Settings in Safari's PDF viewer?

I love Safari's PDF viewer because it's so fast and easy. BUT is there any way to magnify (zoom in) once the file is displayed?
Note: Safari's "increase/decrease font size" buttons are understandably disabled when a PDF file is displayed.
iMac (2.0 GHz G5) & PowerBook (1.5 GHz G4) Mac OS X (10.4.2)

I use the PDF Browser Plugin which has its own toolbar which includes the ability to zoom in or out of a pdf document. Although there is a price listed for the plugin, it is free for personal and educational use.

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