Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

The artwork is displayed at a higher magnification. Notice that where you clicked is now in the center of the Document window. ...

Tip With the Zoom tool selected, if you move the pointer into the Document window and press the mouse button for a few seconds, ...

Scrolling through a document In Illustrator, you can use the Hand tool ( ) to pan to different areas of a document. Using the Ha ...

Viewing artwork When you open a file, it is automatically displayed in Preview mode, which shows how the artwork will print. Ill ...

Note When switching between viewing modes, visual changes may not be readily apparent. Zooming in and out (View > Zoom In and ...

multiple artboards. This is useful when you need to see all artboards in the document in one window and to edit content in any o ...

Choose File > Open. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the Lessons > Lesson01 folder, and select the L1_start2.ai file ...

Choose Select > Deselect to deselect the text. Choose 1 from the Active Artboard menu in the Properties panel. Notice t ...

Note Double-clicking the artboard name in the Artboards panel allows you to change the name of the artboard. Clicking the artboa ...

can arrange the open documents in other ways, such as side by side, so that you can easily compare or drag items from one docume ...

Note On macOS, the Application frame needs to be turned on (Window > Application Frame) for tiling to work in this step. Cho ...

In Illustrator, all the workspace elements are grouped in a single, integrated window that lets you treat the application as a s ...

For complete and up-to-date information about using Illustrator panels, tools, and other application features, visit the Adobe w ...

Review answers You can choose commands from the View menu to zoom in or out of a document or to fit it to your screen; you can ...

2 Techniques for Selecting Artwork Selecting content in Adobe Illustrator is one of the more essential things you’ll do. In this ...

Recognize Smart Guides. Save selections for future use. Hide and lock items. Use tools and commands to align shapes and points t ...

This file contains the finished illustration that you’ll create in this lesson. Choose File > Open, and open the L2_start.a ...

(macOS) or Adobe Illustrator (*.AI) chosen from the Save As Type menu (Windows), and click Save. In the Illustrator Options di ...

The icon that appears next to the pointer as it passes over objects ( ) indicates that there is artwork under the pointer that c ...

The bounding box can be used to make changes to artwork (vector or raster), such as resizing or rotating. The bounding box also ...