▪▪ To zoom in by using pinch gestures, use two fingers and stretch them apart.

To zoom
out, pinch your fingers together. You can use more than two fingers to pinch and
stretch, but using only two fingers typically produces the best results.

▪▪ To move or resize an object, such as a shape, tap it once to select it and then drag it
to another location, or drag a sizing handle to change its size.

Additionally, some features may work a little differently when you are using touch. For ex­
ample, when you insert a shape, the shape you tap is inserted directly into your file in a
predetermined size, rather than drawn with the mouse. The majority of the differences are
minor and you may need to modify your steps slightly, but they shouldn’t prevent you from
completing a task by using touch.

If you’re having difficulty adapting an exercise, you can use a mouse instead. For example,
if you use your mouse to select a shape instead of tapping it, you can draw it the same way
you would do it on a non-touch enabled device.

Selecting content with touch

Selecting content by using touch is similar to using the mouse. The main difference is that
your finger or stylus is your mouse pointer, and you drag it on the screen. First, you tap to
start your selection, and then you drag the selection handle below the cursor, called a grip-
per, through the area you want to select. In Excel, the active cell has grippers in the upper-
left and lower-right corners, and you can drag either of them to select a range. When text
or a cell range in Excel is selected, grippers are displayed at the beginning and end of the
selection, and you can use them to adjust your selection at any time.

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