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- In this movie, I'll
show you how to specify

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a custom zoom ratio using
both the zoom value,

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located in the lower left
corner of the document window,

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as well as the Navigator panel.

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So the thing we've seen
with just about all

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the techniques I've showed you so far,

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is that you're zooming incrementally.

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So we're going from 33% to 50%

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to 66.7% to 100%, and so on.

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And if you were to click on this

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down-pointing arrowhead
next to the zoom value

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in the lower left corner of the screen,

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then you would see a
list of every single one

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of these increments,
all the way from 3.13%

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up to 64,000%.

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But it turns out you can
zoom to any level in between,

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just by highlighting this
value, as you see right there.

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And let's say, I want to go ahead and

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take it out to 33% again.

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And then I'll go ahead
and press the Enter key,

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or the Return key on the Mac,

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so then I can take in all of my artboards.

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But now what I want to do

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is see as much of the
central artboard on screen

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without seeing the artboard boundaries.

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So I could press Ctrl + Zero,

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or ⌘ + Zero on the Mac, to fit
the artboard to the screen,

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but I'm still seeing
a little overage here.

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So what I'm going to do is
just click inside this value

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in the lower left corner of the screen,

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and then I'll press the up-arrow key

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in order to continuously zoom in.

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And you can press and hold that
key as well, if you'd like.

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Or you can press and
hold the down-arrow key

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in order to zoom out.

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And at about 59% on this screen,

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I'm seeing just the artwork
without the artboard,

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which might be perfect for showing off

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my document to either a
co-worker or a client,

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or that sort of thing.

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You also have the option of pressing Shift

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along with the up-or-down-arrow,

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which allows you to zoom either in or out

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in 10% increments.

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Alright, now press the Enter key,

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or the Return key on the
Mac, to accept that change.

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And let's see what we can
do with the Navigator panel,

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which you get by going to the Window menu

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and choosing the Navigator command.

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And then you'll see this
thumbnail view of your document.

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Now, once again we have this
percentage value right here,

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and you can go ahead and dial
in any 'ole value you like,

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and you use it the exact same
way as we saw a moment ago,

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with that value in the lower
left corner of the screen.

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And so for example,

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I could just go ahead and
dial in a value of 360%.

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Another way to zoom in is to
click on this big mountain,

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right here, or you can
zoom out by clicking

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on the little mountain.

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But you should bear in mind
that's going to zoom you

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in and out incrementally.

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Alright, now see this little
tiny rectangle right there?

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That represents the visible
region of your document.

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And so if you want to
see some other portion

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of your document, just
go ahead and drag it

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to a different location like so.

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Or if you'd like, you
can just click on the

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area you want to see, making this by far

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the fastest method for scrolling

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or panning inside of a document.

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Another way to work is to zoom in

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on a specific detail by
pressing the Ctrl key,

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or the ⌘ key on the Mac, which gets you

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a magnifying glass cursor.

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And then just go ahead
and drag around the detail

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that you want to zoom,
which means that you can

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zoom and scroll on the fly.

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So I could zoom tight if I want to,

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on this upper right artboard

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just by Ctrl or ⌘
dragging a tiny rectangle,

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or I can zoom wide on the first artboard

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by Ctrl or ⌘ drawing a larger rectangle.

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Alright finally, if you have
a lot of room on screen,

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or you have a second monitor,

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then you can scale the Navigator panel

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by dragging on any edge.

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So you can drag the
right edge, for example.

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Or the bottom edge, anything you'd like,

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in order to produce a
larger thumbnail on screen.

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And that way I can zoom in
on even the tiniest detail

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inside of my illustration.

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For example, I'll just go
ahead and Ctrl or ⌘ drag

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around this tiny region above
that orange leaf ornament

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in order to zoom in on my bacteria.

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And if that's not enough, then I can click

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in this zoom value, and
press the up-arrow key,

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or even Shift up-arrow,
in order to zoom in

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by larger increments, like so.

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And that, friends, is how
you enter custom zoom ratios,

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as well as exploit the
powers of the Navigator panel

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here inside Illustrator.