View Image
Location on ribbon: Tab DVD Addin → Group View and Sheets → Menu Navigation Menu
Command ID: ToggleViewImage
What it does
Turns on click-to-enlarge for the pictures on the active sheet: once enabled, clicking a picture blows it up and brings it to the front; clicking it again snaps it back to its original size and position.
It suits photo records embedded in tables — site diaries, inspection records with photos, defect trackers — where the images must stay small enough to fit a cell but still need to be readable during review.
How to use
- Open the sheet holding the pictures (switch to it first — the command applies to the active sheet).
- Go to tab DVD Addin → group View and Sheets → Navigation Menu → click the View Image toggle.
- The add-in arms every picture on the sheet and reports "Enabled click-to-enlarge for N images."
- Click a picture — it grows by the configured zoom ratio (by default 2.5× the size of its anchor cell) and is brought to the front.
- Click the same picture again to restore its original size and position.
- Click the View Image toggle again to switch the mode off; you get "Disabled click-to-enlarge for N images."
Example
The week 32 site diary has an Anh-Hientruong sheet with 40 photos of slab reinforcement, each thumbnail sitting in one cell of a "Date — Location — Photo — Remark" table.
During the consultant's review you switch on View Image and click the photo on the 12 August row — it expands enough to show bar spacing and chairs — then click once more to bring the table back to its compact layout, with no need to open the original image files.
Notes
- The command affects the active sheet only; run it again on each other sheet that holds pictures.
- It applies to real inserted pictures, not to drawn shapes, text boxes or charts.
- The zoom ratio comes from the add-in settings (default 2.5); change it under Preferences if you want larger or smaller.
- Click any enlarged picture back to normal before switching the mode off — turning it off only removes the click behaviour, so a picture left enlarged stays enlarged.
- Enlarging and restoring changes object size and position and cannot be undone with Ctrl+Z; saving while a picture is enlarged saves it that way.
Related
- Insert Pictures — bulk-insert site photos into a sheet.
- Resize Images — bring every picture to a common size.
- Move/Resize Picture — fit pictures neatly into table cells.
- Picture Comment — an alternative way to preview a large image on hover.