New PSE6 Mac user, has zoom question

[daisybelle]

I switched from a pc to a mac, was using pse6 for windows, now i've downloaded pse6 for mac.

i was surprised that it's so similar, i thought the actions would be significantly different for the mac and they're not.

i am having a zoom problem, however - i'm used to using my scroll wheel to zoom, one of my favorite pse features - i'm not using the mac mighty mouse, i'm using my microsoft wireless laser 6000 mouse that i aways used. i wasn't a fan of the mac mouse, so i switched back to the one i was comfortable with.

in pse6 for windows, i could go to preferences and check a box so that i could zoom using my scroll wheel - i can't find that feature in pse6 for mac.

this is so frustrating for me, can someone help?

thanks so much for any advice you can give me.

[nu2scene]

If you look at the keys right next to the space bar, you see they have something that looks like a clover sign. Some keyboards also have an apple logo on that same key. This is called the command key. If you hit that key with another key a the same time you can get different functions

Command and zero at the same time will give you the best fit pic size in your work area.

Command and -(minus) at the same time will zoom your pic out. It will get smaller.

Command and +(plus) at the same time will zoom your pic in. It will get more magnified.

I hope that's what you're looking for.

[ricklepage]

In the Elements 6 Preferences-->General pane, there's a box labelled "Zoom with scroll wheel," which is unchecked by default. If you check that, does the zoom wheel work correctly? I had one mouse that didn't zoom properly, but I've tried about four others, and they all zoom in or out the way they should.

Rick