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"James E. Talmage" <JET@IllustrationETC.com> wrote in message
news:3D189F9A.6AAD4D8E@IllustrationETC.com...

> Shez is right. Even having to select "Next Item Above" or "Next Item
> Below" from the contextual menu is a time-wasting, tedious royal pain
> compared to the instant results of simply pressing Control without
> skipping a beat to select the next object below *or add it to the
> object(s) already selected*.

> Even the previous functionality in AI 9 (Command-Bracket Keys) was
> cumbersome because of the two keys and their locations on the keyboard.

In previous versions of Illustrator (i88 onwards) I developed a habit of
hiding things in quick succession until I'd got what I wanted, then a 'show
all' would bring it all back. So I'd have my hand on the command-H as I step
through objects. Of course, nowadays the hide key combination is impossible
to reach while my left hand is still on the Wacom, so I have to put it down
(combined with the irritating way that the Alt key sometimes does and
sometimes doesn't work on a PC keyboard - the one thing I still miss from
the Mac). In QuarkXpress (2 onward), stepping through became second nature,
and even if layers would satisfactorily solve this situation, I'd still be
stepping through the good old way (if I still used QuarkXpress that is).

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Ian Tindale
London