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- One of the more recent developments

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inside Illustrator CC is the
program's natural tendency

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to zoom in on a selection.

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Notice that my black arrow tool is active

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up here at the top of the Tool Box.

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Let's say I select David's left eye

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by clicking on its outer rim right there

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just because it's a little
easier to select that way.

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Now I press Control + here on a PC

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or Command + on the Mac,

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and notice I am now zooming
in directly on that eye

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as opposed to the center of the document

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as occurs when nothing is selected.

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A lot of folks just
absolutely love this behavior,

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but some of you may not.

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So notice if I press Control +
0, or Command + 0 on the Mac,

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in order to fit the artboard on screen,

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and now let's say I want
to zoom in a little more

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on this central artboard
while keeping it centered.

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Well if I were to deselect the artwork

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just by clicking in an empty area,

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and then I were to press Control
+ or Command + on the Mac

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a couple of times, then
everything would work out great.

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But the second I select
that eye by clicking on it

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once again with the black arrow tool

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and I press Control - even
or Command - on the Mac,

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I end up messing up my zoom.

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That can be a real problem at times.

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If that ends up irritating
you, here's what you do.

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On a PC you go to the Edit menu.

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On a Mac that's going to
be the Illustrator CC menu.

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Then you drop down to
the Preferences command,

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which isn't nearly so
low on the menu on a Mac,

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and you choose Selection & Anchor Display

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from that submenu.

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Then notice this checkbox
right here, Zoom to Selection,

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just go ahead and turn that guy off.

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You can always turn it
on later if you like.

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Then click OK.

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Now notice if I press Control + 0

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or Command + 0 on the Mac,

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to center that central artboard,

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and then I press Control
+ or Command + on the Mac,

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even though the eye is selected,

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I'm still zooming in on the
central portion of the artboard.

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That's how you zoom in or
out on a selection or not

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inside the most recent
edition of Illustrator CC.