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- [Narrator] Now if there's
a downside to the techniques

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I was demonstrating in the previous movie,

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it's that you're forever
zooming with respect

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to the center of your
document or artboard.

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So for example, if I press
CTRL + or CMD + on the Mac,

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to zoom in on this welcome
screen, after a point,

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I end up entirely missing
Michelangelo's David,

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which means that if I want to
be able to see him on screen

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I need to manually scroll to
that portion of the document,

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which can be a real pain
in the neck over time.

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Alright so, I'll go ahead and
fit this Artboard on screen

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by pressing CTRL zero,
or CMD zero on the Mac,

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and notice in my case, the first,

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central Artboard is once again active.

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And now I'll switch to the zoom tool,

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located down here at the
bottom of the toolbox.

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And the advantage of this
tool is that is allows you

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to zoom in on a specific
detail just by clicking on it.

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So for example, I'll go
ahead and click on this area

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between David's eyes in
order to zoom in on his face.

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You can even totally shift your
zoom to a different detail.

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For example, If I click on
this leaf ornament right here,

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I'll go ahead and center it on screen.

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I could click on this second
'o' in the words one-on-one

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in order to zoom this text and so forth.

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Now notice that my magnifying glass cursor

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currently shows a plus
sign, which indicates

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that it's set to zoom in.

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If you want to zoom out,
press and hold the ALT key

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or the option key on the MAC,

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at which point that plus
will change to a minus

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and then click on an element in order

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to center it as you zoom outward.

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And now notice that I have the option

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of zooming in on this other detail

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inside of my illustration
by releasing the ALT

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or option key so that I return

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to my magnifying glass cursor
with a plus sign in it,

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and then I'll just click on this detail

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right here to zoom in on it.

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Now once again, this is
one of those functions

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that you use so often inside Illustrator,

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that it's worth memorizing
a keyboard shortcut.

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And here's how that works.

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The first thing I'm going
to do is switch back

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to the black arrow tool up
here at the top of the toolbox

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and now I'll just press CTRL
zero, or CMD zero on the Mac,

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to once again fit the
active Artboard onscreen,

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and now I'll press the keyboard
shortcut for the zoom tool,

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which is CTRL spacebar here on the PC,

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that's CMD spacebar on the Mac.

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And incidentally, those
of you working on the Mac,

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if you run into problems, sit tight,

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in just a moment I'll
show you the solution.

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And now, having pressed CTRL spacebar,

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or CMD spacebar on the Mac,

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I'll just go ahead and
click on David's face

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in order to zoom in.

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If you want to zoom out
then you add the ALT key

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here on the PC or the
option key on the Mac.

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So in other words, you
CTRL ALT spacebar click

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to zoom out, that's a CMD
OPT spacebar click on the Mac

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to zoom out from your illustration.

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And then to return to the active tool

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you just release your keys
and notice that once again

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I'm seeing my black
arrow cursor on screen.

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Now if you're having
problems on the Macintosh,

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then the most likely culprit is Spotlight.

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Notice that, by default,
if I press CMD spacebar

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I get the Spotlight Search.

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Now one way around that is
to press the spacebar first

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and then press the CMD key, and that way

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you can then click to zoom in,

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but that's kind of a pain in the neck,

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and then if you press CMD option spacebar

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you're going to bring up a search window.

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So, here's the solution.

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What I recommend you
do, because CMD spacebar

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and CMD option spacebar
are such useful tricks

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here inside Illustrator,
and throughout InDesign

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and Photoshop as well,
I suggest you change

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the OS-level keyboard shortcut by

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going up to the apple menu and
choosing system preferences,

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and then go ahead and
click on the keyboard icon,

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which you may find in a
different location in the list,

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and next you want to click on
the shortcuts tab right there.

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Then, locate Spotlight,
and notice our offending

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keyboard shortcut, to
show the Spotlight Search

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it's CMD spacebar, to show
a Finder Search window

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it's CMD option spacebar.

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Let's change both of
these by first clicking

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on this item, and then clicking

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on it's keyboard shortcut right there,

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make sure it's highlighted,
and press CTRL spacebar.

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That's the full CTRL
key with the spacebar,

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and that'll show you your
new keyboard shortcut

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which looks like a
caret followed by space,

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and then go ahead and
click on the next item.

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Click its keyboard
shortcut again to make sure

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it's highlighted and
press CTRL option spacebar

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and you'll end up with this
little cryptic thing here,

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caret, followed by this thing here,

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which stands for the option
key, followed by spacebar.

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And that should take care of it.

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Now if you just go ahead and
close your keyboard preferences

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and return to Illustrator, you can now

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press CMD spacebar and click to zoom in,

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and you can click CMD option spacebar

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and click to zoom out, just like so.

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Alright, now there's one more way to work.

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I'll go ahead and reset
things by pressing CTRL zero,

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or CMD zero on a Mac, which once again

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goes ahead and centers the
active Artboard on screen.

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You can also zoom using the
scroll wheel on your mouse.

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And to do that, first go
ahead and place your cursor

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over the portion of the illustration

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that you want to zoom in to,

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and then press and hold the ALT key

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or the OPT key on the Mac,
and scroll up with your mouse

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to zoom in, like so, or
scroll down to zoom out.

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So once again, you need
to have the ALT key

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or the OPT key on the Mac
down for that trick to work.

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And again, the position
of your cursor matters.

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If I go ahead and position my cursor

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in front of David's
face and ALT scroll up,

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or OPT scroll up on the Mac,

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then I'll magnify David's
face here on screen.

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And if you're using a Magic Mouse

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or some other device such as a Trackpad,

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then combine ALT or OPT with
the equivalent of a scroll.

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And by the way, gestures like

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pinching in or out work as well.

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And so you have a few
keyboard shortcuts to remember

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once again, that's CTRL
spacebar or CMD spacebar click

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to zoom in, CTRL ALT spacebar

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or CMD OPT spacebar to zoom out,

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and then finally, press
the ALT key or the OPT key

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and scroll up and down
with the scroll wheel

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on your mouse to zoom
in and out on a specific

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detail of your document,
here inside Illustrator.