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The magnifier

15A closer look

Some details deserve a closer look. The Magnify tool is a glass loupe that floats over the board and blows up whatever's beneath it — handwriting, a fine diagram, a tiny correction — kept razor-sharp. It's view-only: nothing you do with it changes the board.

Find itThe Magnify tool in the rail; its shape, size and zoom controls sit in the style bar.
Use itIt follows your pointer. Switch the glass between rounded-rectangle and circle, set its size, and set the zoom (on a desktop, scroll to zoom).
ShortcutPress M for the magnifier.

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