5.2 Rotating the Display

The contents of the display area can be rotated in several ways:

By moving the cursor in the display area while keeping the left-hand mouse button pressed down (x and y rotation), or while keeping both the left-hand mouse button and the Shift key pressed down (z rotation).
By using the buttons labelled x-, y-, etc. in the tool bar:





By using the dial box. Open the box by hitting View in the top-level menu followed by Dial box... in the resulting pull-down menu. Then use the buttons labelled +x, etc., in the left-hand area of the dial box:





The speed of rotation can be changed by altering the rotate Increment value in the dial box.
To perform operations using the keyboard see Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts.

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