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I get a lot of Word documents to work on, and the first thing I always do is access the zoom setting (View-> Zoom) and change the zoom to "Page Width". There's no keyboard shortcut for the zoom settings, and I do it enough times that I'd like a quicker way. In Pages, there's a little pop-up that lets you choose the zoom you want.
Is there a way to quickly change the zoom settings in Word? Thanks.
nevan king
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 862
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For MS Word Mac: You zoom by holding the Command and CTRL key while scrolling the mouse wheel. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070113120847965
snitzr
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 1 972
2Great, thanks for this. Never would have found it by trial and error. – nevan king – 2010-04-21T16:05:14.950
Mac's use of modifier keys never ceases to amaze - thanks. – Steve Bennett – 2011-09-27T01:14:20.213
3The CTRL key alone is sufficient in Lion 10.7.5 with Word 2011 v14.2.5 – Rob Bednark – 2013-03-19T02:56:42.313
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On my Macbook Air, I can hold "control" and "command" and slide two fingers on the touchpad down and up to zoom in and out, respectively, within Microsoft Word 2011.
t_roach
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 61
Except you don't need to hold CMND, only CTRL. – Sergey Snegirev – 2014-09-29T11:21:55.113
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Depending on which version of Word you are using you can hold down the Ctrl key and use the scroll wheel (or whichever button you use to scroll!) and this will zoom in and out.
This works with a lot of other Microsoft applications.
Richard Lucas
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 2 744
yep i use this shortcut for internet browsers a lot too like Firefox and Internet Explorer – rzlines – 2010-04-21T12:29:43.443
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In the 2011 version, I just selected Tools → Customize Keyboard, and under view I selected viewzoompagewidth and set a custom keyboard shortcut. I chose Command+Control+Right Arrow, Left Arrow.
In other words, while holding command and control, press the right arrow and left arrow keys.
Nunuv Yurbiz
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 31
didn't work... but Control + wheel works great ! – maycca – 2016-03-01T19:28:45.213
Confirmed with Office 2016 Mac Version 15.33 (170409), I assigned mine to Command + Control + 2, similar to cmd+2 (fit width) in Acrobat reader – Z.Zen – 2017-06-11T11:49:44.340
1Wow, I never knew; that is extremely helpful, thanks! Now I have command-= and command-- working in Word just like those keystrokes work in every other os x app, thank you! – not-just-yeti – 2013-11-03T17:23:19.723
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I found that another way to do this is to customize the toolbar. I wasn't displaying the standard toolbar, where there is a zoom drop-down menu. I right-clicked on the toolbar that I was displaying (Formatting) and clicked "Customize toolbars and menus". On the "Commands" tab, I dragged the zoom button from "View" out on to my toolbar.
nevan king
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 862
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There are actually default keyboard shortcuts for zoom in (Control Option -) and zoom out (Control Option =), at least for English Canadian keyboard. For keyboards where + and = don't share the same key, I'd try Control Option + for zooming in.
Edit: I am not sure anymore whether this is actually a default shortcut; both of my machines have it but not the one of my colleague so maybe I have set that at some point in the past... (sorry if that's the case)
Christian
Posted 2010-04-21T12:19:01.253
Reputation: 1
1Don't you mean Command, instead of Control, on the Mac? – Canadian Luke – 2014-07-24T18:06:01.920
Apple/control with wheel works in Office 2011 for Mac – None – 2011-05-02T19:13:46.207
1None of these are keyboard shortcuts. All require using the mouse (and many mice, including most laptops don't have a scroll wheel). Is there a keyboard shortcut that doesn't require taking your hands off the keyboard? – None – 2012-05-19T00:48:49.880
I like the selected answer, however, it's also worth noting there are other zoom capabilities available under Universal Access in System Preferences. – Alex – 2013-01-30T05:35:57.643