Will I ever get used to zoom in Publisher?

[Carlsson]

I have worked with Publisher for a couple of days now and I like it a lot. It's snappy and most of the things seems logical.

However, there is one thing that disturbs my workflow a lot, and that is how Publisher wants me to zoom. Since the '80's I have been used to press Cmd+Space to active the zoom tool, and upon release the previous tool is activated. Ie, zoom in a document is a temporary thing – I don't want to swith tool for doing that.

The way I work, I zoom in and out a lot. I mean, really a lot, like all the time.

So, AFAIK, Publisher have two ways to zoom; Change to the zoom tool, or press Opt while you scroll with the mouse. Both of these behaviors sucks big time for me. I get interrupted because I have to switch tools, or Opt+scrolling isn't as precise as I want it to be (especially since I prefer to zoom by creating an area with the mouse tool).

So – Is there a way to activate the zoom tool temporarily?

[Old Bruce]

11 minutes ago, Carlsson said:

So – Is there a way to activate the zoom tool temporarily?

I just hit Z and zoom then hit Z again and I am back using what ever tool I had previously.

8 minutes ago, Carlsson said:

Since the '80's I have been used to press Cmd+Space

For quite a while I have been using Command + Space to bring up the very useful Spotlight Search.

For zooming a lot I purchased a Trackpad (and a graphics tablet) and have it set up to use gestures to zoom in and out. Has become second nature to me.

[walt.farrell]

5 minutes ago, Carlsson said:

I have worked with AP

First, a forum hint: AP is Affinity Photo, as you can see when browsing the forums on a computer if you hover over the underlined abbreviation, e.g.,

If you want to abbreviate Publisher, you can use Apu or Apub.

Next, zooming: Press and hold the Space bar. Then check the Status Bar at the bottom of the window for modifier key hints. On Windows, with the Space bar held, I can press Ctrl and then I'm in Zoom mode, with several possibilities. On Mac it might be a different key, like Cmd.

 

[Carlsson]

1 minute ago, Old Bruce said:

I just hit Z and zoom then hit Z again and I am back using what ever tool I had previously.

For quite a while I have been using Command + Space to bring up the very useful Spotlight Search.

For zooming a lot I purchased a Trackpad (and a graphics tablet) and have it set up to use gestures to zoom in and out. Has become second nature to me.

So hit Z when you are in a text block is not a good idea (if you don't want a z in the text)....

Re: Command Space: I have changed that shortcut to Ctrl+Space since Apple introduced that stupid shortcut! "Hey, we are of course aware that all major software companies on the planet use Cmd+Space for zooming, but now we decide that should go for Spotlight instead." Very arrogant move by Apple, if you ask me.

 

Thanks for your input though.

[Carlsson]

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Next, zooming: Press and hold the Space bar. Then check the Status Bar at the bottom of the window for modifier key hints. On Windows, with the Space bar held, I can press Ctrl and then I'm in Zoom mode, with several possibilities. On Mac it might be a different key, like Cmd.

 

 

Thanks for you correction, I am happy to learn.

 

However, regarding zooming that doesn't work. Because if I'm editing a text block and want to zoom, I just create a space. That's why Cmd needs to be pressed first. 

If I'm not editing something, it works though. Which leads me to the next question; How do I exit editiing and get the Move Tool activated in one step? 

[Old Bruce]

Just now, Carlsson said:

So hit Z when you are in a text block is not a good idea (if you don't want a z in the text)....

Escape Escape Z then hit the T to go back to the text tool. That is such a pain. I frequently get v a m b and more in my text.

 

2 minutes ago, Carlsson said:

Re: Command Space: I have changed that shortcut to Ctrl+Space since Apple introduced that stupid shortcut! "Hey, we are of course aware that all major software companies on the planet use Cmd+Space for zooming, but now we decide that should go for Spotlight instead." Very arrogant move by Apple, if you ask me.

Most major software companies could have used Control Space for zooming because most computers don't have a Command key.

Apple may be arrogant in your opinion, in mine they are more frequently [expletive deleted] stupid. How long until they recognized the existence of a mouse with two buttons.

[walt.farrell]

38 minutes ago, Carlsson said:

However, regarding zooming that doesn't work. Because if I'm editing a text block and want to zoom, I just create a space. That's why Cmd needs to be pressed first. 

Press Esc to exit editing mode.

Or try Cmd-+ or Cmd-- or one of the other zooming shortcuts.

[Wosven]

I set the app to zoom with the mouse. The only difference is with APub, where scrolling is better to scroll the pages... so I use ctrl+scroll (I'd rather have alt+scroll, but it's not configurable, and I always hit Alt...).

[RM f/g]

Or switch off this shortcut for spotlight in system prefs.

 

[PixelEngineer]

9 hours ago, Carlsson said:

I have worked with Publisher for a couple of days now and I like it a lot. It's snappy and most of the things seems logical.

However, there is one thing that disturbs my workflow a lot, and that is how Publisher wants me to zoom. Since the '80's I have been used to press Cmd+Space to active the zoom tool, and upon release the previous tool is activated. Ie, zoom in a document is a temporary thing – I don't want to swith tool for doing that.

The way I work, I zoom in and out a lot. I mean, really a lot, like all the time.

So, AFAIK, Publisher have two ways to zoom; Change to the zoom tool, or press Opt while you scroll with the mouse. Both of these behaviors sucks big time for me. I get interrupted because I have to switch tools, or Opt+scrolling isn't as precise as I want it to be (especially since I prefer to zoom by creating an area with the mouse tool).

So – Is there a way to activate the zoom tool temporarily?

Not certain how it works on the Apple OS. I'm using another operating system but, you may want to consider using  Ctrl (Cmd) + Mouse Wheel combination to incorporate into the workflow for zooming in or out. I use this method all the time and its very fast and while keeping the tool I am working with active. First hover your mouse pointer over the area you want to zoom into, then hold down the Ctrl (Cmd) key while simultaneously rolling the mouse wheel and it will zoom to that exact location within your document. Give it a try. This method enables a user to precisely zoom into a desired location within the document rapidly, while keeping the tool they are working on active.