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Zooming in, out and navigating

Zooming in and out

The easiest way to zoom in and out is using the wheel on your mouse. Simply roll the wheel on your mouse backwards to zoom out and forwards to zoom in.

 

If you dont have a wheel on your mouse, or are not comfortable with the wheel, you can use the slider:

 

 

To zoom in either use the button, or use your mouse to drag the slider to the right.

 

To zoom out either use the button, or use your mouse to drag the slider to the left.

 

Navigating

When your mouse cursor is over the mapping you will see as your mouse cursor. To navigate around the screen, simply hold down your left mouse button and drag the mapping around the screen. The image of the hand will become to show you are holding the mapping. To stop dragging the map, release your mouse button and the hand will return to being open.

 

You can also navigate using the thumbnail map in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen:

 

 

If you move the cursor over the double-lined red rectangle, you will see that the cursor turns into . This red rectangle represents the area that is being displayed  on the map  Hold down the left mouse button and drag the square to the correct position on the thumbnail and release the mouse button.   The map will then be repositioned.

 

When using the drawing tools to define your site, use the arrows provided on the surrounding frame to move around the map. You will see these on the map frame, in the corners and middle of the sides:

 

 

 

 

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