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Contents
Inside Adobe Illustrator
  Vector graphics and Objects
  The Work Area
Working with Files
  Opening, Creating, Placing Files
  Viewing Artwork
The Selection Tools
Drawing With Illustrator
  Paths and Anchor Points
  Direction Lines
  Drawing Straight Lines
  Drawing Curves
  Drawing Basic Shapes
Manipulating Objects
Working with Type
  Setting Type Attributes
  Manipulating Type
  Typing Along A Path
  Using Type Containers
Working with Imported Artwork
  Rulers and Guides
  Layers
  Tracing an Image
Painting in Illustrator
Saving and Exporting Files
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Assignment
  Viewing artwork
Scrolling with the hand tool:

 

 

 

By selecting the hand tool you have the ability to drag an image anywhere on the artboard, or into the scatch area.
Note: To select the hand tool while allowing another tool to be active hold down the space bar.
 
Zooming:
  The Zoom in/Zoom out tool allows you to enlarge or decrease the view of your artwork. Once the tool is selected you can click on any area you wish to zoom in on. To zoom out position the pointer over the area you wish to zoom out from and click while holding down the option key on the keyboard. (The plus symbol inside the magnifying glass will change to a minus sign.)
Note: To select the zoom in tool while allowing another tool to be active hold the spacebar and the command key, (the "apple key"), and zoom. To select the zoom out tool use spacebar+command key+option key to zoom.
 
Choose View:
The Choose View Tool allows you to quickly display your artwork at different views.
To make your document fit inside the monitors window choose View>Fit In Window.
To display it at actual size choose View>Actual Size, keeping in mind that the amount of the image you will be able to see at actual size depends on your file dimensions
 

Create View:
The Create View Tool allows you to create and save custom views. This is handy if you find yourself continuallly zooming in to do detail work in your documents, for instance. To create a new view:
    Choose View>New View and enter a name for the view. To access the view go to the view menu. View names along with the keyboard shortcuts that open them appear at the bottom of the menu.