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Chapter 1 ✦ Learning the Illustrator Interface
Zooming with the Navigator palette
Of course, being able to zoom in very closely to your artwork does have a pitfall:
The more you zoom in on an illustration, the less of that illustration you see at one
time. The Navigator palette (shown in Figure 1-15) helps you out by letting you see
the entire illustration as well as the portion you’re zoomed into (indicated by a red
viewing rectangle). You can stay zoomed in and move easily to another section by
dragging the red rectangle within the Navigator palette to another area. Access the
Navigator palette by choosing Window ➪ Show Navigator.
Figure 1-15: The
Navigator palette
You can zoom in and out a preset amount (using the same amounts used by the
Zoom In and Zoom Out tools and menu items) by pressing the Zoom In or Zoom
Out button. Another way to zoom in and out is to drag the slider to the left or right.
You can also type in an exact magnification level in the box in the lower-left corner
of the Navigator palette.
The Navigator palette’s fly-away menu includes a View Artboard Only option. This
option sets the thumbnail in the Navigator palette to show only the extent of the
artboard. If this option isn’t set, then the thumbnail shows all objects included in
the document.
The Navigator palette can slow down Illustrator if your artwork contains many pat-
terns, gradients, and gradient mesh objects. To avoid this slowdown, you can close
the Navigator palette using the Window ➪ Hide Navigator option.
Using the scroll bars to view your document
Sometimes, after you zoom in to a high magnification, part of the drawing that you
want to see is outside the window area. Instead of zooming in and out repeatedly,
Caution
Enter zoom amount
Zoom in Zoom out
Zoom slider
Rectangle
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