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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:22:59 -0400
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> Newbie here, but is there not a zoom fit or zoom extents button somewhere
> so you coud verify if the line is infinite or if there is a malformed
> footprint putting somethin into orbit?

The 'V' key zooms out to the full extents of the board, and the mouse
scroll wheel should let you zoom out further.  But these are based on
the board's working area, not the extents of the components
themselves.

You can also look for "Element" in your *.pcb file using a text
editor, to see if any have odd X,Y coordinates:

  Element [SFlags "Desc" "Name" "Value" MX MY TX TY TDir TScale TSFlags]

Check the MX,MY values.  If there are no units, they're in centimils
(10,000 = 1 inch)