[OS X TeX] Alternative Method of Labeling Figures with Illustrator

Christof Janssen c.janssen at mpi-hd.mpg.de
Tue Jul 4 12:13:38 CEST 2006


Am 3. Jul 2006 um 18:43 schrieb Gary L. Gray:

>
> On Jul 3, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> On 1 juil. 06, at 18:51, Gary L. Gray wrote:
>>
>>> When I have to edit Mathematica figures like this, I use Outline  
>>> rather than Preview mode (under the View menu). It makes a big  
>>> difference.
>>
>> Hi Gary,
>>
>> Many thanks for this tip. I wasn't aware of the existence of  
>> different modes in Illustrator.
>>
>> Which item in the View menu does it correspond to? I've attempted  
>> to coerce my copy of Illustrator to use the English locale, with  
>> no luck: even after setting English as the preferred language in  
>> System Prefs > International (and even rebooting), Illustrator  
>> still opens in French mode.
>>
>> In the Affichage menu (corresponding probably to View in English),  
>> the first three items are:
>>
>> Tracés (Cmd-Y)
>> Aperçu de la surimpression (Cmd-Shift-Alt-Y)
>> Aperçu en pixels (Cmd-Alt-Y)
>>
>> The names give no clue about what they actually do. Which one  
>> should correspond to your Preview, according to the keyboard  
>> shortcut?
>
> In AI CS2 it is Cmd-Y and is the top entry in the View menu.
>

 From my limited language capabilities, Tracés should be what you  
want. With Cmd-Y you can toggle the mode and the actual mode is  
displayed in the window titlebar (together with the color mode (RGB  
or CMYK)).

Christof

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