Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
ation. Illustrator doesn't give you Preferences to confuse you, but to give you choices, and
those choices give you control.
Setting General Preferences
Illustrator's General preferences help you configure some of the more common features
of the program. Some of the options include keyboard increment choices to move selected
objects with arrow keys, anti-aliased artwork to smooth out edges, showing tooltips to dis-
play onscreen help tags, and scaling stroke & effects to scale an object's stroke weight
and appearance. You can also click the Reset All Warning Dialogs to allow warnings for
which you previously selected the Don't Show Again check box.
Set General Preferences
Click the
Edit
(Win) or
Illustrator
(Mac) menu, and then point to
Preferences
.
Click
General
.
Select the various options you want to use:
•
Keyboard Increment.
Enter a distance value (0-1296 points) that a selected
object moves when an arrow key is pressed.
•
Constrain Angle.
Enter the angle (-360 to 360) for the x and y axes. Many
tool operations and other measurements are calculated relative to this angle.
•
Corner Radius.
Enter a value (0-1296 points) to specify the curvature in the
corners of objects drawn with the Rounded Rectangle tool.
•
Disable Auto Add/Delete.
Select to disable the behavior of the Pen tool to
change to the Add Anchor Point or Delete Anchor Point tool when you point
to an anchor.
•
Use Precise Cursors.
Select to use crosshairs instead of the tool icon for
drawing and editing tools.
•
Anti-aliased Artwork.
Select to display smoother edges of vector objects.
•
Show Tool Tips.
Select to display a popup tag with a name or short descrip-
tion when you point to a program item, such as a button or tool.
•
Select Same Tint %.
Select to select only objects with the same spot color
and tint percentage as the currently selected object when you use the Fill Col-
or and Stroke Color commands.
