Operation Manual

USING ILLUSTRATOR

Workspace

Last updated 11/8/2011

Create a new view

❖ Set up the view as you want, and then choose View > New View, enter a name for the new view, and click OK.

Rename or delete a view

❖ Choose View > Edit Views.

Switch between views

❖ Select a view name from the bottom of the View menu.

Previewing artwork in its final output medium

Illustrator provides the following ways to preview how aspects of artwork will look when printed or viewed on the web

or a mobile device:

Overprint Preview mode (View > Overprint Preview) Provides an “ink preview” that approximates how blending,

transparency, and overprinting will appear in color-separated output.

Separations Preview mode (Window > Separations Preview) Provides a preview of how the separations will look when

printed.

Pixel Preview mode (View > Pixel Preview) Approximates how your artwork will appear when it is rasterized and

viewed in a web browser.

Flattener Preview panel (Window > Flattener Preview) Highlights areas of the artwork that meet certain criteria for

flattening when saved or printed.

Soft-proofs Approximate how your document’s colors will appear on a particular type of monitor or output device.

Anti-aliasing Gives vector objects a smoother on-screen appearance and provides a better idea of how vector artwork

will look when printed on a PostScript® printer. Anti-aliasing is helpful because screen resolution is relatively limited,

but vector artwork is often printed at a high resolution. To

turn on anti-aliasing, choose Edit > Preferences > General

(Windows) or Illustrator

> Preferences > General (Mac OS), select Anti-aliased Artwork, and click OK.

Device Central (File > Device Central) Lets you preview how your document will appear on a particular mobile phone

or device.