Changing an Axis' Scale

Changing an Axis’ Scale

To rescale an axis or a coordinate system, press and drag any visible tick-mark number on the horizontal or vertical axis. When you position the Arrow tool over an axis’ tick-mark number, the cursor turns into a bidirectional arrowhead, indicating you can drag to grow or shrink the scale of that axis.

Rescaling an axis lets you zoom in or zoom out on the coordinate system.

If the coordinate system has square units, rescaling one axis will rescale the other. If the coordinate system has rectangular units, rescaling one axis has no effect on the other. If the coordinate system was defined in terms of fixed units, you will not be able to rescale it by dragging axis tick-mark numbers, as its scale is fixed by the quantities that define it.