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Option-zoom is giving me the hand tool?

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    • June 3, 2018 at 9:54 am #104155
      Anonymous
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      Hi Folks

      I’m getting an unwanted behaviour that I’m sure has something to do with a hidden setting I can’t find.

      Normally, when I press Option with the zoom tool, it switches to zoom out.

      But frequently, Option-zoom tool gives me the hand tool — something I really don’t want.
      Typically, it happens when I’m working with text.

      If I switch to the selection tool and then back to the zoom tool, behaviour goes back to normal.

      Anyone know if this is a new “helpful” contextual behaviour or an incorrect preference?

      Thanks in advance

      T.

    • June 3, 2018 at 3:45 pm #104158
      Graham Park
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      Congratulations you have found the normal behaviour of InDesign.
      Think about it, what is the normal short cut for the Hand tool? It is the spacebar? But this will not work with text for obvious reasons so InDesign changes the shortcut.
      The shortcut for the ZOOM tool when you have the text tool selected on a Mac are
      COMMAND+SPACEBAR for zoom (in that order Hold COMMAND then Spacebar)
      COMMAND+SPACEBAR+OPTION for zoom out
      OPTION to get the hand tool.

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