... means that rolling the mouse wheel back towards you zooms out, rolling it forward away from you zooms in. But I have always preferred the paper option, which works in the opposite sense on both panning functions and zoom -- i.e. you are moving the page itself. This corresponds more naturally to how you handle a paper document. If you want to read the bottom of a page you push it up, you don't pull something down. If you want to examine it closely, you pull it towards you. paper_scroll_options.png Since implementing the very handy drag panning function (in version 091c) which essentially works in the same sense as the paper option -- you are moving the page -- I'm mindful that there is a conflicting sense when using this and the wheel zoom together if the setting remains on the scroll default. So I'm minded to change the default to the paper option. But I can already hear the complaints that this doesn't correspond to the Windows standard. So I thought we could have a poll here. Please try both ...