How to view the document in actual size (pixel perfect) in CC 10?

Question

Hi there,
currently I'm working on a Mac with InDesign CC (10.0.0.07) and I use it for ui, so I need to view my document in the actual size (pixel perfect). In CS 6 I was able to double click on the zoom tool and my document showed up in like 74% or so and it was pixel perfect. This is what is really important when you use InDesign for screen layouts. And now with the new CC update I'm not able to do this anymore.
Has anyone a suggestion how to fix this, or has had the same experience? This is really essential for designing websites.
thanks,
Stefan

Answer 1

@Stefan – this behavior has changed from CC v9.2 to v10.0.
To get what you want you need a ExtendScript (JavaScript) once written by John Hawkinson. That code snippet will change preference settings not exposed to the user, the Custom Monitor Ppi, to 72 ppi and enable their usage.
app.generalPreferences.customMonitorPpi = 72;
app.generalPreferences.useCustomMonitorResolution = true;
Before running the script, it would be best to check, how the actual values are with the following snippet:
alert(
    "Custom Monitor PPI currently is set to: "
    +app.generalPreferences.customMonitorPpi
    +"\t\t"
    +"Usage is set to: "
    +app.generalPreferences.useCustomMonitorResolution
To change this behavior back to default, use the following line of code:
app.generalPreferences.useCustomMonitorResolution = false;
Uwe