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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
See also
“About the toolbox” on page 29
To change the size and color of the artboard
1 Choose File > Document Setup.
2 From the menu at the top left of the Document Setup window, do either of the following:
• To change the size of the artboard, choose Artboard, and then set the size and orientation for the artboard.
• To change the color of the artboard, choose Transparency. Select Simulate Colored Paper, click the top color
swatch, and select a new color using the Color dialog box.
Changing the color of the artboard lets you view your document as it might appear when printed on colored paper.
For example, if you draw a blue object on a yellow background, the object appears green. The simulation is only
performed when the transparency grid is not shown.
See also
“About page size and orientation” on page 474
“To reposition artwork on the page” on page 472
“To print artwork on multiple pages” on page 473
To zoom in or out
There are several ways to zoom in or out of artwork.
• Select the Zoom tool . The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a plus sign in its center. Click in the center
of the area that you want to magnify, or hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click in the center of
the area that you want to reduce. Each click magnifies or reduces the view to the previous preset percentage.
• Select the Zoom tool and drag a dotted rectangle, called a marquee,aroundthe area youwanttomagnify.Tomove
the marquee around the artwork, hold down the spacebar, and continue dragging to move the marquee to a new
location.
• Choose View > Zoom In or View > Zoom Out. Each click magnifies or reduces the view to the next preset
percentage.
• Set the zoom level at the lower left corner of the main window or in the Navigator palette.
• To display a file at 100%, choose View > Actual Size.
• To change the view to fit the document window, choose View > Fit In Window.
See also
“Moving and zooming tool gallery” on page 37
“Keys for viewing artwork” on page 527
To move the view area
You can bring a different area of the artboard into view by doing either of the following:
• Select the Hand tool , and drag in the direction you want the artwork to move.
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