Scrolling+Zooming

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Tip:

• press CTRL+F4 to lock to a certain scroll position within your text
• then hold down F4 to peep at this location

Typewriter Scrolling toggle with CTRL+L

• keeps your current writing line fixed at its vertical position. Instead of the line moving down, text will scroll up
• Status - section of Info Bar will display an equal sign '=' if switched on
• to also keep your horizontal spot fixed: CTRL+SHIFT+L for caret centering

Blind Scrolling refers to holding down the left mouse on either side of the text column

• Upper Half scrolls upwards, lower half scrolls downwards
• Up and Down areas depend on your margin-settings on the Layout-Tab

When blind scrolling

• hit CTRL to jump a page up or down
• release to scroll one line at a time again

• ALT+scroll will treat the scroll border like a regular scrollbar
• ALT+click will transport you to the exact spot on an imaginary vertical 1-100% ruler
• Clicking on top or bottom will do the same as CTRL-Home and CTRL-End

Scroll Indicator Settings:

Scrolling with the Keyboard
CTRL+, (comma)	scroll up
CTRL+. (period)	scroll down
CTRL+SHIFT+,	scroll one page up
CTRL+SHIFT+.	scroll one page down
This will not move the caret position (in contrast to PgUp and PgDown)
ALT+SPACE	return to current caret/cursor position
CTRL+SPACE	center caret/cursor on middle of screen
CTRL+PgUp	position caret on top of screen page
CTRL+PgDown	position caret on bottom of screen page
CTRL+HOME	position caret on top of document
CTRL+END	position caret on bottom of document

Zooming + Layout
Ctrl Wheel	Zoom text + column width
Shift Wheel	Zoom text only (keep column width)
Alt Wheel	Adjust column width only (keep text size)
CTRL+ALT+LEFT	Shrink text column
CTRL+ALT+RIGHT	Widen text column
CTRL+ALT+Up	Zoom in
CTRL+ALT+Down	Zoom out
CTRL+0 (zero)	Reset to default

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WriteMonkey version 2.4.0.6 | This helpfile last updated on Aug 29, 2012 --- Stefan Müller

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