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Chapter 1 ✦ Learning the Illustrator Interface
Even though Illustrator can zoom to any level, 17 default zoom levels are used when
the Zoom tool is clicked, or when the Zoom In and Zoom Out menu items (or their
respective keyboard commands) are accessed. Table 1-1 lists each of the default
Zoom In and Zoom Out default levels.
Table 1-1
Zoom In and Zoom Out Default Levels
Zoom Out Ratio Zoom In Ratio
100% 1:1 100% 1:1
66.67% 2:3 150% 3:2
50% 1:2 200% 2:1
33.33% 1:3 300% 3:1
25% 1:4 400% 4:1
16.67% 1:6 600% 6:1
12.5% 1:8 800% 8:1
8.33% 1:12 1,200% 12:1
6.25% 1:16 1,600% 16:1
4.17% 1:24 2,400% 24:1
3.13% 1:32 3,200% 32:1
4,800% 48:1
6,400% 64:1
Zooming to Actual Size
You can use several different methods to automatically zoom to 100-percent view.
The first method is to double-click the Zoom tool slot in the toolbox. This action
changes the view to 100 percent instantly. Selecting 100% from the Zoom drop-
down list in the lower left corner of the interface will also size the document to
100 percent. But perhaps the best way to zoom to 100-percent magnification is to
choose View ➪ Actual Size (Ô[Ctrl]+1), which not only changes the image size
to 100 percent but also centers the page in the document window.
Zooming to Fit in Window size
You can choose from two different methods to change the document view to the Fit
in Window size. Fit in Window instantly changes the magnification level of the docu-
ment so that the entire artboard (not necessarily the artwork, if it isn’t located on
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