How to Zoom in and Out on PDF files in Safari?

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How to Zoom in and Out on PDF files in Safari?

Safari help is not helpful since it gives inaccurate information on how to Zoom in and Out on a PDF file that has opened in Safari. The help says to control click the page and choose the zooming level you desire. However control clicking the PDF file in Safari brings up a save page box. I tried some of the other keys with clicking and they did not work. Thanks in advance to those who helped me save a PDF file to the desktop so I can view in Preview.- But often I just need to be able to zoom in to read the tiny text that is displayed.

Posted on Sep 28, 2005 1:50 PM

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Answer 1

iBod

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Sep 28, 2005 3:48 PM in response to Lansing Bicknell

Hi Lansing,

When I click on a pdf link, let it load in Safari, and then control-click (or right-click) on the loaded document I get the options to zoom in or out. Is this the same process you are following?

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Answer 2

Sep 28, 2005 5:33 PM in response to iBod

Thanks for getting back to me-
the website I am trying to zoom into a PDF on is:
http://www.beedocuments.com/software/Timeline/screenshots.html
I click on one of the screenshots- it loads into a safari window.

When I control key click on the image- a pop up menu comes up asking me to save the image to deskotp- add it my image library and 2 other save options. No zoom in or Zoom out. I only have an apple pro mouse and my track pad- so right clicking isn't an option.

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Answer 3

Tom Graves

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Sep 28, 2005 6:01 PM in response to Lansing Bicknell

I click on one of the screenshots- it loads into a safari window.

Those screenshots are not pdf files. They are png files and are in a graphic format as are gif and jpef files. If you want to zoom in one one of them. drag it to your desktop and then open the file in Preview and use Preview's zoom controls. Just so you know, I did just that with one of the screenshots, and I could zoom it once (Command-+), but after that there is not enough resolution and things get very fuzzy very quickly.

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Answer 4

Sep 28, 2005 6:36 PM in response to Tom Graves

Thanks! I'm glad I included the files where it wasn't working. Hopefully it will work for me with a PDF file in the future- I really appreciate your help!

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