When you access an HTML page, you see and can work with any graphics that appear in the viewing area (the space occupied by ActiveCGM Browser). ActiveCGM Browser gives you a variety of ways to change the view.

When the cursor is in the viewing area and you click the right mouse button a pop-up menu appears, with these commands for viewing:

• Refresh
• Fit All
• Zoom Box
• Zoom In
• Zoom Out
• Magnify
• Text Magnification
• Pan
• Keyboard Shortcuts

Refresh

From the pop-up menu, choose Refresh to erase and redisplay any graphics in the viewing area without affecting the size or position of the display.

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Fit All

From the pop-up menu, choose Fit All to fit all of the graphic to scale in the viewing area.

Keyboard shortcut: f

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Zoom Box

Zoom Box allows you to select, or "rubberband," a rectangular area to zoom in on.

To use the Zoom Box

1. From the pop-up menu, choose Zoom Box.
   
   The cursor changes to a cross:
   
   
   
   
2. Specify a corner of the area you want to zoom in on.
   
   
3. Specify the second corner.
   
   As you move the cursor, you draw a rectangle. After you specify the second corner, the selected area fills the canvas.

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Zoom In

From the pop-up menu, choose Zoom In to zoom in (make the graphic larger) on the center of the viewing area.

Keyboard shortcut: + (plus)

The zoom in factor is 2.0; the graphic is 100% larger each time you choose Zoom In.

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Zoom Out

From the pop-up menu, choose Zoom Out to zoom out (make the graphic smaller) from the center of the viewing area.

Keyboard shortcut: - (minus)

The zoom out factor is 2.0; the graphic is 50% smaller each time you choose Zoom Out.

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Magnify

Choose Magnify to open a window where you see a magnified view of the area of the graphic around the center of the cursor. The magnification factor is 6 (six times larger than the current size of the graphic). (You can change this from 2.0 to 20.0) As you move the cursor over the graphic, you change the view in the Magnifier window.

Here is an example of the window and part of a graphic. Notice the cursor, on the right of the viewing area:

To use the Magnify window

1. From the pop-up menu, choose Magnify.
   
   The Magnify window appears.
   
   
2. Move the cursor around within the viewing area while viewing the magnified contents in the window.
   
   
3. To put the magnified region in the viewing area and close the Magnifier window, click anywhere in the viewing area.
   
   
4. To close the Magnifier without changing the viewing area, choose Close or click the right mouse button.
   
   

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Text Magnification

This option is in Version 7.1SP02 (7.10202 Built on Tue Apr 01 2003). It will allow you to see the text that may be too small to read on the graphic. This only works on certain vector graphics (where the text is stored separate from the drawing -- most newer Circuit Diagrams), but when it works it can be very useful. The text will appear when you mouse over it. We have found that this may only work when you first display a graphic. Going to another window and then returning may disable it temporarily. In this case, redisplay the page. See the example below to see how this feature looks. See how the text that previously could not be read without printing, magnifying or zooming the graphic can now be read by moving the mouse over it.

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Pan

Use Pan to scroll the view in the graphic window.

To pan a graphic

1. From the pop-up menu, choose Pan.
   
   The cursor changes to a hand:
   
   
   
   
2. Hold the left mouse button and move the graphic by moving the mouse.

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Keyboard Shortcuts (viewing)

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts while viewing:

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