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April 25, 2018
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Disable ALL tooltips, popups, start screens, bubbles and whatever Pros don't need

  • April 25, 2018
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It may seem counterintuitive, but too many popups, tooltips, start screens, etc. etc. etc...actually slowdown the productivity and don't really help all that much and are quite annoying.

If there is a way to disable all of them for good, that would be great!

(my 2 cents is to have video tutorials "if" needed)

Thanks

Correct answer Bill Silbert

Most of what you mentioned can be deselected in the General section of the Illustrator preferences. In addition to the highlighted options in the screen shot you might find that using the legacy "File New"  Interface also will simplify things. Quit the program after you do it and it should become your default.

Unfortunately, the pop-ups for "features" cannot be shut off by the user. However, I've seen it mentioned that each one of them will only pop up three times after install and not be seen again after. One only hopes that that is true.

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Bill Silbert
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April 25, 2018

Most of what you mentioned can be deselected in the General section of the Illustrator preferences. In addition to the highlighted options in the screen shot you might find that using the legacy "File New"  Interface also will simplify things. Quit the program after you do it and it should become your default.

Unfortunately, the pop-ups for "features" cannot be shut off by the user. However, I've seen it mentioned that each one of them will only pop up three times after install and not be seen again after. One only hopes that that is true.

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May 23, 2018

Thank you Bill for your kind reply.

I tried it and now (since a new update) something happened when I try to open a new document, a black pop-up screen come up and I can't do anything. Now my workaround is to open an old document and work from there...BTW the bubbles still appear and they are all black inside

I hope they go away with the new update.