587 Customizing a new document in Illustrator

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Now this week we're in Illustrator,…and I'm going to show you how to edit…the new document profiles.…So imagine that you're always creating a print document…but every time you create a new one,…you've got to change the size of the thumbnails…inside the layers panel.…You've got to bring in all your custom swatches,…as well as your brushes,…and your symbols, and your graphic styles.…You have to rename the artboard.…Well, one way to avoid all that upfront stuff…is to create a template as you may know.…

But another way is to just modify that…print document profile,…or create a custom profile of your own.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…Now the trickiest part of editing a new document…profile is finding it in the first place.…And it's not necessarily going to help you…to search for the file name,…because profiles are found…in at least two locations on your hard drive,…and only one of those locations works.…So, assuming the most recent version of the software,…