Your interface will look something like this (click on the image to see a bigger version): Let’s have a look around the Adobe Illustrator workspace now, start by either opening an existing file, or create a new document for print. The keyboard shortcut for quickly creating a new document is Ctrl/Cmd + N.

Deselect the checkbox Show “Start” Workspace When No Documents Are Open. To open Preferences, choose Edit > Preferences (windows) or Illustrator/Preferences (mac) and click on the General tab.Ģ. If you find it annoying, or just don’t want to see it anymore, you can disable it in the Illustrator Preferences.ġ. This Start workspace is enabled, and is opened by default. To open an existing file, simply click on its thumbnail or filename and it will open. As we saw in the last lesson, it also offers a quick way to create a new document by clicking on the New button on the left side of the screen. It provides quick access to documents you’ve already been working on, displaying either thumbnails or a list of your recently opened files. The Start workspace is displayed when Illustrator is launched or when you have no documents open. When you know where everything is and how to use the interface you workflow will become more efficient and you can focus on creating your lovely illustrations and designs. In this lesson we’ll take a look at the Illustrator interface and workspace. In the previous Adobe Illustrator lesson you learned about the difference between vector and pixel based artwork and saw how to create a new document destined for printing.

Illustrator tool icons