The scroll wheel and InDesign
JimD (2547 points) | Thu, 2005-08-25 03:57The scroll wheel on your mouse can do more than scroll an InDesign page up and down.
You can also hold down the Shift key down while you turn the wheel to scroll to the left or right. And if you hold down the Command/Ctrl key, InDesign will zoom in and out on your page, focusing on the spot where your cursor is.
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I honestly didn't know that! It almost feels like the 3D navigation in Maya. I think I did the the horizontal scrolling once by mistake. The zoom - I don't know if I can get used it, but is very cool. Thanks Jim. Nice to see you are back for "a bit". :)
You can zoom in and out in Photoshop CS by holding the option key.
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Thats a great tip!
The zooming in & out seemed misguided at first. Then I realized that the focal point of zooming was based on where abouts your mouse cursor was on screen. Wherever your mouse was at the time when you "CTRL/CMD mouse wheeled," is where you go. Follow?
Thanks for this tip, I really dig it! InDesign rules!