the box size, with the center of the original screen coinciding with the center of the box and the display contents becoming decreased in size accordingly. The scale of the reduction is related to the relative proportions of the sides of rectangular box to the corresponding screen sides, with the system choosing the maximum value

(See also screen icon for 'short-cut' entry.)

Options:

There are no options available within this process.

Result:

The apparent size of objects, including geometry and text, displayed on the screen is reduced according to the user's requirements. Additionally the graphic elements may appear in a different location on the screen