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bobbyb23930102
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April 27, 2017
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How do I use the old (command+spacebar) quick-zoom tool in Illustrator 2017?

  • April 27, 2017
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I've been a user of Adobe Illustrator for 3 years now, and I've become very accustom to using the quickzoom feature where you hold down command + spacebar and you can smoothly zoom in and out of your document, and then return to whatever tool you were previously using by releasing those keys (command + spacebar). Since they updated Adobe Illustrator to the 2017 version, it seems that they've removed this feature and replaced it with a overly-simple zoom marquee tool, that I find hard to use.

Does anybody either know how to get the old quickzoom back? Or maybe another option that is similar? I don't find the new zoom to selection tool convenient either. I miss the old way! Please help! thanks

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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April 27, 2017

It is Spacebar Command, in that order, to zoom in.

Cmd Spacebar will give Spotlight Search.

    barbara_a7746676
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    barbara_a7746676Community Expert
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    April 27, 2017

    Yes, as S_Gans said, zooming should work the same as before.

    It should be the default behavior.

    64000% is the maximum zoom, so if you are trying to zoom in more than that, then the zoom tool won't work.

    It is possible that Command Spacebar keyboard combination is conflicting with one of the Mac OS keyboard shortcuts. I've had that happen before.

    Make sure that you hold down Command first, then add the Spacebar -- does it work for you if you use that sequence?

    S_Gans
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    S_GansCommunity Expert
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    April 27, 2017

    Command + Spacebar are working the same way for me that they always have. I wonder if you have somehow unchecked the preferences in the attached image. It's found under Illustrator>Preferences>GPU Performance.

    Also, to get the old style of dragging with the zoom tool to select your zoom area, simply disable Animated Zoom in this same window.

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