In a method and magnetic apparatus for setting a patient position and/or at least one slice position of a target slice to be acquired in a scanner of the apparatus, at least two slices images showing localization slices of the patient, perpendicular to one another and with a defined position with respect to the homogeneity volume of the scanner, are acquired. At least one of the slice images is displayed on a touchscreen with at least one marker line showing the position of at least one other localization slice in the slice image. Following a relative displacement, described by displacement data, of at least one of the lines and the displayed slice image, by user interaction with the touchscreen, the patient position and/or the slice position of the target slice to be acquired are adapted in accordance with the displacement data.
