Illustrator CC 2017 slides interface

2017 Release

Adobe Illustrator CC:The Professional Portfolio

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

The User Interface

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

PanelsAlways accessed in the Window menuDock stores open panels at edges of the interfaceFloat panels by dragging away from the dock

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Tools panelDouble-click title bar to toggle between 1- and 2-column formatsAccess nested tools by clicking and holding down the mouse buttonTear off nested tool sets

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Control panel

Context sensitiveHot-text links to other panelsMore options when screen is wider

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Custom WorkspacesAutomatically store panel locationsRecall specific sets of tools

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Document ViewsView menuView Percentage fieldZoom tool – Press Option/Alt to zoom out

Hand tool – Click to drag document within the

window

Navigator panel

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Opening FilesShift to open multiple contiguous filesCommand/Control to open multiple non-contiguous files

Document tab:– File name– View percentage– Color model– Unsaved changes

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Previews & Screen ModesOutline Preview

Full Screen Mode w/ Menu

Standard Screen Mode

Full Screen Mode

Adobe Illustrator CC: The Professional Portfolio

Closing FilesClick the Close button on a document tab to close that fileClose the application frame:– Mac: closes all open files, doesn’t quit

the application– Windows: closes all open files, quits the

application