Datasheet

Part I ✦ Illustrator Basics

Figure 1-2: The document window contains the page, surrounded by the artboard.

Illustrator windows act like windows in most other programs. You use the title bar

at the top of the window to move the window around your screen. On the title bar

is the name of the document. If you have not yet saved your document, the name of

the document is Untitled-1, with the number changing for each new document you

create. (Hint: Save it as soon as you create it!) Next to the title of the document is

the current viewing percentage relative to actual size.

The scroll bars on the right side of the window let you see what is above and below

the current viewing area (see “Using the scroll bars to view your document,” later

in this chapter).

In Windows, the upper right corner of the document window includes three

buttons — Minimize, Maximize and Close. In OS X, the Close, Minimize and Zoom

buttons are on the left and in OS 9 or earlier, the Close button is on the left and the

Zoom and Windowshade buttons are on the right. These buttons work exactly the

same as the similar buttons on application window. In Windows, the Minimize

button will display the document window as an icon along the bottom edge of the

application window. Once minimized, a Restore button appears which will return

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