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- In this movie, I'll
show you how to scroll,

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or if you prefer, pan using the Hand Tool.

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So let's say I go ahead
and zoom into my document

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by pressing ctrl + , or cmd +
on the Mac, a bunch of times,

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and as a result, I'm just
sitting here looking at

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this mostly blank center
portion of the first artboard.

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If I want to scroll to, once again, David,

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I could do so using these scroll boxes

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in either the horizontal scroll bar

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down here at the bottom of the screen,

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or the vertical one along the
right-hand side of the screen.

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But it's easy to pass over the

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element that you're looking for

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and they're pretty clunky controls.

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The better way to work
is to take advantage of

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another tool at the
bottom of the tool box,

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which is the Hand Tool.

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And what it allows you to do

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is just drag the image around like so.

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Now, obviously this is the kind of thing

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you'll be doing all the
time inside of Illustrator,

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which is why you'll most
definitely want to know

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about another keyboard shortcut,

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and that's the spacebar.

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So if I go ahead and switch
back to my black arrow tool,

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at the top of the tool box,
I can get the Hand Tool

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functionality on the fly just by pressing

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and holding the spacebar

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and then dragging the
document wherever I like.

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And then as soon as I'm
done using the Hand Tool,

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I have only to release the spacebar.

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All right, now you can also scroll

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using the scroll wheel on your mouse.

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For example, I can scroll
up or down incrementally.

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But what if you want to
scroll left or right?

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Well, if you're using
a Mighty Mouse on a Mac

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or a trackpad on a portable computer,

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and anything that allows you to pan around

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on that device is going to work
inside Illustrator as well.

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But if you just have an
old school scroll wheel,

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then you press and hold the
ctrl key here on the PC,

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or the cmd key on the Mac,

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then you scroll down to pan to the right

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or you scroll up to pan to the left.

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So again, that's the ctrl key,

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or the cmd key on the Mac,

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that gives you that control.

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All right, one last thing.

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I'm going to go ahead and switch

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to a different artboard here,

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by going up to the Window menu

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and choosing the Artboards command.

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And then I'll go ahead and double-click

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in the third artboard,
which is Art square 2,

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in order to switch to this cube of cubes,

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which includes some editable text.

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And to see it, go ahead and
close your Artboards panel,

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and then go up to the Object menu

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and choose the Show All command.

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And that will show you any
and all hidden elements

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inside of the document, which is to say

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this one text block right here.

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And the reason this is here is because

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I want you to see what
happens when text is active.

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Let's say I go ahead and click
off the text to deselect it,

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and then I switch to my Type Tool,

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the one that looks like a T,

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and I click somewhere inside of my text

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to add the blinking insertion marker.

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Well, let's say I zoom in on my document

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by pressing ctrl + or cmd + on a Mac,

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and as I result, I totally
lose track of my text.

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If I were to press the spacebar right now,

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because the text is active,

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I would enter a bunch of space characters,

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which is definitely not
something I want to do.

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So, what's the alternative?

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Well, this is a trick that
only works when text is active.

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You press and hold the alt
key, or the opt key on a Mac,

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and that will get you
the Hand Tool on the fly

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and then you can drag your document

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so that you can see your text.

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And then you can make any
modifications you like.

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Again, those modifications do not include

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pressing and holding the spacebar.

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So, I'll just go ahead
and press the backspace,

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or delete key, a few times to
get rid of those new spaces

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and I'll press the escape key

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in order to deactivate my text.

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And so, I want you to know that

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that alt or opt key trick
works only if text is active.

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Notice if I click off the text

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and I press the alt key,
or the opt key on a Mac,

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I do not see the hand cursor.

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And the only way that I am going to see it

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is to press and hold the spacebar like so.

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And that's how you scroll,

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or if you prefer, pan inside of a document

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using the Hand Tool, as well
as the scrolling capabilities

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of your mouse, trackpad, or other device.