You can also zoom in and out using the bracket keys ([ and ])

ADVANCED

Setting a Path
You can also order your forces to follow a set path to their destination by giving them waypoints. To set waypoints for selected units, hold down the Shift key while right-clicking on the map. A marker will appear to represent each waypoint you set and the unit will start moving towards the first waypoint immediately. You can set as many waypoints as you wish. Your units will diligently move from waypoint to waypoint, in the order you set them, until they reach the last waypoint you set. If you want to interrupt the unit and send it somewhere else immediately, just select the unit and right-click on the map (without pressing shift). This cancels the waypoints. Note that if the unit is already performing a task, you should tell it to stop by clicking the Stop button before setting the waypoints.

Constructing Multiple Buildings

To construct several buildings of the same type in succession, hold down the Shift key while placing the buildings. Your selected Citizens will construct the buildings in the order you placed them. If a Citizen is already constructing something, you can assign additional construction orders. First, select the Citizen and click the appropriate Build button. Then, hold down the Shift key and left-click on the map to place the new buildings foundation. When the Citizen completes the first building (and any others in the build queue), he or she will start on the new building. If you want to construct the new building immediately, do not hold down the Shift key and simply left-click to place the building. The Citizen will stop work on the current building, construct the new building, and then return to finish the first building.

Control Groups
Control Groups are ideal for organizing your forces into more-permanent squads or divisions. You can have up to 10 Control Groups set at any one time. There are two interchangeable ways to create and use a Control Group: with the Control Group buttons or with the keyboard. At the bottom-right of the game screen are ten Control Groups buttons. To create a Control Group using these buttons, select a group of units on the Main Map and then click on an empty Control Group button. The unit most represented in the group becomes the Control Group buttons portrait. You can then select the Control Group by clicking on its button, or double-click to select and centre the view on the group. To add more units to an existing Control Group, select the units on the Main Map and then hold down the Shift key while clicking on the appropriate Control Group button. To disband a Control Group, right-click on its button. To turn a selected group of units into a Control Group via the keyboard, hold down the Ctrl key and press a number key. This assigns the group to one of the ten Control Group slots. For example, to assign a group to Control Group 3, select the group and then press the Ctrl and 3 keys (for group ten, use 0). From then on, just press the 3 key to select that group or quickly press 3 twice to select and center the Main Map on them. To add units to the Control Group, press 3 on the keyboard and then, while holding in the Shift key, select additional units. Now press the Ctrl and 3 keys again.