Visio – How to Zoom & Pan (Tips and Keyboard Shortcuts) – Templates, Forms, Checklists for MS Office and Apple iWork

In this Visio tutorial, we show you how to use the Zoom and Pan feature.

Zooooooooooom! Pan! Zooooooooooooom!

What’s the fastest way to zoom and pan in Visio?

If you work on large drawings or charts, you’ll zoom and pan a lot.

Using the zoom drop-down list and the scroll bars is very slow. Is there a better way?

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Visio – How to Zoom & Pan (Tips and Keyboard Shortcuts)

Here are different mouse techniques to make you a Visio ninja:

The following techniques help you zoom in and out and pan the drawing window.

Double your zoom:

Zoom out to half the previous level:

Specify exactly where you want to zoom.

Use the “roller mouse” wheel to zoom and pan as follows:

Hold the Shift key while rolling to pan left and right.

Hold Shift key down, then roll the wheel forward to pan to the right.
Hold Shift key down, then roll the wheel backward to pan to the left.
Hold the Ctrl key while rolling to zoom in and out.
Hold the Ctrl key down, then roll forward to zoom in.
Hold the Ctrl key down, then roll backward to zoom out.