[CS4] Control Panel additions

I've been playing with Illustrator CS4 on a laptop so the Control Panel has
been under scrutiny.
Still missing are the Align>Distribute Space buttons. If these were added I
wouldn't need to have the Align Panel constantly open.
Another welcome addition would be Paragraph and Character Style pop-ups.
And Overprint toggle buttons for fill and stroke too, please - pulsating if
overprint applied to non-100%K, shrieking if overprint applied to white (user
preference setting, needless to say).
Michael
mhphillips at gmail dot com

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 15:32:26 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> In CS3, there is a flyout menu button at the far right end of the Control
> Panel. From it, you can select Align, and the Align/Distribute buttons
> appear. Are you saying that has changed in CS4?
No, James, it's exactly the same as CS3. The last two buttons in the Align
Panel (Vertical Distribute Space and Horizontal Distribute Space) are missing
from the Control Panel.
It's actually better on a laptop where the screen isn't wide enough to
display the Align buttons in the Control Panel. You get an Align Panel pop-up
instead.
Michael
mhphillips at gmail dot com

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