- [Instructor] In this movie, we're going to take a look at
a recent addition to Illustrator CC
and that's the start screen,
which provides you with access to recently opened files.
Now, I should mention that from this point on,
I'll be recording these movies on the PC.
However, as you Macintosh users saw on the previous movie,
the experience is the same on both platforms.
Alright, so notice that I have just one document opened,
as indicated by the this lone title tab up here
in the top left corner of the screen.
I'll go ahead and close it by clicking on this x
that appears on the right side
of the title tab here on the PC.
It appears on the left side on the Mac,
but it works just the same.
And notice, as soon as you have no files open,
you see the start screen or at least you should.
If for some reason, you don't see the start screen,
as in this case here, then click on this item,
which most likely will read Essentials
and choose Start from the popup menu.
Alright, now notice that by default,
we're seeing thumbnails with my most recently opened files,
starting with the most recent file in the top left corner.
You can also click on this little icon,
which reads list view,
in order to view your illustrations in list form, like so.
I'm a visual guy, so I'm going to go ahead
and switch back to the thumbnail view
and by the way, if for some reason one of your documents
doesn't show a thumbnail,
it's because the file format doesn't support it,
as in the case of svg,
or it may be because you haven't opened the document
in the most recent version of the software.
And now, notice that you can scroll up
and down the list just by using the
scroll wheel on your mouse
and then you can open any one of the documents
just by clicking on its icon, like so.
Alright, I'm going to go ahead and close this file
because I want to show you a few more things.
I'll go ahead and scroll back to the top of the list
and notice, you can change the sort order.
So for example, if I want to see the
first files I opened at the top of the list,
then I would click on this little arrow icon
and now the most recently file appears
way down here at the bottom.
You can also sort by other criteria,
such as file name, if you like,
and you can even filter the files you're seeing on screen.
So for example, if I click in this little filter item
and enter eps, then I'll see the one eps file
that I've opened recently
or I could go ahead and switch to a file name,
such as welcome, in which case I will see just my
three welcome files and nothing more.
If you want to see everything once again,
then just go ahead and clear that item.
Now notice these options over here
to the left of the thumbnails.
They're generally in a state of flux,
so it's possible they will change,
but currently, if I click on CC files,
I'll see a list of any files
that I've synced to the Creative Cloud
and if you want to learn more about that,
then just go ahead and click on the words "Learn more".
Notice that we also have "Create new" and "Open" buttons.
If you click on Open or press Ctrl+O
or Command+O on the Mac,
then Illustrator will bring up the
standard open dialogue box,
which allows you to open any compatible file,
whether you've recently opened it or not.
Alright, I'm just going to go ahead and cancel out.
You can also create a new document
by clicking on the "Create new" button
and that's going to bring up the revamped
New Document dialogue box,
about which we'll learn more in the very next movie,
but for now, I'll just go ahead and click on Print
up here at the top of the screen
and then select a letter sized document,
though A4 will do just as well,
and now to create that file,
go ahead and click on the "Create" button
in the bottom right corner of the dialogue box
or you can just press the enter key here on a PC
or the return key on a Mac
and that will display, in this case, a single page document
and once again, hide that start screen.
And by the way, if you want to center the page on screen,
just go up to the View menu
and choose this command right here,
Fit Artboard in Window.
Now, I imagine many of you will find the start screen
to be very helpful,
but if for whatever reason it's getting in your way,
then you can choose to hide it in one of two ways,
depending on your platform.
On a PC, go up to the Edit menu,
choose Preferences, and then choose General.
On the Mac, go to the Illustrator CC menu
up here in the top left corner on the screen,
drop down to the Preferences command,
which is not nearly so low on the menu,
and then choose General.
Either way, you have a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+K on a PC
or Cmd+K on a Mac,
which is short for this very first option
in the Preferences dialogue box, Keyboard Increment.
Now notice this check box right here,
which is easy to find because it has the longest language.
Show the start workspace when no documents are open.
Just go ahead and turn this checkbox off and then click OK.
And now notice, if I close this new document,
that I no longer see that start screen,
but you can still bring it back if you'd like,
by clicking on this workspace option, which again,
by default, is set to Essentials,
and then choosing Start from the menu
and if you want to see those thumbnails,
then just go ahead and click on the word recent
over here on the left hand side of the screen.
And that's how you take advantage of the start screen
or if you prefer, dismiss it
here inside the most recent version of Illustrator CC.