Maptitude Help / Creating and Using Layouts / Moving Around a Layout
Moving Around a Layout
Maptitude offers you tools and commands to move around your layout and to see it at different sizes.
To Use Tools to Change the Layout Scale and Center
- Choose a tool from the Standard toolbar as follows:
in the Tools toolbar to activate the Zoom In tool. Click on the layout, or click and drag a rectangle, to make it larger.
in the Tools toolbar to activate the Zoom Out tool. Click on the layout to make it smaller.
in the Tools toolbar to activate the Pan tool. Click and drag on the layout to change the center. |
TIP: If your mouse has a scroll wheel you can zoom in by rolling the scroll wheel away from you, zoom out by rolling the scroll wheel toward you, and pan by holding the scroll wheel down and dragging the layout to a new location. |
- Click
Show Entire Layout in the Layout Size drop-down on the Standard toolbar or right-click anywhere on a layout except on an item and choose Entire Layout.
Maptitude displays the entire layout within the Layout window.
To See the Layout in Actual Size
- Click
Actual Size in the Layout Size drop-down on the Standard toolbar or right-click anywhere on a layout except on an item and choose Actual Size.
Maptitude displays as much of the layout as will fit in the Layout window at actual size.
To Set the Scale of a Layout to a Percentage of the Actual Size
- Click a button in the Layout Size drop-down on the Standard toolbar:
| Toolbar Button | What It Does |
|---|---|
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Shows the layout at 10% of its actual size |
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Shows the layout at 25% of its actual size |
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Shows the layout at 50% of its actual size |
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Shows the layout at 200% of its actual size |
Maptitude changes the scale of the layout according to the settings you chose.
To See the Layout in its Previous Size
- Click
Previous Size in the Layout Size drop-down on the Standard toolbar on the Tools toolbar, or right-click anywhere on a layout except on an item and choose Previous Size.
Maptitude displays the layout at the size it was before the last size change.
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