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ADDING DOCUMENT INFO TO PROPERTIES TAB ON ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR INSTALL
ADDING DOCUMENT INFO TO PROPERTIES TAB ON ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR WINDOWS

Create any brushes you want and save them to the Brushes panel.

Create any graphic styles you want and save them to the Graphic Styles panel.

Save any graph designs that you want available in your files using the Graph Design dialog box.

You can also import swatches using the Swatch Libraries command and then move the swatches you want in the Document Profile file into the default Swatches panel.

Create any colors, patterns, and gradients you want, and save them as swatches.

The options described in Step 3 from the online help follows: You can follow the directions found for Create a Custom New Document Profile (Illustrator CS3) at Adobe's online help. And I like my brush sets and color palettes just so.įortunately, Illustrator has a way that you can create your own default new document that will always open the way you want. The window is full-screen and the palettes obscure the doc's scrollbars. I dislike the way Illustrator documents are by default positioned on my screen when I first create a new one. That happened to me just today, when my black Selection Arrow tool lost its transform handles - again! Don't know if it's ever happened to you, but it's happened to me many times in all versions of CS. The program will revert to its factory defaults, but the weirdness should disappear. One more tip while we're here - if Illustrator ever starts acting weird, trash that "Adobe Illustrator Prefs" file in the same Settings folder. That way I feel at home wherever I am, and can hit the ground running when freelancing in outside studios.

ADDING DOCUMENT INFO TO PROPERTIES TAB ON ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR INSTALL

I keep my customized Keyset and Workspace files on a thumb drive or iPod so I can install them on any Mac I happen to be working on. As a freelancer, I often have to work on other peoples' Macs. The screenshot above shows where that file gets stored. When you've got all your palettes just where you like them, go to Window > Workspace > Save Workspace. Just a few but I find them essential.Ĭustom Workspaces are cool too. It's got a few more shortcuts for things like changing case, selecting by fill color, and exporting.

ADDING DOCUMENT INFO TO PROPERTIES TAB ON ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR WINDOWS

Windows users can try Documents and Settings > User > Application Data > Adobe > Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings. Mac users put it in your User Library > Preferences > Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings, as shown below (This is also where you place Workspaces as well). Give it a name like "Tom's Illus Keyset." Then it will be available in the Sets dropdown at the top of the dialog.Īlternatively, I've posted my very own Keyset here. When you've got a collection of shortcuts you like, save that set by hitting the Save button. You've just saved yourself all kinds of grief by invoking two or three simple shortcuts. Edit away, and when you're done, hit Command + Alt + 3 (or Command + Alt + 2) to show (or unlock) everything. Select that one, invoke your new Select Inverse command, and hide all that extraneous goo temporarily by hitting Command + 3, or lock it all with Command + 2. Great, but what good is it? OK, let's say you're working on a complicated file with zillions of items, but you're trying to edit just one of them. Type Command + Shift + I (for Inverse), which is the same as the Select Inverse shortcut in Photoshop. Click in the Inverse row in the blank space of the Shortcut column, which my cursor is pointing to in the image below. Open the triangle drop-down for the Select menu. Select Menu Commands in the drop-down menu. Most tools already have good shortcuts, but many menu commands could use some. Just go to Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Command + Alt + Shift + K), which will open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog. Adobe has even included a way to write your own. The more you use them, the more time you'll spend creating, rather than mousing to menus and toolbars all day. Learn them by observing the key combos in the menus and tool tips.

Keyboard shortcuts are absolutely the way to work in Illustrator, as in all computer work. In this article, I'll share some Illustrator tweaks and customizations that you may find useful. Adobe did such a great job of thinking of everything in the entire Creative Suite, they even thought of ways to let us think of our own ways to improve upon it, if you can follow this twisted logic.