When working with a map, it needn't all fit on the screen at once. If it is larger than the main map view area, you can use the scroll bars to the right and below to move the view to the place you want to see.
You can also 'zoom' in and out to see more detail or more area respectively. The following shows you how to do this.
The scroll bars to the sides of the main map view area (see item (5) on 'Main screen layout') show you which part of the map you are viewing and also let you move around the map.
The vertical scroll bar on the right controls the vertical position, i.e. whether you are viewing the top or the bottom of the map. The horizontal scroll bar at the bottom performs a similar job showing whether you're viewing the left or right of the map.
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An example of the main screen. The
vertical scroll bar (on the right) has the slider at the top and the horizontal
scroll bar (at the bottom) has it's slider at the left. Hence the part
of the map in view is the top left. |
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An example of the horizontal scroll
bar with the slider towards the right of the bar, hence the part of the
map in view will be towards the right hand side. |
You change position by hovering the mouse pointer over the darker 'slider' part of the scroll bar, pressing and holding the left mouse button, then moving the mouse either up and down or left and right (depending on scroll bar) to the point you require. Once there, release the mouse button.
You can make the map jump directly to view a particular object by double-clicking on an object in the phase tree panel on the right of the main screen. Choosing a particular unit, then double-clicking on it, moves the map to place the unit in the centre of the view (or as close as it can get). For more information on the tree panel, see 'The tree panel'.
If you want to see more detail on a particular area of the map, you can 'zoom in' on it, i.e. increase the magnification.
Similarly, if you want to see a greater area of the map, in less detail, you can 'zoom out' or decrease the magnification. This can be done in several ways.
You can zoom using the menu options, by selecting 'View', then either 'zoom in' or 'zoom out' to change the magnification by 10% either way. The current magnification is shown on the toolbar (see below).
You can also return the magnification to 100%, i.e. the size it was originally created at, by selecting 'View', followed by 'show the map full sized'.
Finally, you can change the magnification to show the whole map in the current view space available on the screen as large as will fit. You do this by selecting 'View', followed by 'Fit the map to the screen'.
Shortcuts for zoom'ing are found on the toolbar.
The buttons with the magnifying glass pictures on zoom in (the '+') or zoom out (the '-') and the current magnification amount is shown alongside.
Additionally, if you want to jump directly to a particular magnification, for example, you'd like to see everything twice as big, enter the percentage directly into the 'Zoom amount' box and press the 'return' or 'enter' key on the keyboard. You don't need to type the '%' symbol.
The labels on units and objects on the map give important and useful information on those objects but sometimes you may wish to see the layout without those labels. This might be the case on a particularly detailed layout where you zoom out to see a larger view of the battlefield and the labels overlap each other. This can be done by selecting 'View' from the main menu, then clicking on 'Show object labels?' to remove the tick from along side as shown below. The map will now be shown as before but without any labels.
You can put the labels back by doing exactly the same actions, which returns the tick alongside the 'Show object labels?.
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