1 00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:01.03 - [Instructor] In this movie, 2 00:00:01.03 --> 00:00:03.04 we're going to take that eight page document 3 00:00:03.04 --> 00:00:05.05 that we created in the previous movie, 4 00:00:05.05 --> 00:00:07.04 and we're going to turn it into the document 5 00:00:07.04 --> 00:00:09.00 you see before you now. 6 00:00:09.00 --> 00:00:11.04 And the reason is I think it's really important 7 00:00:11.04 --> 00:00:13.07 to have an early sense of accomplishment, 8 00:00:13.07 --> 00:00:15.06 even if it's fairly rudimentary. 9 00:00:15.06 --> 00:00:16.07 And it'll give you a sense 10 00:00:16.07 --> 00:00:19.07 for just how amazing Illustrator can be. 11 00:00:19.07 --> 00:00:21.03 So if you're working along with me, 12 00:00:21.03 --> 00:00:23.09 and you have open this particular document, 13 00:00:23.09 --> 00:00:25.08 then let's just go ahead and start things off 14 00:00:25.08 --> 00:00:27.09 by getting rid of the existing numbers, 15 00:00:27.09 --> 00:00:29.07 so we can recreate them. 16 00:00:29.07 --> 00:00:32.00 And you do that by going up to the Select menu 17 00:00:32.00 --> 00:00:33.07 and choosing the All command, 18 00:00:33.07 --> 00:00:35.09 which has a fairly obvious keyboard shortcut 19 00:00:35.09 --> 00:00:39.08 of Control + A here on the PC, or Command + A on the Mac. 20 00:00:39.08 --> 00:00:42.02 And that's going to select all of the numbers 21 00:00:42.02 --> 00:00:44.05 across all eight art boards. 22 00:00:44.05 --> 00:00:47.01 After which point, you can just press the Backspace key 23 00:00:47.01 --> 00:00:49.09 here on the PC, or the Delete key on the Mac, 24 00:00:49.09 --> 00:00:52.09 in order to get rid of all of those numbers. 25 00:00:52.09 --> 00:00:55.01 Now obviously, if you were already looking 26 00:00:55.01 --> 00:00:58.03 at a blank document, those previous steps weren't necessary, 27 00:00:58.03 --> 00:01:00.03 but these next steps are. 28 00:01:00.03 --> 00:01:02.05 First, make sure that the very first tool 29 00:01:02.05 --> 00:01:05.06 in the top-left corner of the Toolbox is selected. 30 00:01:05.06 --> 00:01:07.08 Illustrator calls it the Selection Tool, 31 00:01:07.08 --> 00:01:09.06 but it looks like a black arrow, 32 00:01:09.06 --> 00:01:13.08 which is why most folks call it just that, the black arrow. 33 00:01:13.08 --> 00:01:17.00 Now just go ahead and click in this first art board, 34 00:01:17.00 --> 00:01:18.06 to make sure that it's active. 35 00:01:18.06 --> 00:01:21.01 And notice once again that Illustrator shows you 36 00:01:21.01 --> 00:01:22.06 which art board is active, 37 00:01:22.06 --> 00:01:25.02 by drawing a black outline around it. 38 00:01:25.02 --> 00:01:28.05 And then I'll go ahead and select my Type Tool. 39 00:01:28.05 --> 00:01:30.08 Now depending on how big your screen is, 40 00:01:30.08 --> 00:01:34.04 you may see a single column version of this toolbox. 41 00:01:34.04 --> 00:01:36.04 And you can switch between the single, 42 00:01:36.04 --> 00:01:38.00 and double column display 43 00:01:38.00 --> 00:01:42.03 by clicking this tiny little double arrow icon right there. 44 00:01:42.03 --> 00:01:44.05 And so if your screen is sufficiently tall, 45 00:01:44.05 --> 00:01:47.08 this is the version of the toolbox that you'll see. 46 00:01:47.08 --> 00:01:49.06 I'm working on a short screen however, 47 00:01:49.06 --> 00:01:53.07 which is why, by default, I'm seeing a two column toolbox. 48 00:01:53.07 --> 00:01:56.09 In any event, the Type Tool looks like a capital T, 49 00:01:56.09 --> 00:01:59.07 so just go ahead and click on it to select it. 50 00:01:59.07 --> 00:02:03.02 And then click anywhere inside the first art board 51 00:02:03.02 --> 00:02:06.01 to create this tiny text object, 52 00:02:06.01 --> 00:02:09.00 complete with some itsy bitsy placeholder text. 53 00:02:09.00 --> 00:02:12.00 And then, just type in the number one, 54 00:02:12.00 --> 00:02:14.04 which is going to start off so small 55 00:02:14.04 --> 00:02:15.08 that you can barely see it. 56 00:02:15.08 --> 00:02:18.06 But of course, we're going to be making it bigger. 57 00:02:18.06 --> 00:02:19.09 So the first thing you want to do 58 00:02:19.09 --> 00:02:23.04 is accept your new text object, by pressing the Escape key. 59 00:02:23.04 --> 00:02:26.07 The idea being that you're escaping the text entry mode. 60 00:02:26.07 --> 00:02:29.04 And notice that that creates this object right here 61 00:02:29.04 --> 00:02:32.04 inside of this little bounding box. 62 00:02:32.04 --> 00:02:34.07 And it automatically switches you back 63 00:02:34.07 --> 00:02:36.08 to the black arrow selection tool 64 00:02:36.08 --> 00:02:39.02 up here, at the top of the toolbox. 65 00:02:39.02 --> 00:02:41.09 Now notice this group of panels way over here 66 00:02:41.09 --> 00:02:43.07 on the right side of the screen. 67 00:02:43.07 --> 00:02:46.00 By default, you'll see three tabs. 68 00:02:46.00 --> 00:02:48.05 Properties, Layers, and Libraries. 69 00:02:48.05 --> 00:02:50.07 We want the Properties tab. 70 00:02:50.07 --> 00:02:53.04 Now this panel is context sensitive, 71 00:02:53.04 --> 00:02:56.04 meaning that it's reacting to the current circumstances 72 00:02:56.04 --> 00:03:00.02 that are at work here inside my Illustration. 73 00:03:00.02 --> 00:03:02.09 Now notice this lower half of the panel. 74 00:03:02.09 --> 00:03:05.03 Because I've selected a text object, 75 00:03:05.03 --> 00:03:09.00 I can see the font, and the type size, and so on. 76 00:03:09.00 --> 00:03:11.00 I'm going to go ahead and change that font 77 00:03:11.00 --> 00:03:14.06 by clicking inside the Character option right there, 78 00:03:14.06 --> 00:03:16.08 and that'll go ahead and highlight the font, 79 00:03:16.08 --> 00:03:19.04 which by default, is Myriad Pro. 80 00:03:19.04 --> 00:03:22.01 And I'm going to go ahead and change it to Minion Pro 81 00:03:22.01 --> 00:03:27.01 just by typing in M-I-N, followed by a space character, 82 00:03:27.01 --> 00:03:28.09 because there's a bunch of different minions 83 00:03:28.09 --> 00:03:30.06 available to you these days. 84 00:03:30.06 --> 00:03:33.05 And then P-R-O, like so. 85 00:03:33.05 --> 00:03:36.07 So just M-I-N, space, P-R-O, 86 00:03:36.07 --> 00:03:40.00 which is going to show you all the styles of Minion Pro 87 00:03:40.00 --> 00:03:42.00 that are installed on your system. 88 00:03:42.00 --> 00:03:45.01 Now most likely, you'll see fewer styles than this. 89 00:03:45.01 --> 00:03:47.07 But in any case, you want to scroll down the list, 90 00:03:47.07 --> 00:03:49.06 using the scroll wheel on your mouse, 91 00:03:49.06 --> 00:03:51.09 until you see this guy right here, 92 00:03:51.09 --> 00:03:54.01 Minion Pro, with nothing after it. 93 00:03:54.01 --> 00:03:56.03 At which point, just go ahead and click on it. 94 00:03:56.03 --> 00:03:59.02 And that'll give you Minion Pro Regular 95 00:03:59.02 --> 00:04:01.01 as we're seeing here. 96 00:04:01.01 --> 00:04:03.07 Alright, now let's go ahead and increase the type size, 97 00:04:03.07 --> 00:04:06.03 which is this numerical value right here, 98 00:04:06.03 --> 00:04:10.03 from 12 points, to 600 points. 99 00:04:10.03 --> 00:04:12.05 Which is quite a bit larger of course, 100 00:04:12.05 --> 00:04:15.09 and we end up with this very obvious number 101 00:04:15.09 --> 00:04:18.07 here inside of the first art board. 102 00:04:18.07 --> 00:04:21.06 Now I want to go ahead and align the number to the art board. 103 00:04:21.06 --> 00:04:22.07 As I'm recording this, 104 00:04:22.07 --> 00:04:25.05 you can't do that from the properties panel. 105 00:04:25.05 --> 00:04:28.05 And so we need to shift our panels around a little bit, 106 00:04:28.05 --> 00:04:30.07 by clicking on the word Essentials, 107 00:04:30.07 --> 00:04:32.04 up here at the top of the screen, 108 00:04:32.04 --> 00:04:35.01 and choosing Essentials Classic. 109 00:04:35.01 --> 00:04:37.03 And that's going to display the older, 110 00:04:37.03 --> 00:04:39.05 and what I consider to be wiser 111 00:04:39.05 --> 00:04:41.06 version of the properties panel, 112 00:04:41.06 --> 00:04:44.05 which is this horizontal strip at the top of the screen, 113 00:04:44.05 --> 00:04:47.02 which is known as the Control Panel. 114 00:04:47.02 --> 00:04:50.00 Now frankly, we don't need the Properties panel anymore, 115 00:04:50.00 --> 00:04:52.02 so right click on the Properties tab, 116 00:04:52.02 --> 00:04:55.03 and choose Close Tab Group to hide it for now. 117 00:04:55.03 --> 00:04:58.03 And don't worry about the fact that the panel is going away, 118 00:04:58.03 --> 00:05:01.06 you can always bring it back later, just as we will 119 00:05:01.06 --> 00:05:05.01 when we discuss panels in detail in chapter 3. 120 00:05:05.01 --> 00:05:07.07 Now what you want to do is click on the word Align 121 00:05:07.07 --> 00:05:10.02 over here on the right side of the Control Panel, 122 00:05:10.02 --> 00:05:12.02 and that goes ahead and brings up 123 00:05:12.02 --> 00:05:14.02 this pop-up panel right here. 124 00:05:14.02 --> 00:05:17.06 At which point, you want to click on this Align To icon 125 00:05:17.06 --> 00:05:19.01 in the bottom-right corner, 126 00:05:19.01 --> 00:05:22.04 and change it to Align to ArtBoard. 127 00:05:22.04 --> 00:05:24.07 Now go ahead and click on these two icons, 128 00:05:24.07 --> 00:05:27.07 Vertical Align Center, up here in the top row, 129 00:05:27.07 --> 00:05:30.02 and then Horizontal Align Center. 130 00:05:30.02 --> 00:05:33.01 And that'll go ahead and center that number. 131 00:05:33.01 --> 00:05:35.04 Or at least, Illustrator thinks it's centered, 132 00:05:35.04 --> 00:05:38.02 and that's because the program is taking into account 133 00:05:38.02 --> 00:05:40.05 that any possible character of type 134 00:05:40.05 --> 00:05:44.01 could have a descender which would be hanging down. 135 00:05:44.01 --> 00:05:47.00 Now of course, a number one doesn't have a descender, 136 00:05:47.00 --> 00:05:49.08 and so what I'm going to do is press the Enter key, 137 00:05:49.08 --> 00:05:53.02 or the Return key on a Mac, to hide that Align Panel. 138 00:05:53.02 --> 00:05:55.04 And then, assuming the default settings, 139 00:05:55.04 --> 00:05:58.04 I'm going to nudge this number down 50 points, 140 00:05:58.04 --> 00:06:00.04 by pressing and holding the Shift key, 141 00:06:00.04 --> 00:06:02.09 and then tapping the down arrow key 142 00:06:02.09 --> 00:06:06.03 one, two, three, four, five times, 143 00:06:06.03 --> 00:06:10.01 which produces what I consider to be a much better effect. 144 00:06:10.01 --> 00:06:12.03 Alright, now let's go ahead and paste this number 145 00:06:12.03 --> 00:06:14.03 across all of the art boards. 146 00:06:14.03 --> 00:06:17.01 And you do that by first going up to the Edit menu, 147 00:06:17.01 --> 00:06:19.03 and choosing the Cut command. 148 00:06:19.03 --> 00:06:21.04 Which may seem like a weird thing to do, 149 00:06:21.04 --> 00:06:24.00 especially with an object that we just created. 150 00:06:24.00 --> 00:06:27.07 But what happens is that it not only deletes the object, 151 00:06:27.07 --> 00:06:30.09 but it also places it in the so-called Clipboard, 152 00:06:30.09 --> 00:06:33.06 which is a special portion of your computers memory, 153 00:06:33.06 --> 00:06:37.03 and it records the numbers location on the page. 154 00:06:37.03 --> 00:06:38.08 Now to retrieve the number, 155 00:06:38.08 --> 00:06:40.07 you want to return to the Edit menu, 156 00:06:40.07 --> 00:06:43.02 and instead of choosing the Paste command, 157 00:06:43.02 --> 00:06:45.01 which would be fairly futile, 158 00:06:45.01 --> 00:06:47.00 that would just go ahead and paste the object 159 00:06:47.00 --> 00:06:48.06 in the center of the art board. 160 00:06:48.06 --> 00:06:50.03 Instead, you want to go ahead 161 00:06:50.03 --> 00:06:54.07 and choose this command right here, Past on All Artboards, 162 00:06:54.07 --> 00:06:56.00 and you'll paste the number one 163 00:06:56.00 --> 00:06:59.07 across each and every art board in the document. 164 00:06:59.07 --> 00:07:01.05 Now let's go ahead and change the numbers 165 00:07:01.05 --> 00:07:03.09 by once again selecting that Type Tool, 166 00:07:03.09 --> 00:07:06.09 and then all you have to do is drag across the numbers, 167 00:07:06.09 --> 00:07:08.09 and enter new ones, and you can go ahead 168 00:07:08.09 --> 00:07:11.05 and change those numbers to anything you like, 169 00:07:11.05 --> 00:07:12.08 but I'm going to go ahead 170 00:07:12.08 --> 00:07:15.01 and stick with that original numbering scheme, 171 00:07:15.01 --> 00:07:18.00 which is to say, one through eight. 172 00:07:18.00 --> 00:07:20.08 And once you finish, just go ahead and press the Escape key 173 00:07:20.08 --> 00:07:23.01 to once again accept that change. 174 00:07:23.01 --> 00:07:25.01 And then you can click off the numbers 175 00:07:25.01 --> 00:07:26.09 with this black arrow cursor, 176 00:07:26.09 --> 00:07:28.01 which you can see over here 177 00:07:28.01 --> 00:07:32.02 on the left-hand side of the screen, to deselect everything. 178 00:07:32.02 --> 00:07:35.00 Now, that slightly messes up my view of the document, 179 00:07:35.00 --> 00:07:36.09 which is why I'm going to finish things off 180 00:07:36.09 --> 00:07:38.05 by going up to the View menu, 181 00:07:38.05 --> 00:07:41.01 and choosing Fit All in Window. 182 00:07:41.01 --> 00:07:43.07 Which will go ahead and center all eight art boards 183 00:07:43.07 --> 00:07:45.08 once again, on screen. 184 00:07:45.08 --> 00:07:48.06 And that's one of what must be a hundred-billion 185 00:07:48.06 --> 00:07:51.03 different ways you can modify a new document 186 00:07:51.03 --> 00:07:53.05 here inside Illustrator. 187 00:07:53.05 --> 00:07:57.01 In the next movie, I'll show you how to save your changes.