How Do I Measure Area in Illustrator?
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How do you show measurements in Illustrator?

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) the horizontal or vertical ruler and pick a measurement increment. Choose Edit→Preferences→Units (Windows) or Illustrator→Preferences→Units and Display Performance (Mac) to open the Preferences dialog box.

How do you select an area in Illustrator?

In Illustrator, you can select objects that lie underneath other objects using Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (macOS). The pointer changes to Select Behind on the first Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (macOS).

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