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Part I ✦ Illustrator Basics

If you need to zoom in to see a specific area in the document window, use the Zoom

tool to draw a marquee (by clicking and dragging diagonally) around the objects

that you want to magnify. The area thus will magnify as much as possible so that

everything inside the box just fits in the window that you have open, as shown in

Figure 1-13. Dragging a box while holding down the Option [Alt] key to zoom out

does nothing special; it works the same as if you had just clicked to zoom out.

Figure 1-13: Zooming in to a certain area in the original image (left) results in the

magnification and placement of the image as shown on the right.

To move a zoom marquee around while you’re drawing it, press and hold the space-

bar after you’ve begun drawing the marquee but before you release the mouse

button. When you release the spacebar, you can continue to change the size of the

marquee by dragging.

Other zooming techniques

You also can zoom in and out by using commands in the View menu. Choose View ➪

Zoom In ( ➪ cmd[Ctrl]++) to zoom in one level at a time until the magnification level

is 6,400 percent. The Zoom In menu item zooms from the center out. Choose View ➪

Zoom Out ( ➪ cmd[Ctrl]+-) to zoom out one level at a time until the magnification

level is 3.13 percent.

Tip

21'6" x 17'9"

9'7" x 14'9"

9'7" x 6'1`0"

10' x 10'6"

8'4 x 5'8"

10'4 x 16'8"

17'6" x 23'6"

9'4" x 5'6"

18'6" x 14'6"

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Master Closet

Bedroom #2

Bedroom #3

Utility Room

Den

Living/Dining Area

Bathroom

Family Room

Covered Patio

Patio

9'2" x 20'

18'10" x 20'

Office

Garage

Covered Porch

Switch

TV Cable line

Phone

Outlet

Double outlet (4)

Ceiling fan

Outside security light