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Chapter 30. Preferences

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The preferences are settings for various Illustrator features that apply to the current and future documents. Use this chapter as a reference guide to options in the 12 panels of the Preferences dialog. To open ...

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General Preferences	359
Selection & Anchor Display Preferences	362
Type Preferences	363
Units & Display Performance Preferences	364
Guides & Grid Preferences	365
Smart Guides Preferences	366
Slices Preferences	367
Hyphenation Preferences	368
Plug-ins & Scratch Disks Preferences	369
User Interface Preferences	370
File Handling & Clipboard Preferences	371
Appearance of Black Preferences	372