User Guide

11
Setting preferences
After you have used Illustrator for a
while, you may develop preferences for
the way in which various commands
and tools work in the program. To
accommodate different styles of work-
ing, Illustrator lets you set and save a
wide variety of preferences. Any time
you work in Illustrator, your saved pref-
erences take effect, and tools and com-
mands work the way you have specified.
To set preferences:
1
Choose File > Preferences and then
choose the type of preference you want
to change:
• The General Preferences dialog box
contains preferences for how various
commands and tools work.
• The Color Matching dialog box lets
you coordinate the colors displayed
by your monitor with the color system
you choose.