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Lucas24364663y2wp
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May 8, 2022
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How to change zoom settings in Indesign ?

For the god sake, can i just re-asign the zoom in Indesign ? Because every normal people and software in the world uses ctrl+scroll instead of alt+scroll for dynamic zoom. Thanks.

    LaubenderCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 9, 2022

    Hi Lucas,

    I assume you are on Windows and not on MacOS.

    In the Adobe world at least InDesign, Illustrator and PhotoShop are using Alt + Scroll for zooming with the mouse wheel. On Windows and on MacOS. Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader are different with Ctrl + Scroll on Windows 10.

     

    FWIW: You can zoom in and out with the Ctrl key in InDesign on Windows.

    Just add the + or the - key to zoom in or out in certain steps.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 9, 2022

    Hi Lucas,

    I assume you are on Windows and not on MacOS.

    In the Adobe world at least InDesign, Illustrator and PhotoShop are using Alt + Scroll for zooming with the mouse wheel. On Windows and on MacOS. Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader are different with Ctrl + Scroll on Windows 10.

     

    FWIW: You can zoom in and out with the Ctrl key in InDesign on Windows.

    Just add the + or the - key to zoom in or out in certain steps.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    Nicole30249428br2t
    Participant
    March 14, 2024

    This is not an "answer," just stating the existing conditions OP was complaining about. I found this post when trying to search for a way to change it myself. Why do some Adobe products (and just about every other program/UI under the sun) use Control+scroll, while the three you listed use Alt-scroll? And if they insist on defaulting to that, why is it not customizable? It is very frustrating. 

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      Graphite6190
      Graphite6190
      Inspiring
      August 7, 2024

      The difficulty I have had for a long time is that even though I've trained myself to use alt+scroll, it activates shortcut keys.

       

      So if I then use any other keyboard shortcut, V for select for example, it instead opens the View toolbar and I have to esc away from it. This is incredibly frustrating.

       

      It's a built-in windows behaviour that can't be easily deactivated, changing the zoom key+scroll would be an easy workaround. (Worth noting in Illustrator and Photoshop this doesn't happen)

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      Geоrge
      Geоrge
      Legend
      May 8, 2022

      There is no such a feature. You can do this - https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/84926/how-do-i-zoom-with-ctrl-instead-of-alt-on-windows-in-adobe-cc - only on your own risk.

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