Canvas size, Zooming and Scaling

You canvas is the area on which you draw your Mind Map.

Pages Mode

There are two modes you can use when working with your Mind Map. The first is with the Pages option in the View tab turned off. When creating Mind Maps in this way, you are not worried about how many pages you are using, as there is an unlimited canvas size that just keeps growing as your Mind Map requires.

However, sometimes you may need to be concerned about how many pages your Mind Map will print on, and exactly where your Mind Map will fit on the pages. In this case, turn on the Pages option. Now the canvas size is in multiples of the page size you set up in your page setup, and takes into account any margin settings you have set in the print panel (otherwise it uses the default margins for the printer). While drawing your Mind Map if the branches extend close beyond the boundaries of the canvas, and extra page is added in that direction.

Zooming

Zooming in enlarges both the canvas and the Mind Map, so you just see the whole thing a different size. It does not affect the number of pages your Mind Map will take up when printed.

You can zoom in and out by:

•	Using the popup menu at the bottom of the document window

•	Using the zoom options on the view tab of the ribbon bar.

•	Typing in a zoom value in the text field at the bottom of the document window and pressing Enter

•	Clicking in the zoom text field at the bottom of the document window and using your scroll wheel to zoom in or out.

•	Holding down the Control key while scrolling up or down with your mouse scroll wheel

Scaling

Scaling allows you to scale the Mind Map so it fits on the number of pages you want it to.

You can scale by using the commands in the scale section of the Pages command group in the View tab of the ribbon bar. This is only enabled when you have the Pages option turned on.

When preparing for printing, you can both scale the Mind Map, and move the Mind Map so that the page breaks occur at exactly the points you want them to.