- One of the more recent developments
inside Illustrator CC is the program's natural tendency
to zoom in on a selection.
Notice that my black arrow tool is active
up here at the top of the Tool Box.
Let's say I select David's left eye
by clicking on its outer rim right there
just because it's a little easier to select that way.
Now I press Control + here on a PC
or Command + on the Mac,
and notice I am now zooming in directly on that eye
as opposed to the center of the document
as occurs when nothing is selected.
A lot of folks just absolutely love this behavior,
but some of you may not.
So notice if I press Control + 0, or Command + 0 on the Mac,
in order to fit the artboard on screen,
and now let's say I want to zoom in a little more
on this central artboard while keeping it centered.
Well if I were to deselect the artwork
just by clicking in an empty area,
and then I were to press Control + or Command + on the Mac
a couple of times, then everything would work out great.
But the second I select that eye by clicking on it
once again with the black arrow tool
and I press Control - even or Command - on the Mac,
I end up messing up my zoom.
That can be a real problem at times.
If that ends up irritating you, here's what you do.
On a PC you go to the Edit menu.
On a Mac that's going to be the Illustrator CC menu.
Then you drop down to the Preferences command,
which isn't nearly so low on the menu on a Mac,
and you choose Selection & Anchor Display
from that submenu.
Then notice this checkbox right here, Zoom to Selection,
just go ahead and turn that guy off.
You can always turn it on later if you like.
Then click OK.
Now notice if I press Control + 0
or Command + 0 on the Mac,
to center that central artboard,
and then I press Control + or Command + on the Mac,
even though the eye is selected,
I'm still zooming in on the central portion of the artboard.
That's how you zoom in or out on a selection or not
inside the most recent edition of Illustrator CC.