Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
To minimize a panel opened from a
column of panels that have been
reduced to icons, click the
double ar-row in the upper right
(you can't minimize it by double-
clicking the dark gray bar)
Magically appearing panels
If you have used Tab or Shift-Tab to hide your panels, mouse carefully over the narrow strip just before
the very edge of the monitor where the panels were and they'll reappear, then hide themselves again
when you move away.
Using New Document Profiles
When you create a New Document Profile, you can establish not only the size, color mode,
and resolution of your document, but also whether or not that document includes specific
swatches, symbols, graphic styles, brushes, and even what font is chosen as the default. By
saving this to the New Document Profiles preset folder along with your other user Library
presets, the document appears in the New Document dialog.
Rulers, guides, Smart Guides, and grids
Now that Illustrator offers multiple artboards, you can choose to display the ruler ( -R/
Ctrl-R) as a Global ruler that extends across all your artboards, or as an Artboard ruler, one
for each artboard with its own
x,y
coordinate system. The rulers look the same, but if you
Control-click/right-click on a ruler, or press -Option-R/Ctrl-Alt-R, the Change to (Global/
Artboard ruler) command reveals which ruler is active, and you can switch rulers here. In
order to be consistent with other Adobe programs, new documents by default use Artboard
rulers and set the origin point at the upper left corner, instead of the lower left. Documents
created in older versions will still open with Artboard rulers active and the origin point in
the upper left, but if you switch to the Global Ruler, the origin point will be at the legacy
lower left corner, as it was when the document was originally created. If you need to work
with legacy positioning, switch to Global Rulers with your legacy documents to see the old
