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| Artboard | The pages in Illustrator which represents the printable area in which you design your art. You can have multiple artboards (up to 100) in a variety of sizes, which can be adjusted. |
| Bleed | The amount of artwork that falls outside of the printing bounding box that gives the printer a small amount of space to account for movement of the paper, and design inconsistencies. |
| Menus Bar | Gives you access to a wide range of functions and extra commands. Menus include the File, Edit, Object, Type, Select, Effect, View, & Window menus. |
| Collapsed Panel Bar | A series of useful panels which provide extra functionality and give you quick access to many tools that make modifying artwork easier. |
| Panels | A group of related commands and options. |
| Toolbar | Contains tools for creating and editing images, artwork, page elements, and so on. Related tools are grouped. |
| Control Panel | Displays options for the currently selected tool. |
| Properties Panel | This will change based on the tool you are using and give you a variety of useful options and commands. |
| Libraries Panel | Allows the user to store different design elements that can be easily accessible across other projects. |
| Document Window | Displays the file you’re working on. Document windows can be tabbed and, in certain cases, grouped and docked. |
