Setting up windows and views


    You can open additional windows to display several views of a document at once, so that you can quickly switch between view modes or magnifications. For example, you can set one view highly magnified for doing close-up work on some objects and create another view less magnified for laying out those objects on the page.

To change the screen mode for illustration windows:

    Click a screen mode button in the toolbox:

    • The left (Standard Screen mode) button Standard Screen mode button displays artwork in a standard window, with a menu bar at the top and scroll bars on the sides.
    • The center (Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar) button Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar button displays artwork in a full-screen window with a menu bar but with no title bar or scroll bars.
    • The right (Full Screen Mode) button Full Screen Mode button displays artwork in a full-screen window, with no title bar, menu bar, or scroll bars.

To open a new window:

    Choose Window > New Window.

    A new window of the same size appears on top of the previously active window. The two windows are identical except for their window numbers. The new window is now the active window.

To close a window:

    Do one of the following:

    • Click the close button on the window.
    • Choose File > Close to close the active window.
    • Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and choose File > Close to close all document windows.

To arrange multiple windows (Windows only):

    Do one of the following:

    • Choose Window > Cascade to display windows stacked and cascading from the top left to the bottom right of the screen.
    • Choose Window > Tile to display windows edge to edge.
    • Choose Window > Arrange Icons to arrange minimized windows within the program window.

To create a view:

  1. Set up the view that you want.
  2. Choose View > New View.
  3. Enter a name for the new view, and click OK.
  4. The view names, along with keyboard shortcuts for choosing them, appear at the bottom of the View menu. You can create and store up to 25 views for each document.

To retrieve a view:

    Choose View, followed by the name of the view you want to use.

To rename or delete a view:

  1. Choose View > Edit Views.
  2. Select the view you want to edit, and rename it or click Delete.