2. Creating and Viewing a Document

What You’ll Do

Create a New Document

Create a New Document Using Document Presets

Create a New Document from a Template

Set Up a Document

Use and Work with Multiple Artboards

Change the Display View

Change the View with the Navigator Panel

Customize the Navigator Panel

Change the Screen Display Mode

Change the View with the Zoom Tool

View and Use Rulers

Use Guides and Smart Guides

Use the Grid

Move Around with the Hand Tool

Use Crop Marks

Work with the Info Panel

Use Undo and Redo

Create and Select Workspaces

Introduction

You can either open an existing document or create a new one to work on in Illustrator. When you create a new document, you can create one from scratch or use one of the built-in profiles, ...

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