See the Hand Tool in action in this About.com video: Quick Tip: How to Use the Hand Tool in InDesign
Use the Hand Tool to navigate your InDesign page
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The Hand Tool is very simple to use. It allows you to navigate through your document. Select the Hand Tool and click somewhere on your document. Hold down your mouse button while you drag upwards or downwards or in any direction you want and you will be able to see other parts of the document which were out of your view before.
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