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What happened to entering any zoom percentage for a numbers document?

In Mojave, every once in awhile, I'll see an odd percentage in the zoom box like 116%. By then, I don't know what keys I have pressed or what I did with my Apple mouse.


I've read in this Apple community that it isn't possible to zoom in at anything but the presets. Obviously, that isn't totally true or I wouldn't be getting that 116% in the zoom box occasionally.


Has Apple added choosing any zoom percentage back yet? If not, why? Why was this dropped as a feature? On one post, someone said that "probably" 80% of the customers weren't interested but that's a "probably" with no source and I consider a dismissive response.


I'd really like this feature back.


iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 30, 2020 3:35 AM

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ZoomnWheels Author
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Posted on Aug 30, 2020 9:06 AM

Thank You for this tip. It's the best answer so far. At least I can zoom to odd percentages with my Magic Mouse now.


-Zooming in for a quick look works well with the Ctrl-opt-cmd and will tide me over.

-For the percentage a person likes often, to compensate for vision, while working on a document, I'll have to give Apple feedback on being able to type in my favorite percentage.

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User profile for user: ZoomnWheels
ZoomnWheels Author
User level: Level 1
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Aug 30, 2020 9:06 AM in response to Badunit

Thank You for this tip. It's the best answer so far. At least I can zoom to odd percentages with my Magic Mouse now.


-Zooming in for a quick look works well with the Ctrl-opt-cmd and will tide me over.

-For the percentage a person likes often, to compensate for vision, while working on a document, I'll have to give Apple feedback on being able to type in my favorite percentage.

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User profile for user: Badunit
Badunit
User level: Level 7
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Aug 30, 2020 5:01 AM in response to ZoomnWheels

With a track pad you can zoom to whatever. Using the menu item "zoom to selection" you can end up with non-preset percentages. Maybe there is a way to zoom to whatever with the mouse, too, that we are not aware of. I am using a track pad right now but try Cmd Option Ctrl and whatever would normally scroll the page with your mouse. When I do that with my trackpad it zooms in and out.


You can provide Apple with feedback by going to the Numbers menu and selecting Provide Numbers Feedback.

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