Using the Navigator palette


    You use the Navigator palette to quickly change the view of your artwork using a thumbnail display. The colored box in the Navigator (called the proxy view area) corresponds to the currently viewable area in the document window.

    For more information, see Using palettes.

    Illustration of Navigator palette with these callouts: A. Thumbnail display of artwork B. Palette menu button C. Zoom text box D. Zoom out button E. Proxy preview area F. Zoom slider G. Zoom in button
    Navigator palette A. Thumbnail display of artwork B. Palette menu button C. Zoom text box D. Zoom out button E. Proxy preview area F. Zoom slider G. Zoom in button

    Displaying the Navigator palette

    Choose Window > Navigator.

    Note: The Navigator palette may take a long time to display when the document contains a large number of objects.

    Using the Navigator palette menu

    Click the triangle triangle icon in the upper right corner of the palette.

    Changing the palette display

    To display only artwork inside the boundaries of the artboard, choose View Artboard Only from the Navigator palette menu. Any objects outside the border of the artboard are removed from the thumbnail display.

    To change the color of the proxy view area, choose Palette Options from the Navigator palette menu. Choose a preset color from the Color pop-up menu, or double-click the color box to choose a custom color. Then click OK.

    To display dashed lines in the document as solid lines in the Navigator palette, select Draw Dashed Lines As Solid Lines.

    To specify the size at which text is replaced by a gray bar in the Navigator palette, enter a font size in the Greeking text box.

    Magnifying or reducing the view

    Click the zoom in button or zoom out button; drag the zoom slider; or enter a percentage in the zoom text box and press Enter or Return. Alternately, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS), and drag over the area of the thumbnail display that you want to magnify.

    Moving the view

    Click the area of the thumbnail display that you want to view in the document window. Alternately, drag the proxy view area (the colored box) to a different area of the thumbnail display.