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Chris  P.  Bacon
Inspiring
September 5, 2022
Answered

Zoom tool to toggle 2 preset magnification sizes with one click

  • September 5, 2022
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How do I set my InDesign Actual Size to fit the exact width of an A4 document on an HD laptop?

In Adobe Acrobat there is a Custom Resolution setting, that I used to set my Actual Size to the A4 dimension, on my HD screen.

If not possible to modify the custom resolution in InDesign, then how do I set the default zoom level to 130 % (which yields the real A4 size for me on my HD screen) or make a custom zoom level for 130% that I could trigger with a custom shortcut?

It's very important to see the document in real size, but I design my documents in fit spread to workspace mode (and write in InCopy), so It's very useful to have a shortcut to toggle the 2 modes, even better: I would like to set my zoom tool to zoom in directly to 130% at the first click and then zoom out with holding alt, back to the fit spread to workspace size, also just with one click, to toggle it with 1 click with the zoom tool, because then I would click on the area where I am working at, and there will be no need for panning.

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Correct answer Chris P. Bacon

Found the physical size script for setting the physical size in InDesign:

Indiscripts :: PhysicalSize | Check Your Design At True 1:1 Magnification

But still need a way to bind it to the first click of the zoom tool.

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Chris  P.  Bacon
Chris P. BaconAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
September 8, 2022

Found the physical size script for setting the physical size in InDesign:

Indiscripts :: PhysicalSize | Check Your Design At True 1:1 Magnification

But still need a way to bind it to the first click of the zoom tool.

Mike Witherell
Community Expert
Community Expert
September 7, 2022

try {app.layoutWindows[0].zoomPercentage = 130 } catch (e) {};

Mike Witherell
Chris  P.  Bacon
Inspiring
September 7, 2022

The zoom tool does not invoke the code, and when I double click the script in the scripts menu to test it, I get this error message.

Do I need to set up a custom shortcut to invoke this script with, or need extra measures to bind it to the zoom tool?

Shortcut is not sufficient, wherever I click with the zoom tool, I want that portion centered in real print size on my screen, and when clicking again holding ALT, I want the spread to be fit to the workspace again (that is my layout work magnification).