Zooming in and out

Zoom_icon.gif This topic describes the zoom features provided by MindView to let you change the level of magnification of your mind map.

Other MindView options let you focus on particular areas by hiding all the other branches, apply a filter based on the conditions you define, or choose the number of levels of branches to display. For a description of these options, see "Viewing a mind map".

The easiest way to change the level of magnification of your map is to use the Zoom slider shown in the bottom right of the workspace.

Zoom_slider.gif

note_color.gif In Touch Mode, you may zoom the mind map by using your fingers on the touch screen of the computer. See "Working in Touch Mode" for more information.

Zooming in

There are several ways of zooming in on an area of your map:

Click the Zoom In icon Zoom_In_icon.gif of the Zoom slider shown in the bottom right of the workspace, or

Press Ctrl + "+", or

Press Ctrl while scrolling your mouse wheel.

note_color.gif The maximum zoom factor is 400%.

Zooming out

Conversely, you can zoom out in several ways:

Click the Zoom Out icon Zoom_Out_icon.gif of the Zoom slider shown in the bottom right of the workspace, or

Press Ctrl + "-", or

Press Ctrl while scrolling your mouse wheel.

note_color.gif The minimum zoom factor is 10%.

Viewing the map at 100%

To view the map in its default zoom factor of 100%:

Choose View | Zoom | 100% Zoom_100_icon_small.gif in the main menu.

Fitting the map to the workspace

To make the best possible use of the space available, you can resize the map so that it completely fills the workspace:

Choose View | Zoom | Fit All Zoom_All_icon_small.gif, or press F4.

Selecting a zoom factor

You can also choose a predefined zoom factor or enter your own zoom factor as follows:

Choose View | Zoom | Zoom Zoom_icon_small.gif in the main menu.

The Zoom dialog opens.

Zoom_dialog.gif

Choose one of the predefined zoom factors or enter your own value.

Fit all resizes the map so that it completely fills the workspace.

Fit selection resizes the map so that the selected branch together with its sub-branches completely fills the workspace.

tip_color.gif You can also open the Zoom dialog by clicking the left part of the Zoom slider Zoom_slider_highlighted.gif.

Viewing the map in full screen mode

To give your map as much screen space as possible, you can temporarily hide all the menus and panels by viewing the map in full screen mode:

Choose View | Zoom | Full Screen Full_Screen_icon_small.gif, or press F9.

To return to normal viewing mode, choose Close Full Screen in the floating Full Screen toolbar, press Esc or press F9 again.