View menu
The View menu provides options for viewing your document and specifying what you see on screen when the menu item is checked. This menu includes the following commands:
- Fit in Window: Automatically scales the view to fit (and center) an entire page in the layout window.
- 50%: Scales the layout view to 50%.
- 75%: Scales the layout view to 75%.
- Actual Size: Scales the layout view to 100%.
- 200%: Scales the layout view to 200%.
- Thumbnails: Displays small representations of each page that you can rearrange and copy between projects.
- Guides: Displays nonprinting lines used to position items on pages, including margin guides, the outlines of boxes, the “X” pattern in empty picture boxes, and ruler guides.
- Page Grids: Displays nonprinting gridlines defined for the master page on which the active layout page is based.
- Text Box Grids: Displays nonprinting gridlines applied to text boxes.
- Snap to Guides: Lets you quickly align items with guides so items will snap to the nearest guide.
- Snap to Page Grids: Lets you quickly align items with page grids so items will snap to the nearest guide.
- Rulers: Displays rulers, which you can use to position items and guides, along the top and left edges or top and right edges of the layout window.
- Ruler Direction: Lets you position page rulers on the top and left or top and right edges of the layout window.
- Invisibles: Displays editable, nonprinting characters such as spaces, tabs, and paragraph returns in text.
- Visual Indicators: Displays indicators for non-printing elements, such as hyperlinks and rollovers.
- Proof Output: Lets you preview how the layout will look when output to different media and for different printing methods. This display simulation is accurate enough for soft proofing.
- Full Res Previews: Displays full-resolution pictures on screen using the picture files’ full resolution. You can scale or magnify image without pixilation.
Parent topic: Menus