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illustrator workspace The Artboard and the Navigator Palette
the Artboard
the Printable Area
the Paper Size
Hit command and drag with the mouse to define the visible area on the screen
Zoom out
Zoom in Zoom slider
Enter desired zoom percentage
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tools
Overview of the Tools Palette
Adobe Online access V Select Tool
Direct-select Tool A
selects entire objects
Selects individual anchor points or line segments
Y Magic Wand
Direct-select Lasso Q
selects area of same color
P Pen Tool
Type Tool T
draws curves and line segments
creates and edits horizontal type
Rectangle Tool M
\ Line Segment Tool
draws rectangles and squares
draws straight lines
Pencil Tool N
B Paintbrush Tool
draws free-style lines
Creates plain, calligraphic, scatter art, or pattern brushstrokes
Scale Tool S Free Transform Tool E
R Rotate Tool Shift + R Warp Tool
rotates, scales, reflects, shears, distorts or applies perspective
Shift + S Symbol Sprayer
Column Graph Tool J
distributes chosen symbol
creates graphs
U Gradient Mesh
Gradient G
creates and edits multi-colored gradient objects
changes the direction of existing gradients
I Eyedropper
Blend Tool W
samples paint or type attributes
creates shape and color blends between objects
K Live Paint Bucket
Live Paint Selection Shift + L
recolor faces and edges in live group
selects section of live paint group
Shift + O Crop Area
Eraser Shift + E
define crop area for printing
H Hand
Moves the artboard in the document window
Fill
color that is applied inside a path
D Default fill and stroke colors Gradient Color
Erase sections of objects
Zoom Tool Z
magnifies or reduces the view size of an illustration
Swap fill/stroke X Stroke
color that is applied to the edge of a path
None /
F Screen Mode menu
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illustrator workspace The Stroke and Transform Panels
Stroke weight (thickness)
Cap (end) styles Joint (bend) styles
Dashed Line: (segment) and gap (spacing between dashes)
Align strokes to center Align strokes to inside Align strokes to outside
Location of selected object on the X and Y axis
Width Reference point Height
Lock Proportions
Shear (skew)