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Magnification

is an option for Style and Cell that specifies what magnification to use for display.

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Magnification

Magnification

is an option for Style and Cell that specifies what magnification to use for display.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Specify the level of magnification:

Wolfram Language code: Table[Style[Sqrt[2], Magnification -> m], {m, {1 / 2, 1, 2, 3}}]
Wolfram Language code: Table[Style[Graphics[Circle[], ImageSize -> 30], Magnification -> m], {m, {1 / 2, 1, 2, 3}}]
Wolfram Language code: Table[Style[Graphics3D[Sphere[], ImageSize -> 30], Magnification -> m], {m, {1 / 2, 1, 2, 3}}]

Scope  (4)

Magnification affects everything including margins:

Wolfram Language code: t = Grid[Partition[Range[9], 3], Frame -> All]
Wolfram Language code: Table[Style[t, Magnification -> m], {m, {1 / 2, 1, 2, 3}}]

Magnification can be used for entire cells; magnification also affects CellMargins:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[Table[TextCell["abcd", "Text", Magnification -> m], {m, {1 / 2, 1, 2, 3}}]]

Magnification can be used as a notebook option:

Wolfram Language code: nb = CreateDocument[{TextCell["Abc", "Section"], TextCell["abc", "Text"]}, Magnification -> .5];
Wolfram Language code: SetOptions[nb, Magnification -> 1];
Wolfram Language code: SetOptions[nb, Magnification -> 1.5];

Magnification can be used to control the magnification of a deployed notebook object:

Wolfram Language code: obj = CloudDeploy[Notebook[{Cell["head", "Section"], Cell["text", "Text"]}], Magnification -> 2]
Wolfram Language code: Options[CloudGet[obj], Magnification]

Properties & Relations  (1)

For 2D and 3D graphics, use Scale for fine control over scaling and magnification:

Wolfram Language code: Graphics[Scale[Circle[], {2, 1}], Frame -> True]
Wolfram Language code: Graphics3D[Scale[Sphere[], {3, 2, 1}], Axes -> True]
Wolfram Research (1996), Magnification, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Magnification.html (updated 2007).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), Magnification, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Magnification.html (updated 2007).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "Magnification." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Magnification.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). Magnification. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Magnification.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_magnification, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Magnification}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Magnification.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_magnification, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Magnification}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Magnification.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}