Getting Started
To view the Scalable Vector Graphics in the example drawings
demonstrated in this and next sections you will need a viewer.
The Adobe® SVG Viewer is a plug-in that will allow your
Web browser to render SVG and is available free from the Adobe
Web site.
1) Before installing, please close all your browser windows.
2) Run the installer. Click here to download the latest released
installers.
3) After the installation, click
here to test your plug-in.
SVG Viewer Tips
With the cursor on the SVG image, there are several standard
controls available:
| Navigating |
Panning: |
<Alt> left-drag to pan an SVG image.
<Alt-Shift> left-drag to pan horizontal or vertical
depending on first move. |
Zooming: |
<Ctrl> left-click to zoom out.
<Ctrl> left-drag to select zoom window.
<Ctrl-Shift> left-click to zoom in.
You can also use the zoom commands [Zoom In],
[Zoom Out] in the context menu. |
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Using
the contextual pop-up Menu |
| Right-click in the SVG
image area to open the contextual pop-up menu. This
will reveal the commands and options for interacting
with the SVG image. |
Commands |
Descriptions |
| [Higher Quality] |
Disable the "higher quality"-option will
cause the SVG image to display more quickly, but with
lower quality |
[Pause] |
To pause an animated SVG image |
[Mute] |
To disable any sounds embedded in the SVG image |
[Find] |
Open the find dialog box. Here you may enter the
text you want to search for the entire graphic document.
The result of the search is highlighted, and panned
(but not zoomed) into view. |
[Copy SVG] |
Copy the SVG image to the clipboard in both Unicode
and raster formats.You can paste it to any application. |
[View SVG] |
Display the SVG image in a new, full screen browser
window |
| [View Source] |
Display the SVG source code in a new browser window |
| [Save SVG As] |
Save the image to a local file |
