Getting to Know the Work Area - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 53

5 . Describe how arranging Document windows can be helpful.

Review answers
1 . 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 also use the Zoom tool ( ) in the Tools panel
and click or drag over a document to enlarge or reduce the view. In addition, you
can use keyboard shortcuts to magnify or reduce the display of artwork. You can
also use the Navigator panel to scroll artwork or to change its magnification
without using the Document window.
2 . To select a tool, you can either click the tool in the Tools panel or press the key-
board shortcut for that tool. For example, you can press V to select the Selection
tool (

) from the keyboard. Selected tools remain active until you click a different

tool.
3 . To navigate among artboards in Illustrator, you can choose the artboard number
from the Artboard Navigation menu at the lower-left of the Document window;
you can use the Artboard Navigation arrows in the lower-left of the Document
window to go to the first, previous, next, and last artboards; you can use the Art-
boards panel to navigate to an artboard; or you can use the Navigator panel to drag
the proxy view area to navigate between artboards.
4 . You can save panel locations and visibility preferences by choosing Window >
Workspace > New Workspace to create custom work areas and to make it easier to
find the controls that you need.
5 . Arranging Document windows allows you to tile windows or to cascade document
groups. This can be useful if you are working on multiple Illustrator files and you
need to compare or share content among them.