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Adobe Illustrator

by Jason Hoppe
February 2020
Beginner
388 pages
9h 52m
English
Rocky Nook
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Lesson B: Hand Tool and Zoom Tool

Quick navigation is essential to getting proficient in Illustrator. The Hand tool and Zoom tool are keys to that navigation, and there are a few trick to use them efficiently. Scroll bars take too long to navigate and I never use them. I like these shortcuts instead.

Hand Tool

  • Find the Hand tool in the toolbar or use H as a shortcut.
  • Click anywhere on the document to grab and move the window around.
  • Hold the Space Bar. This will activate the Hand tool. Let go and you are back to the last tool you were using. Note: If you try that when you are typing, you’ll get spaces! In this case there is a shortcut to the shortcut: /Alt will show the Hand tool when you are in type editing.

Zoom Tool

  • Find the Zoom tool ...
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