Moving the view in the music area

You can move the view in the music area to show different parts of layouts. For example, you can scroll through a layout to view each page in sequence.

Procedure

Move the view in any of the following ways:

To move the view upwards/downwards, scroll upwards/downwards on a mouse wheel or swipe upwards/downwards on a touchpad.
To move the view to the right/left, Shift-scroll upwards/downwards on a mouse wheel or swipe to the right/left on a touchpad.
To navigate to the next page, press End (horizontal page arrangements) or Page Down (vertical page arrangements).
To navigate to the previous page, press Home (horizontal page arrangements) or Page Up (vertical page arrangements).
To navigate to the first page, press Ctrl/Cmd-Home.
To navigate to the last page, press Ctrl/Cmd-End.
In the status bar, click Hand Tool , then click and drag in any empty space within the page boundaries in the music area.

The mouse pointer changes into a hand symbol during the move.

Result

The view in the music area is moved.

Tip

You change the maximum overscroll amount, that is, how far beyond the edges of pages you can move the view, on the General page in Preferences.
You can assign a key command for Center Selection on the Key Commands page in Preferences. This command automatically brings the selection into view.