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Learn how to manipulate and organize your Sketch document .
Use Zoom features to review your document regularly
Command Shortcuts
- Zoom in: Command and +
- Zoom Out: Command and -
- 100% Zoom: Command and 0
Access commands and see their Shortcuts in the "View" menu in the menubar
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The main area in Sketch where we do all
our drawing is the canvas.
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And the canvas is infinite in size.
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This means there's no fixed bounds or
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dimensions giving you complete freedom on
how to set up your drawing area.
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Moving around the canvas is simply done by
scrolling anywhere
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when your cursor is inside the drawing
area using the MacBook's trackpad.
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Alternatively, you can hold down the
spacebar on your keyboard and click and
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drag on the canvas to move it around.
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You can enable rulers by clicking on the
View icon in the toolbar and
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selecting Show Rulers from the menu.
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These will appear along the left side and
the top of the canvas.
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And they'll show you where your layers are
in the document.
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Whenever you're working on a project in
Sketch, it's likely that you'll want to
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zoom into your document in order to see it
in more detail.
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Or perhaps zoom out, to see the entire
canvas.
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This is something that is quite important,
so there are many ways to zoom in Sketch.
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The most obvious way is by pressing on the
plus and
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minus buttons next to the magnifying glass
icon in the toolbar.
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The zoom level will multiply as you zoom
in and divide as you zoom out.
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The maximum zoom level is 64000% and the
minimum is just 1.
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You can also click on the icon or
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hold down the Z key on your keyboard to
enable the tool.
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Click to zoom in.
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Or hold option along with z and click to
zoom out.
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As well as clicking to zoom in and out
with this tool, you can also click and
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drag a box on the canvas whilst holding z.
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That will zoom into the selection.
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But my personal favorite option for
zooming is by using the keyboard.
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It is done just simply by pressing Command
and plus to zoom in and
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Command and minus to zoom out.
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Press Command and zero to return to 100%
zoom.
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Dont worry if you feel like that is too
much to remember.
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You can access these commands and
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see their shortcuts at the top of the view
menu in the menu bar.
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It will quickly become second nature to
you
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