Adobe ILLUSTRATOR 10 Installation and operating instructions

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Adobe Illustrator Help UsingHelp

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Using Help

About online Help

Adobe Systems, Inc. provides complete documentation in the Adobe PDF Help system.

The Help system includes information on all the tools, commands, and features for both

Windows and Mac OS.The PDF format is designed for easy navigation online, and support

for third-party screen readers compatible with Windows.The Help can also be printed as a

desktop reference.

Navigating in Help

The Help will open in an Acrobat window with the bookmark pane open. If the bookmark

pane is not open choose Window > Bookmarks.You can also navigate using the

navigation bar, the index, or search the document.

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Adobe Illustrator Help Contents

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Contents

Looking at the Work Area 4

Setting Up Artwork in Illustrator 25

Drawing 47

Working with Objects 91

Transforming and Distorting Shapes 113

Applying Color 152

Producing Consistent Color 174

Using Transparency, Gradients,and Patterns 191

Using Layers 215

Using Appearance Attributes,Styles,and Effects 228

Working with Bitmap Images 237

Using Type 250

Creating Templates for Data-Driven Graphics 285

Preparing Graphics for the Web 292

Saving and Exporting 320

Printing 332

Producing Color Separations 345

Automating Tasks 364

Using Graphs 375

Macintosh Shortcuts 395

Windows Shortcuts 399

Legal Notices 403

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Looking at the Work Area

Using the tools

The ﬁrst time you start Illustrator, the toolbox appears on the left side of the screen.

The tools in the toolbox let you create, select, and manipulate objects in Illustrator.

When you select most tools, the mouse pointer matches the tool’s icon. For example,

choosing the paintbrush tool changes the pointer to a paintbrush.You can also change a

tool pointer to a precision pointer, such as a cross hair , for greater precision when

aligning or working with detailed artwork.

To move the toolbox:

Drag the toolbox by the top bar.

To show or hide the toolbox:

To show or hide the toolbox, choose Window > Tools.When the toolbox is showing,

a check mark appears before the name.

To display hidden tools on-screen:

Press a tool in the toolbox that has hidden tools underneath it. (Tools that have hidden

tools are identiﬁed by a triangle in the lower right corner.)

When the toolbar of hidden tools appears, hold down the mouse button and drag to

the arrow at the end of the toolbar.The toolbar detaches from the toolbox.

To close a detached toolbar:

Click the close box.

To change the pointer to a precision pointer:

Do one of the following:

•

While the tool is selected, press Caps Lock on the keyboard.

•

Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Illustrator >

Preferences > General (Mac OS X), select Use Precise Cursors, and click OK.

Using palettes

Adobe Illustrator includes a number of palettes to help you monitor and modify your

work. By default, these palettes appear stacked together in several groups.You can also

dock palettes so that you can move them together.

Showing and hiding palettes

You can display and hide palettes as you work.

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To show or hide a palette:

Do one of the following:

•

Choose Window > (window name). A check mark appears before a window that is

currently open.

•

Press Tab to hide or show all palettes and the toolbox.

•

Press Shift+Tab to hide or show all palettes except for the toolbox.

Changing the palette display

You can rearrange your palettes to make better use of your work area by using the

following techniques:

•

To make a palette appear at the front of its group, click the palette’s tab.

•

To move an entire palette group, drag its title bar.

•

To rearrange or separate a palette group, drag a palette’s tab. Dragging a palette

outside of an existing group creates a new palette window.

•

To move a palette to another group, drag the palette’s tab to that group.

•

To dock palettes so that you can move them together,drag a palette’s tab to the bottom

of another palette.

•

To move an entire docked palette group, drag its title bar.

•

To display a palette menu, position the pointer on the triangle in the upper right

corner of the palette and hold down the mouse button.

•

To change the size of a resizable palette, drag the lower right corner of the palette

(Windows) or drag the size box at the lower right corner of the palette (Mac OS).

Note:

A few palettes, such as the Color palette, cannot be resized by dragging.

•

To collapse a group to the palette titles only, click the minimize/maximize box

(Windows) or click the zoom box (Mac OS).You can still open the palette menu from a

collapsed palette.

•

To cycle through the available sizes for a palette—the default size, size with hidden

options showing, size as resized by dragging, and palette titles only—double-click the

palette’s tab.

For maximum performance, hide all palettes except those that are necessary for your

work.

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Toolbox overview (1 of 5)

The selection tool

(V)

selects entire

objects.

Thedirect-selection

tool (A)

selects

points or path

segments within

objects.

The group-

selection tool

selects objects and

groups within

groups.

The magic wand

tool (Y)

selects

objects of similar

attributes.

The direct-select

lasso tool (Q)

selects

points or path

segments within

objects.

The lasso tool

selects entire

objects.

The pen tool (P)

draws straight and

curved lines to create

objects.

The add-anchor-

point tool (+)

adds

anchor points to

paths

The delete-anchor-

point tool (-)

deletes

anchor points from

paths.

The convert-

anchor-point tool

(Shift+C)

changes

smooth points to

corner points and

vice versa.

The type tool (T)

creates individual

type and type

containers and lets

you enter and edit

type.

The area type tool

changes closed

paths to type

containers and lets

you enter and edit

type within them.

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Toolbox overview (2 of 5)

The path-type tool

changes paths to

type paths, and lets

you enter and edit

type on them.

The vertical type

tool

creates vertical

type and vertical

type containers and

lets you enter and

edit vertical type.

The vertical area-

type tool

changes

closed paths to

vertical type

containers and lets

you enter and edit

type within them.

The vertical path-

type tool

changes

paths to vertical type

paths and lets you

enter and edit type

on them.

The line tool (\)

draws individual

straight line

segments.

The arc tool

draws

individualconcaveor

convex curve

segments.

The spiral tool

draws clockwise and

counterclockwise

spirals.

The grid tool

draws

rectangular grids.

The polar grid tool

draws circular chart

grids.

The rectangle

tool (M)

draws

squares and

rectangles.

The rounded-

rectangle tool

draws squares and

rectangles with

rounded corners.

The ellipse tool (L)

draws circles and

ovals

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Toolbox overview (3 of 5)

The polygon tool

draws regular, multi-

sided shapes.

The star tool

draws

stars

The ﬂare tool

creates lens-ﬂare or

solar-ﬂare-like

effects.

The paintbrush

tool (B)

draws

freehand and calli-

graphic lines, as well

as art and patterns

on paths.

The pencil tool (N)

draws and edits

freehand lines.

The smooth tool

smooths bezier

paths.

The erase tool

erases paths and

anchor points from

the artwork.

The rotate tool (R)

rotates objects

around a ﬁxed point.

The reﬂect tool (O)

ﬂips objects over a

ﬁxed axis.

The twist tool

twirls

objects around a

ﬁxed point.

The scale tool (S)

resizes objects

around a ﬁxed point.

The shear tool

skews objects

around a ﬁxed point.

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The reshape tool

smooths or changes

a path while

retaining the path’s

overall shape.

The warp tool

(Shift+R)

molds

objects with the

movement of the

cursor (like molding

clay, for example).

The twirl tool

creates swirling

distortions within an

object.

The pucker tool

deﬂates an object.

The bloat tool

inﬂates an object.

The scallop tool

adds many curved

details to the outline

of an object.

The crystallize tool

adds many spiked

details to the outline

of an object.

The wrinkle tool

adds wrinkle-like

details to the outline

of an object.

The free transform

tool (E)

scales,

rotates, or skews a

selection.

The symbol sprayer

tool (Shift+S)

places

multiple symbol

instances as a set on

the artboard.

The symbol

shifter tool

moves symbol

instances.

The symbol

scruncher tool

moves symbol

instances away from

each other.

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Toolbox overview (4 of 5)

The symbol sizer

tool

resizes symbol

instances.

The symbol spinner

tool

rotates symbol

instances.

The symbol stainer

tool

colorizes

symbol instances.

The symbol

screener tool

applies opacity to

symbol instances.

The symbol styler

tool

applies the

selected style to

symbol instances.

The column graph

tool (J)

positions

columns vertically.

Thestacked column

graph tool

stacks

columns on top of

one another.

The bar graph tool

positions columns

horizontally.

The stacked bar

graph tool

stacks

columns and

positions them

horizontally.

The line graph tool

shows the trend of

one or more subjects

over time.

The area graph tool

emphasizes totals as

well as changes in

values.

The scatter graph

tool

plots data as

paired sets of x and y

coordinates.

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