Quickly zoom photos in Aperture import or browse modes

When viewing photos in the Browser/grid layout of Aperture, or during import from a camera, is there a way to quickly zoom the photo similar to "quick look" in Finder?
I'm not looking to increase the size of ALL thumbnails, nor do I want to spent time loading the image into the editor - just trying to see if I can do a quick zoom on a single photo as I browse through a bunch of thumbnails to see its details in a larger size to see whether it's the photo I'm looking for.
thanks!!
Mark

And, fwiw, note that there is no "editor (mode)" in Aperture. There are several tools to control how your images are presented to you (size, layout, number, distribution across two screens, etc.) -- all of them feature live editing. This is the default.
The "non-edit" mode in Aperture is called Quick Preview. Use the "p" key to toggle this on and off. When on (in Quick Preview mode), Aperture will load only your previews (and all adjustments are disabled). If you are being held back from doing non-editing administrative tasks while waiting for images to load ("Loading" pops up on screen), Quick Preview will do as much to eliminate the delay as anything.
You control the size of your Previews via Aperture Preferences. There are many things which go into making a good choice here, but either "half size" or "fit within {the longest dimension of any of your monitors}", with compression set to 8 or 9, is a good place to start.
Zooming of images while setting up an import seemed to be disabled when the card is in the camera. If you have a card reader, or transfer the images to disk and then import, you should be able to zoom from the import dialog.

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