Magnification of pdf File Created by LYX

[Andrew Parsloe]

On 30/09/2021 9:03 am, Doug Martin wrote:
> Rasmus,
>
> Thanks for your quick response.
> Of course one can do what you suggest, and I have done it.
>
> But I do a lot of editing of LYX files and compiling to pdf (many! 
> times a day), and I want the pdf
> file to be at 125% when I open it, and not have to scroll  to get that.
>
> I did find that there is a LaTeX \mag xxxx, e.g., \mag 1200 for 20% 
> increase, but I haven't been
> able to succeed using it by opening the LYX file and adding \mag 1200  
> (or whatever xxxx turns
> out to be needed), and saving it, whereupon I get an error.
>
> This adjustment would seem to be something the the LaTeX to pdf 
> Conveter should control ???
>
> Doug
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:23 PM Rasmus K. Rendsvig 
> <rendsvig at gmail.com <mailto:rendsvig at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Doug,
>
>     I am sorry if what you are describing is a more complex issue then
>     I what I hear it to be, but did you try changing the zoom level in
>     the pdf viewer itself?
>
>     Try e.g. pressing the Ctrl and the + keys simultaneously, or
>     holding Ctrl while scrolling up on your mouse wheel, or clicking
>     the field that says 56.7% and see if you can change it there.
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Rasmus
>
>
>     On Wed, 29 Sep 2021, 18:07 Doug Martin, <martinrd3d at gmail.com
>     <mailto:martinrd3d at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         My pdf files compiled from LYX always have 56.7%
>         magnification, no matter whether I use
>         different document classes such as Article versus svmono, and
>         I want them larger by default,
>         e.g., 125%.  I have not found a solution in the User Guide,
>         and wonder if anyone can explain
>         how to do this?
>
>         Doug Martin
>
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> R. Douglas Martin
> Professor Emeritus in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
> University of Washington

This sounds like a pdf viewer default setting. For instance in 
SumatraPDF which I use, under Settings > Options I'm presented with a 
small dialogue including the option Default zoom which not only has 
things like Fit page, Fit width, Fit content, but a list of default zoom 
levels (from 6400% down to 8.33%). For my aging eyes I use 150% and that 
is what I get when I view (compile) a LyX document.

Andrew

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