Getting to Know the Work Area - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 8

Note
For the Mac OS, the menu items appear above the Application bar (see
below).
B. The Control panel displays options for the currently selected object.
C. Panels help you monitor and modify your work. Certain panels are displayed by
default, and you can display any panel by choosing it from the Window menu.
Many panels have menus with panel-specific options. Panels can be grouped,
stacked, docked, or free-floating.
D. The Tools panel contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork, page ele-
ments, and more. Related tools are grouped together.
E. The Document window displays the file you're working on.
F. The Status bar appears at the lower-left edge of the Document window. It displays
information, zooming, and navigation controls.
Adjusting the user-interface brightness
Similar to Adobe InDesign or Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator supports a brightness adjust-
ment for the application user interface. This is a program preference setting that allows you
to choose a brightness setting from four preset levels or to specify a custom value.
In this section, you will change the setting to see its effect, and then you will change it back
to the program default.
1. Choose Illustrator > Preferences > User Interface (Mac OS) or Edit > Preferences
> User Interface (Windows).
2. Choose Light from the Brightness menu of the User Interface options.
Notice that the interface has become lighter overall. This can be useful if the de-
fault interface is too dark, for instance.