Part I Illustrator Basics Grid Size: This list box (popup menu) lets you can change your grid size to small, medium, or large. Grid Colors: You can customize your own grid colors. Simulate Colored Paper: Selecting this check box makes the Artboard color match the grid color you’ve chosen. Preset: Select a preset (high, medium, or low resolution) from the Preset list box (popup menu) or choose a Custom setting. FIGURE Selecting the Show images In Outline Mode option changes placed images from their original full-detailed glory (left) to a box frame (right). Changing Type options In the Document Setup dialog box, you can. | Part I Illustrator Basics Grid Size This list box popup menu lets you can change your grid size to small medium or large. Grid Colors You can customize your own grid colors. Simulate Colored Paper Selecting this check box makes the Artboard color match the grid color you ve chosen. Preset Select a preset high medium or low resolution from the Preset list box popup menu or choose a Custom setting. FIGURE Selecting the Show images In Outline Mode option changes placed images from their original full-detailed glory left to a box frame right . Changing Type options In the Document Setup dialog box you can also change these Type options Use Typographer s Quotes Select this option to use smart curved quotes rather than the dumb straight ones. Language Choose a desired language from the menu. You can choose from a variety of languages including English French Finnish but you must have the language set up on your system to be able to use that language. 48 Working with Illustrator Documents 3 Double Quotes Choose the style from the dropdown list popup menu . You have a variety of quotes to choose from. Some users like the curved quotes rather than the straight ones. Single Quotes Choose the style from the dropdown list popup menu . The choices of single quotes are the same as the double quotes. Superscript Subscript and Small Caps Choose the Size and Position for Superscripts Subscripts and Small Caps as a percentage of the original size. Export In this list box popup menu choose from Preserve Text Editability and Preserve Text Appearance. In this case you can either choose to be able to edit the text but it may not look like you intended or let the text look like it should but make it so you can t edit it . Artboards In Illustrator the Artboard defines the maximum drawing area that you can print. The Artboard is useful as a guide to where objects on a page belong. The maximum printable size is 227 X 227 inches or 358 square feet provided that you can find a printer to
