Zoom in on an item in focus mode

What it does

While an image, PDF, video or screen share is open in focus mode, you can zoom into it to see details, such as small print in a PDF or part of an image. Only the item zooms; the rest of the screen stays the same.

Who can do it: everyone in the room.

Zoom into an image

1. Open the image in focus mode (see Focus on one item or board), or present a board that contains it.
2. Zoom in any of these ways:
   • Hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and scroll, or pinch on a trackpad. The point under the pointer stays in place.
   • Double-click a spot on the image to zoom to 200% around it. Double-click again to go back to fit.
   • Press + or - to zoom in or out one step.
   • On a touch screen, pinch with two fingers.
3. To move around the zoomed image, scroll, swipe with two fingers on a trackpad, or drag the image with the Select tool.

The image opens at its fit size, which counts as 100%, and zooms up to 800%. You cannot zoom out below the fit size. Press Shift + 0, Shift + 1, Shift + 2 or Shift + 3 to go back to fit.

Pactto loads the full-resolution original as soon as the image opens in focus mode, so details stay sharp when you zoom.

You can draw, comment and add text on the image at any zoom level. What you add stays on the same spot of the image when you zoom back out. Dragging something you drew moves that drawing, not the image.

Zoom into a PDF, video or screen share

1. Open the item in focus mode, or present a board that contains it.
2. Zoom:
   • On a computer: hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and scroll the mouse wheel or trackpad over the item. The point under the pointer stays in place.
   • On a touch screen: pinch with two fingers.
3. When the item is zoomed in, a small control appears at its top right corner with Reset zoom, Zoom out, the current percentage and Zoom in.
4. Drag the item to move around while it is zoomed in.

To go back to normal size, click Reset zoom, or zoom out until the item fits again. The control disappears when the item is back to its normal size.

On a PDF, video or screen share, dragging moves the view while zoomed in, so drawing and commenting on the item are paused until you reset the zoom. Scrolling without Cmd or Ctrl still scrolls a PDF or document as usual.

Good to know

• Zoom resets when you leave focus mode or move to another item or slide.
• Only one item can be zoomed at a time, and the zoom is not saved.
• Your zoom is private, with one exception: if you are the spotlight, people following you who have the same item open see the same zoom, and for PDFs the same scroll position. See Spotlight your view.
• While an image is zoomed in, it stays inside the area where it opened, so it never slides under the header, cameras or toolbar.