Adobe Illustrator CS5 One-on-One

3.

Switch to the next group of shortcuts. Click Expose & Spaces,

replace F9 with Control-F9, F10 with Control-F10, and F11

with Control-F11.

4.

Reset the -spacebar functionality. Spotlight, Mac’s ques-

tionably useful search feature, has taken over the -spacebar

and -Option-spacebar shortcuts. In Illustrator, these short-

cuts let you zoom in and out of your images with immensely

convenient efficiency. Reclaim this handy feature by choosing

Spotlight in the left panel. Next, click Space and replace it

with -Control-F1, and click --Space and replace it with

the shortcut -Control-Option-F1 (which shows up in reverse

order as ^

F1).

5. Close System Preferences. Finally, click the in the top-left

corner of the window to close the system preferences.

From now on, the panel and zoom tool shortcuts will work according

to Adobe’s intentions, as well as the directions provided in this book.

Structure and Organization

Each of the lessons in the book conforms to a consistent structure,

designed to impart skills and understanding through a regimen of

practice and dialog. As you build your projects, I explain why you’re

performing the steps and why Illustrator works the way it does.

Each lesson begins with a broad topic overview. Turn to the first

page of each lesson, and you’ll find a section called “About This

Lesson,” which lists the skills you’ll learn and provides you with

a short ...