#1. Original Illustration
The grey circles are ~ 15 × 15 pt.
#2. Scaled Together
The grey circles are resized to ~ 25 × 25 pt.
They're all selected or grouped together, and values collectively changed in the Properties panel, or stretched using the mouse
(alt+shift | ⌥+⇧ to maintain centre & constrain proportions).
Single operation.
#3. Scaled Individually
The grey circles are resized to ~ 25 × 25 pt.
Each object maintains its own unique centre point.
Same method as before, but this time each one was resized individually.
Fifteen operations.
note: text objects were scaled & moved separately.
The Question:
Quick and easy is #2, but the gaps between the objects increase and the objects fall out of bounds. The desired result is #3, but it gets monotonous fast and can be time-consuming. Is there a shortcut, or key combination, etc. or some quick, cohesive way to get the same result?