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Configuring Illustrator Preferences

The Preferences panel lets you customize the settings for your Illustrator application (display options, commands, panel positions, type settings, etc.).

Open the Preferences dialog box

The Preferences dialog box allows you to customize your Illustrator application.

To access the dialog box (Figure 2.20), do any of the following:

  • Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences (macOS) and select an option from the context menu.

  • Click the Preferences button in the Control panel.

FIGURE 2.20

FIGURE 2.20 The General section of the Preferences dialog box

Set a preference

In the Preferences dialog box, do the following:

  1. Select the appropriate section tab.

  2. Modify the individual settings, as needed.

  3. Click OK to apply the change.

Reset all preferences

To restore the default application preferences, do the following

  1. In the General tab section of the Preferences dialog box, click the Reset Preference button.

  2. Click OK to close the dialog box and confirm the reset.

  3. Quit and then relaunch Illustrator to have the default preferences take effect.

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