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Magnifying and reducing the view

The Zoom control on the Preview tab of the ribbon offers several methods for magnifying the view of Crystal Reports.

The Preview › View › Zoom menu contains Page Width, Whole Page, a set of preset percentages (400%, 300%, 200%, 150%, 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25%), and Customize…. A check mark shows the current setting.

To increase or decrease magnification:

Do one of the following:

  • Choose a preset percentage from the Preview › View › Zoom menu.
  • Choose Customize… from the Preview › View › Zoom menu and enter a magnification percentage.

To resize a page to fit the window:

Do one of the following:

  • To resize the page to fit entirely in the window, choose Whole Page from the Preview › View › Zoom menu.
  • To resize the page to fit the width of the window, choose Page Width from the Preview › View › Zoom menu.

To return a page to its actual size:

  • Choose 100% from the Preview › View › Zoom menu. The actual size for a Crystal report is typically 100%.