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User Guide
• In the navigator view, drag the left, right, or both viewing-area markers until the time
ruler displays the portion you want.
Drag left and right viewing-area markers to magnify
or shrink the part of the time ruler displayed.
To see more of the time graph:
Do one of the following:
• In the Timeline window, click the zoom-out icon ( ).
• Press the – (minus) key on the main keyboard.
• In the navigator view, drag the left and right viewing-area markers until the time ruler
displays the portion you want.
Setting up a work area
When you work on a composition, you may want to preview or render only part of the
composition. Do this by specifying a part of the composition time ruler as a work area. In
the Timeline window, the work area appears in a lighter shade of gray. For more infor-
mation, see “Previewing animation” on page 191 or “Making (rendering) a movie” on
page 354.
Set the work area start and end points to the current time by pressing B (begin) or N
(end), respectively.
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