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- [Instructor] In this movie,
we're going to take a look at

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a recent addition to Illustrator CC

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and that's the start screen,

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which provides you with access
to recently opened files.

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Now, I should mention
that from this point on,

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I'll be recording these movies on the PC.

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However, as you Macintosh users
saw on the previous movie,

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the experience is the
same on both platforms.

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Alright, so notice that I
have just one document opened,

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as indicated by the this
lone title tab up here

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in the top left corner of the screen.

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I'll go ahead and close
it by clicking on this x

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that appears on the right side

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of the title tab here on the PC.

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It appears on the left side on the Mac,

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but it works just the same.

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And notice, as soon as
you have no files open,

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you see the start screen
or at least you should.

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If for some reason, you
don't see the start screen,

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as in this case here,
then click on this item,

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which most likely will read Essentials

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and choose Start from the popup menu.

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Alright, now notice that by default,

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we're seeing thumbnails with
my most recently opened files,

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starting with the most recent
file in the top left corner.

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You can also click on this little icon,

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which reads list view,

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in order to view your illustrations
in list form, like so.

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I'm a visual guy, so I'm going to go ahead

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and switch back to the thumbnail view

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and by the way, if for some
reason one of your documents

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doesn't show a thumbnail,

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it's because the file
format doesn't support it,

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as in the case of svg,

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or it may be because you
haven't opened the document

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in the most recent
version of the software.

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And now, notice that you can scroll up

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and down the list just by using the

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scroll wheel on your mouse

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and then you can open
any one of the documents

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just by clicking on its icon, like so.

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Alright, I'm going to go
ahead and close this file

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because I want to show
you a few more things.

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I'll go ahead and scroll
back to the top of the list

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and notice, you can change the sort order.

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So for example, if I want to see the

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first files I opened
at the top of the list,

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then I would click on
this little arrow icon

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and now the most recently file appears

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way down here at the bottom.

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You can also sort by other criteria,

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such as file name, if you like,

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and you can even filter the
files you're seeing on screen.

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So for example, if I click
in this little filter item

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and enter eps, then I'll
see the one eps file

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that I've opened recently

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or I could go ahead and
switch to a file name,

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such as welcome, in which
case I will see just my

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three welcome files and nothing more.

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If you want to see everything once again,

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then just go ahead and clear that item.

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Now notice these options over here

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to the left of the thumbnails.

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They're generally in a state of flux,

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so it's possible they will change,

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but currently, if I click on CC files,

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I'll see a list of any files

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that I've synced to the Creative Cloud

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and if you want to learn more about that,

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then just go ahead and click
on the words "Learn more".

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Notice that we also have
"Create new" and "Open" buttons.

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If you click on Open or press Ctrl+O

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or Command+O on the Mac,

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then Illustrator will bring up the

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standard open dialogue box,

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which allows you to open
any compatible file,

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whether you've recently opened it or not.

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Alright, I'm just going to
go ahead and cancel out.

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You can also create a new document

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by clicking on the "Create new" button

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and that's going to bring up the revamped

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New Document dialogue box,

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about which we'll learn
more in the very next movie,

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but for now, I'll just go
ahead and click on Print

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up here at the top of the screen

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and then select a letter sized document,

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though A4 will do just as well,

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and now to create that file,

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go ahead and click on the "Create" button

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in the bottom right
corner of the dialogue box

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or you can just press the
enter key here on a PC

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or the return key on a Mac

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and that will display, in this
case, a single page document

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and once again, hide that start screen.

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And by the way, if you want
to center the page on screen,

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just go up to the View menu

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and choose this command right here,

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Fit Artboard in Window.

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Now, I imagine many of you
will find the start screen

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to be very helpful,

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but if for whatever reason
it's getting in your way,

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then you can choose to
hide it in one of two ways,

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depending on your platform.

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On a PC, go up to the Edit menu,

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choose Preferences, and
then choose General.

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On the Mac, go to the Illustrator CC menu

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up here in the top left
corner on the screen,

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drop down to the Preferences command,

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which is not nearly so low on the menu,

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and then choose General.

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Either way, you have a keyboard
shortcut of Ctrl+K on a PC

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or Cmd+K on a Mac,

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which is short for this very first option

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in the Preferences dialogue
box, Keyboard Increment.

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Now notice this check box right here,

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which is easy to find because
it has the longest language.

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Show the start workspace
when no documents are open.

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Just go ahead and turn this
checkbox off and then click OK.

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And now notice, if I
close this new document,

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that I no longer see that start screen,

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but you can still bring
it back if you'd like,

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by clicking on this workspace
option, which again,

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by default, is set to Essentials,

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and then choosing Start from the menu

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and if you want to see those thumbnails,

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then just go ahead and
click on the word recent

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over here on the left
hand side of the screen.

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And that's how you take
advantage of the start screen

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or if you prefer, dismiss it

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here inside the most recent
version of Illustrator CC.