Two Views, One Document

It's often tempting to zoom way in to look at fine details in your document remember, Illustrator lets you zoom in to 6,400%. At the same time, it's easy to get carried away and zoom in more than you need, or at least more than the naked eye can see. Here's one way to have the best of both worlds. Create a second view of your document and keep it at Actual Size while you zoom in on the other window. From the Window menu, choose New Window, then manually adjust the window sizes so you can see both windows and pick a zoom level for each window.