Getting to Know the Work Area - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 2

To make the best use of the extensive drawing, painting, and editing capabilities of Adobe
Illustrator CC, it's important to learn how to navigate the workspace. The workspace
consists of the Application bar, menus, Tools panel, Control panel, Document window, and
the default set of panels.
Getting started
You'll be working in multiple art files during this lesson, but before you begin, restore the
default preferences for Adobe Illustrator CC.
1. To ensure that the tools and panels function exactly as described in this lesson, delete
or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator CC preferences file. See “ Restoring
default preferences ,” on page 3 .
2. Double-click the Adobe Illustrator CC icon to start Adobe Illustrator.