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duplicating items in

224

locating items in

221

locking artwork

225

moving items in

222

printing and

225

selecting artwork

221

showing and hiding artwork

224

targeting items in

223

leading

auto

259

changing

259

legends, in graphs

386

letterforms, changing

267

levels of gray

338

Library Open command

140

Library Save As command

140

ligatures, using

283

Lighten mode

197

limit-check error

337

341

line attributes.

See

stroke attributes

line breaking in CJK text

276

Line Color preference

296

line graph

375

381

line graph tool

line screen

343

maximum

338

printer

358

line segments

line tool

line trap, creating

353

line weight.

See

stroke weight

linear gradients

201

Linear option (ink pen)

139

lines

See also

paths

adding arrowheads

132

dashed

160

drawing

selecting

trapping

353

wavy and Zig Zag

131

lines per inch (lpi)

Link Blocks command

270

linking

EPS or PDF files

images

objects

type blocks

270

type containers

269

Links command

Links palette

liquify tools

125

Load Texture command

241

bitmap images and textures

241

output settings

316

Locate Object command

221

Lock command

112

Lock Guides command

locking

masks

151

objects

112

225

Log Errors to File option

371

lowercase and uppercase, changing

283

Luminosity mode

197

Mac OS X preferences file

Macintosh Drag Manager

105

magic wand tool

101

magnifying and reducing views

Make command (clipping mask)

150

Make Compound Shape command

142

Make Guides command

Make Riders command

343

Make Slice command

294

Make with Mesh command

123

Make with Top Object command

123

Make with Warp command

123

Make Wrap command

271

managed files

checking in and checking out

creating

opening

Summary of Contents for ILLUSTRATOR 10

Page 1: ...d You can also use the navigation arrows in the Acrobat toolbar Using bookmarks the table of contents the index and Find The contents of Help are shown as bookmarks in the bookmark pane To view subtop...

Page 2: ...crobat will search the document starting from the current page and display the first occurrence of the word or phrase you are searching for 3 To find the next occurrence choose Edit Find Again Printin...

Page 3: ...olor 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...

Page 4: ...rk appears before the name To display hidden tools on screen 1 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 ri...

Page 5: ...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 displ...

Page 6: ...The direct select lassotool Q selects points or path segments within objects The lasso tool selects entire objects The pen tool P draws straight and curvedlinestocreate objects The add anchor point to...

Page 7: ...l 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...

Page 8: ...ool 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...

Page 9: ...t 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 outlin...

Page 10: ...ol instances The symbol styler tool applies the selected style to symbol instances The column graph tool J positions columns vertically Thestackedcolumn graph tool stacks columns on top of one another...

Page 11: ...mesh envelopes The gradient tool G adjusts the beginning and ending points and angle of gradients within objects The eyedropper tool I samplescolor or type attributes from objects The paint bucket to...

Page 12: ...er are displayed If an object is selected the width W height H and x y coordinates of the object are also displayed When using a zoom tool the magnification factor and the x and y coordinates are disp...

Page 13: ...ontrol and hold down the mouse button Viewing artwork Adobe Illustrator gives you great flexibility in viewing your artwork You can view different areas of the artwork at different magnifications use...

Page 14: ...create a view 1 Set up the view that you want 2 Choose View New View 3 Enter a name for the new view and click OK The view names along with keyboard shortcuts for choosing them appear at the bottom o...

Page 15: ...lapping colors on page 346 To preview how colors will overprint and blend Choose View Overprint Preview Magnifying and reducing the view The zoom in and zoom out tools and commands let you magnify or...

Page 16: ...tool press Ctrl spacebar Windows or Command spacebar Mac OS To choose the zoom out tool while using another tool press Ctrl Alt spacebar Windows or Command Option spacebar Mac OS To magnify by draggin...

Page 17: ...ons from the Navigator palette menu 2 Choose a color To use a preset color choose an option for Color To specify a different color double click the color box or choose Custom and choose a color 3 Clic...

Page 18: ...with Adobe Systems to add features to Adobe Illustrator A number of special effects plug ins come with your program and are automat ically installed in the Plug ins folder If you change the location...

Page 19: ...shortcuts 1 Choose Edit Keyboard Shortcuts 2 Choose a set of shortcuts from the Set menu at the top of the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box 3 Choose a shortcut type Menu Commands or Tools from the menu...

Page 20: ...command or tool name whose shortcut and symbol you want to delete 2 Click Clear To delete an entire set of shortcuts 1 Choose Edit Keyboard Shortcuts 2 In the Set pop up menu choose the shortcut set t...

Page 21: ...you have an Internet connection you can access additional resources for learning Illustrator located on the Adobe Systems home page on the World Wide Web These resources are continually updated To ac...

Page 22: ...l launch your browser using your default Internet configuration 2 If prompted set preferences and then click Go Online General preferences affect how Adobe Online interacts with all Adobe products ins...

Page 23: ...s within the Adobe Web site Choose Help Adobe Links and choose a link topic from the menu The associated Web page opens Other learning resources Other learning resources are available but are not incl...

Page 24: ...access to FAQs Frequently Asked Questions and troubleshooting information that provides solutions to common problems Additional customer support resources Adobe Systems provides several forms of auto...

Page 25: ...lustrator create vector graphics made of lines and curves defined by mathematical objects called vectors Vectors describe graphics according to their geometric characteristics For example a bicycle ti...

Page 26: ...nted at too large a size or displayed at too high a magnification About resolution in bitmap images Resolution is the number of dots or pixels per linear unit used to reproduce artwork and images Outp...

Page 27: ...differs from its printed size Printer resolution The number of ink dots per inch dpi produced by an imagesetter or laser printer For best results use an image resolution that is proportional to but n...

Page 28: ...rea are visible on screen but they do not print Illustrator s work area A Imageable area B Nonimageable area C Edge of the page D Artboard E Scratch area Setting up the work area Once you have created...

Page 29: ...table area but does not define the size of the printed page The printable area of the page is derived from the printer driver and ppd of the printing device You can only change page size settings if y...

Page 30: ...e tiling format is visible on screen Choose View Show Page Tiling or View Hide Page Tiling To change the page tiling options 1 Choose File Document Setup Then choose Artboard from the pop up menu at t...

Page 31: ...n you move it to the active window 2 Drag the page to the new location As you drag the page tool responds as if you were moving the page from its lower left corner Two gray rectangles are displayed Th...

Page 32: ...es may be linked or embed ded Drag and drop artwork directly from Photoshop SVG SVGZ Open Place Illustrator does not support all types of SVG data therefore some data may be modified during import For...

Page 33: ...rofile in Adobe Photoshop for example the profile is discarded when the image is imported into Illustrator Opening files When you open a file created by another application it becomes a new Adobe Illu...

Page 34: ...lices image maps compound shapes and editable type See Exporting artwork in Photoshop format on page 326 Illustrator does not support some Photoshop features such as adjustment layers and layer effect...

Page 35: ...is embedded in the Adobe Illustrator file resulting in a larger Illustrator file The Links palette lets you identify select monitor and update objects in the Illustrator artwork that are linked to ex...

Page 36: ...artwork 2 Choose File Place select the file you want to place and click Place Placing EPS or PDF files in Illustrator with the Link option selected in the Place dialog box does not allow you to modify...

Page 37: ...that are embedded in the Illustrator file In addition you can determine if an image s link to an external file is broken or missing get information about linked or embedded image characteristics and...

Page 38: ...nked or embedded images in the file are listed in the Links palette Linked images whose originals have been modified since the image was placed and which have not been updated are identified with an e...

Page 39: ...change the placement options for any link you place or replace For example you can specify that the new image resets the original image s bounding box so that the new image s shape and alignment are...

Page 40: ...1 Choose Palette Options from the Links palette menu 2 In the Palette Options dialog box select the type of icon or thumbnail you want displayed 3 Select Show Transparency Interactions if you want to...

Page 41: ...V server to work in a collaborative environment without fear that files will be accidentally overwritten or updates lost About workgroup management When working in a collaborative environment users mu...

Page 42: ...specify additional information about the server 5 In the Advanced Options dialog box select Use a Custom Workgroup Files Location for This Server to set up a custom workgroup file repository for this...

Page 43: ...choose File Manage Workgroup Check Out To open and check out a file at the same time choose File Manage Workgroup Open Then locate and select the file and click Check Out See Opening managed files on...

Page 44: ...cons appears next to the link in the Links palette The local copy of the managed linked file matches the version on the server The local copy of the managed linked file does not match the version on t...

Page 45: ...ing a dialog box and without checking it out Always to automatically check out the file when you open it 3 Select one of the following options for Update from Server and click OK Ask to display a dial...

Page 46: ...To add metadata to a document 1 Choose File File Info 2 Select a category from the list on the left side of the dialog box enter the desired information and click OK General specifies information abo...

Page 47: ...an arc or closed like a circle For an open path the starting and ending anchor points for the path are called endpoints Components of a path A Selected solid endpoint B Selected anchor point C Curved...

Page 48: ...he smooth tool and erase tool Anchor points are set down as you draw with the pencil tool you do not determine where they are positioned However you can adjust them once the path is complete The numbe...

Page 49: ...Or Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS the path to select it 2 Position the pencil tool on or near the path to redraw and drag the tool until the path is the desired shape Using the pencil too...

Page 50: ...for the paintbrush tool see Drawing and editing brushed paths on page 79 the pen tool see Drawing with the pen tool on page 50 the segment tools see Drawing line and arc segments on page 67 and flare...

Page 51: ...t 4 Continue clicking the pen tool to create additional straight segments The last anchor point you add appears as a solid square indicating that it is selected Existing anchor points become deselecte...

Page 52: ...ius of the curve at the anchor points The angle of each direction line determines the slope of the curve and the length of each direction line determines the height or depth of the curve Moving and re...

Page 53: ...following To create a C shaped curve drag in a direction opposite to the previous direction line Drawing the second point in a curve A Starting to drag second smooth point B Dragging away from previo...

Page 54: ...Using the pen tool click corner points in two locations to create a straight segment 2 Position the pen tool over the selected endpoint A convert anchor point icon appears next to the pen tool when it...

Page 55: ...vert anchor point icon appears next to the pen tool when it is positioned correctly Click the anchor point to convert the smooth point to a corner point Drawing a mixed segment part 1 A Positioning pe...

Page 56: ...r points or direction points You can also adjust a path by converting smooth points to corner points and vice versa Adding deleting and converting anchor points You can add or delete anchor points on...

Page 57: ...rner point position the pen tool where you want to end the new segment and click If you are extending a path that ends at a smooth point the new segment will be curved by the existing direction line T...

Page 58: ...vert and do one of the following To convert a corner point to a smooth point drag a direction point out of the corner point Dragging direction point out of a corner point to create a smooth point To c...

Page 59: ...rl Windows or Command Mac OS so that you can adjust segments you ve already drawn When you draw a smooth point with the pen tool dragging the direction point changes the length of the direction line o...

Page 60: ...lected anchor points are smoothly distorted as if they were being pulled by the highlighted anchor points Unselected anchor points remain in place To adjust a path using the reshape tool 1 Use any sel...

Page 61: ...traight lines between the object s original anchor points Corner points are removed if they have an angle greater than the value set in Angle Threshold Select Show Original to show the original path b...

Page 62: ...endpoints 1 Use the direct selection tool to select the endpoints See Selecting objects on page 97 If the endpoints are coincident on top of each other drag a marquee through both endpoints to select...

Page 63: ...where you want the rectangle to begin and start dragging diagonally 3 As you drag you can do any of the following Press or hold down Up Arrow or Down Arrow to change the corner radius When the corner...

Page 64: ...t with a specified number of sides of equal length each side being the same distance from the center of the object To draw a polygon by dragging 1 Select the polygon tool 2 Position the pointer at the...

Page 65: ...want to place the center of the star By default the Star dialog box displays the dimensions of the last star you drew The unit of measure is determined by the unit of measure set in the Document Setup...

Page 66: ...Press Up Arrow to add rings Press Down Arrow to remove rings Press Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS as you drag to hold the center of the flare constant Press Ctrl Windows or Command Mac OS as you drag...

Page 67: ...y pressing Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and clicking Reset To draw a line segment 1 Select the line segment tool click where you want the line to begin and drag to where you want the line to end 2 As...

Page 68: ...ate and drag until the spiral is the desired size 3 As you drag you can do any of the following Drag the pointer in an arc to rotate the spiral Shift drag to constrain the tool to multiples of 45 degr...

Page 69: ...you drag Press Up Arrow or Down Arrow to add or remove horizontal lines Press Right Arrow or Left Arrow to add or remove vertical lines Press F to decrease the logarithmic skew value for the horizonta...

Page 70: ...C to change the logarithmic skew value for the concentric dividers outward by 10 Press F to change the logarithmic skew value for the radial dividers counterclockwise by 10 Press V to change the loga...

Page 71: ...te To change the view of symbols in the Symbols palette Choose one of the following from the Symbols palette menu Thumbnail View Small List View or Large List View Note You can arrange the listings al...

Page 72: ...ols palette 1 Select a symbol from the palette 2 Do one of the following Click the Place Symbol Instance button in the Symbols palette to place the instance in the center of the artboard Drag the symb...

Page 73: ...button in the Symbols palette 3 Edit the artwork 4 Do one of the following Make sure the symbol you want to redefine is selected in the Symbols palette and choose Redefine from the Symbols palette men...

Page 74: ...n size rotation transparency or style of symbol sets Symbol features A Symbols palette B Symbol instance C Symbol instance set After you select one symbolism tool you can quickly switch between tools...

Page 75: ...s or add more instances to an existing set You can specify the following options from each of the tool pop up menus in the Symbol Sprayer Options dialog box Average adds a new symbol with the average...

Page 76: ...shifter tool and do one of the following To bring symbol instances forward Shift click the symbol instance To send symbol instances backward hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and Shift click the...

Page 77: ...r drag in the direction you want the symbol instances to orient Using the symbol stainer tool Use the symbol stainer tool to colorize symbol instances Colorizing a symbol instance changes the hue towa...

Page 78: ...where you want to increase the symbol s transparency Hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS and click or drag where you want to decrease the symbol s transparency Using the symbol styler tool The sym...

Page 79: ...current file Each Illustrator file can have a different set of brushes in its Brushes palette You can achieve the following effects using the four brush types Calligraphic brushes create strokes that...

Page 80: ...draw a path 3 As you drag hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS The paintbrush tool displays a small loop to indicate drawing a closed path 4 When the path is the size and shape you want release the...

Page 81: ...the Brushes palette menu A picture of the brush displays to the left of the name The picture to the right of the name indicates the brush type To display brushes by thumbnail only Choose Thumbnail Vi...

Page 82: ...e See Modifying letterforms as graphic objects on page 267 Creating a calligraphic brush You can change the angle roundness and diameter of strokes painted with calligraphic brushes To create a callig...

Page 83: ...lick the New Brush button in the Brushes palette or choose New Brush from the palette menu Select New Scatter Brush and click OK 3 In the Name text box enter a name for the brush up to 30 characters 4...

Page 84: ...inted along a path with art brushes and also flip the objects along the path or across the path To create an art brush 1 Select the artwork to be used as an art brush 2 Click the New Brush button in t...

Page 85: ...e Brushes palette or choose New Brush from the palette menu Select New Pattern Brush and click OK 2 In the Name text box enter a name for the brush up to 30 characters 3 Click a tile button for the ti...

Page 86: ...e or display the artwork that you want to use as a Pattern brush See Creating and working with patterns on page 206 Make sure to create artwork for each of the tiles in the Pattern brush up to five ti...

Page 87: ...most prominent color in the art Everything in the brush artwork that is the key color becomes the stroke color Other colors in the brush artwork become colors related to the stroke color Hue Shift ma...

Page 88: ...e modified brush into the Brushes palette Using the brush libraries You can import brushes from other Adobe Illustrator files into a palette associated with the current file using the Brush Libraries...

Page 89: ...l on page 61 To select all brush stroke paths in the current artwork choose Select Object Brush Strokes For better performance when creating a brush from art that contains multiple overlapping paths f...

Page 90: ...the object Illustrator draws the path beginning where you clicked and follows the shape keeping the shape on its right The path may be drawn clockwise or counterclockwise depending on where you click...

Page 91: ...icient memory You can also revert a file to the version that was last saved but not if you closed and then reopened the file To undo or redo an operation Choose Edit Undo or Edit Redo Depending on the...

Page 92: ...s Undo Mac OS X 2 From the General pop up menu choose the unit of measure you want to use and click OK To set the ruler unit of measure for only the current file 1 Choose File Document Setup Choose Ar...

Page 93: ...ny time For example you may be working on a 3 inch by 5 inch card that is centered on an 8 5 inch by 11 inch page Setting the ruler origin to line up with the 3 by 5 inch artwork rather than the 8 5 b...

Page 94: ...ting guide and grid preferences on page 95 Using guides You can create two kinds of guides Ruler guides are straight horizontal or vertical lines created with the ruler These guides are the simplest t...

Page 95: ...nd you can change the color of the grid by using either predefined grid colors or colors you select using a color picker Spacing of grids is defined by two values the distance between major lines and...

Page 96: ...or off To turn Smart Guides on or off choose View Smart Guides A check mark appears next to the command when Smart Guides are turned on To change Smart Guide preferences 1 Choose Edit Preferences Smar...

Page 97: ...u do that by selecting the object with a selection tool or command Once you ve selected an object or a part of an object you can edit it by moving or copying deleting or adjusting paths Note You can d...

Page 98: ...object Click an anchor point of the object Drag a dotted rectangle called a marquee around part or all of the object To select an entire object or line with the lasso tool 1 Select the lasso tool 2 D...

Page 99: ...urn off Use Preview Bounds in the General panel of the Preferences dialog box To move duplicate or scale objects use the selection tool Note You can also move and scale selected objects as well as per...

Page 100: ...ct the Use Area Select option and click OK Selecting and deselecting multiple objects You can select several objects at a time and then move paint group transform or edit them using any editing tool Y...

Page 101: ...mode See Using the magic wand tool on page 101 Using the magic wand tool Use the magic wand tool to select all objects in a document with the same or similar fill color stroke weight stroke color opac...

Page 102: ...ion from the list Moving copying and deleting objects You can move objects in your artwork by cutting them from one spot and pasting them into another by dragging them and by using the arrow keys the...

Page 103: ...ject in the same position on the new file s artboard as in the original file To move an object or a copy of an object by dragging 1 Select the object You can also select multiple objects 2 Position th...

Page 104: ...gative angles specify a clockwise move You can also enter values between 180 and 360 degrees these values are converted to their corresponding negative values for example a value of 270 is converted t...

Page 105: ...ompliant To copy an OLE object that contains psd data use the OLE Clipboard See your Windows documentation Dragging vector artwork from Adobe Illustrator or from other applications that use the Illust...

Page 106: ...e objects evenly along the horizontal axis or vertical axis In addition you can distribute the space between objects evenly both horizontally and vertically To align or distribute objects 1 Select the...

Page 107: ...e released an envelope or want to convert a mesh shape for use in another application apply the offset path filter with a setting of 0 and then delete the mesh shape You can then edit the remaining pa...

Page 108: ...l Windows and Mac OS 9 or Illustrator Preferences General Mac OS X 2 In the Constrain Angle text box enter the angle at which you want the axes rotated If you enter a positive number the axes are rota...

Page 109: ...ct is part of any type of group including masked artwork compound paths text and word wraps the object is moved to the front or back of the group rather than the front or back of the entire layer To m...

Page 110: ...remains the same When Paste Remembers Layers is on objects are always pasted onto the layer where they originated See Pasting artwork between layers on page 223 To paste objects into the current layer...

Page 111: ...l and click the path you want to select 2 Click the same place again to select successive groups until you have selected every thing you want to include in your selection First click selects an object...

Page 112: ...jects above the selected object choose Object Lock All Artwork Above To lock all objects on other layers choose Object Lock Other Layers To hide a selected object select the objects and choose Object...

Page 113: ...ormation before applying it and to select other transformation options Use the Transform palette to modify selected objects by changing information in the palette See Using the Transform palette on pa...

Page 114: ...objects to rotate 2 Select the free transform tool 3 Position the pointer anywhere outside the bounding box The pointer changes to 4 Drag until the selection is at the desired angle of rotation To rot...

Page 115: ...ually in a selection 1 Select the object or objects to rotate Then choose Object Transform Transform Each 2 In the Angle text box enter the angle by which to rotate the selected objects between 360 de...

Page 116: ...round the center point Click to set a new point of origin move the pointer away from the new point of origin and then drag to scale the object Shift drag along a diagonal to scale the object uniformly...

Page 117: ...view to preview the effect before you apply it then click OK Uniform scaling with a non default origin point specified left uniform scaling with the default origin point right Reflecting Reflecting an...

Page 118: ...r control over the reflection drag farther from the object s point of origin To reflect by specifying an axis 1 With the selection tool select the object or objects to reflect 2 Do one of the followin...

Page 119: ...which you want the object to be sheared Then move the pointer away from the shear axis and drag in the direction you want to shear the object Shift drag to constrain the tool Select object left then...

Page 120: ...istort with the free transform tool 1 With the selection tool select the object or objects to distort 2 Select the free transform tool 3 Start dragging a handle on the corner of the bounding box not a...

Page 121: ...orm palette To select the reference point from which you are modifying the selection click a handle on the square representing the object s bounding box To change a selection to a new horizontal orien...

Page 122: ...appearance applied See Working with appearance attributes on page 228 and Using the Layers palette on page 215 Expanding a warped object removes the warp effect while leaving the object in its warped...

Page 123: ...pmost in the stacking order 2 Choose Object Envelope Distort Make with Top Object Note To apply a stroke or fill to an envelope use the Appearance palette See Working with appearance attributes on pag...

Page 124: ...pe options You can set options for envelopes to determine what if any attribute of the envelope is expanded with the original object and how precisely the art is distorted to fit the envelope To set e...

Page 125: ...tool Adds random spike arc shaped details to the outline of an object The wrinkle tool Adds random arc and spike shaped details to the outline of an object To distort an object using a liquify tool 1...

Page 126: ...rance of the object without altering the underlying structure of the object For more information see Using effects on page 235 Comparison between filters and effects A Original object B With Roughen f...

Page 127: ...ngle Rounded Rectangle and Ellipse let you make objects and rasters appear to have this shape These commands are useful when applied to a fill or stroke of an object with multiple fills or strokes For...

Page 128: ...a filter or as an effect see Using effects on page 235 To roughen an object 1 Do one of the following To apply the command as a filter select the object to roughen Then choose Filter Distort Roughen...

Page 129: ...ol Points moves control points that lead into anchor points on the path Out Control Points moves control points that lead out of anchor points on the path 5 Because results vary select Preview to prev...

Page 130: ...ces dialog box 5 Enter the distance from the edge of the shadow where you want any blurring to occur To blur the shadow a transparent raster object is created 6 Do one of the following Select Color an...

Page 131: ...nce from the center or edge of the selection where you want any blurring to occur 9 Click OK Feathering edges The Feather command softens the edges of an object or rasters by fading them to trans pare...

Page 132: ...a percentage of the size of the object or Absolute to move points a specific amount 3 For Size enter the distance you want to move points on the line or drag the slider 4 For Ridges per Segment enter...

Page 133: ...reate and distribute shapes evenly between two objects For example you can create a series of evenly spaced bars using the blend tool or the Make Blend command Two objects selected using the blend too...

Page 134: ...ult blends are created as knockout transparency groups so that if any of the steps consist of overlapping transparent objects these objects will not show through each other You can change this setting...

Page 135: ...with any selection tool 2 Choose Object Blend Make To release a blend 1 Select the blend with any selection tool 2 Choose Object Blend Release To change the number of steps between blends 1 Choose Ob...

Page 136: ...n applied Creating blends on paths Once you create a blend you can then apply the blend to a path Applying a blend to a path is an easy way to wrap a blend around an object or create special effects i...

Page 137: ...stacking order The filters do not affect strokes or unpainted objects See Stacking objects on page 109 To blend colors and opacities between filled objects 1 Select three or more filled objects to bl...

Page 138: ...an object with an existing ink pen hatch 1 Select the object you want to fill with a hatch 2 Choose Filter Pen Ink Hatch Effects 3 Choose a hatch from the Hatch pop up menu and an effect from the Hatc...

Page 139: ...he hatch Match Object s Color changes the hatch fill to the selection s fill Keep Object s Fill Color applies the hatch in its original color on top of the object s fill color 9 When you finish adjust...

Page 140: ...filter you may want to import hatches that you previously created in Illustrator or save the current set of hatches you made into a hatch library Hatch libraries are stored in the Illustrator 10 0 Plu...

Page 141: ...inder Options from the Pathfinder palette menu 3 Specify any of the following Pathfinder options and then click OK Type a precision value in the Precision text box to affect how precisely the Pathfind...

Page 142: ...thfinder effects and Pathfinder filters in the Pathfinder palette About compound shapes A compound shape is editable art consisting of two or more objects each assigned a shape mode Compound shapes ma...

Page 143: ...adjusting compound shapes You create compound shapes using the Make Compound Shape command on selected objects By default each component is assigned the Add mode and the Make Compound Shape command c...

Page 144: ...ent except the backmost component until you obtain the desired combination of shape areas Note To sustain maximum performance create complex compound shapes by nesting other compound shapes containing...

Page 145: ...etters o and g When you define objects as a compound path all objects in the compound path take on the paint and style attributes of the backmost object in the stacking order Note If you want more fle...

Page 146: ...ding Fill Rule applied B With Use Even Odd Fill Rule applied To specify a non zero winding or even odd compound path 1 With the selection tool select the compound path 2 Choose Window Attributes 3 Cli...

Page 147: ...omponent filled faces a face is an area undivided by a line segment Note When you use the Divide Pathfinder button in the Pathfinder palette you can use the direct selection or group selection tool an...

Page 148: ...Pathfinder effect or when using Add Subtract Intersect or Exclude a compound shape and then expanding it it s just a faster way of getting the same result To create a final shape using Pathfinder fil...

Page 149: ...o retain the original selection save a copy elsewhere in your document The object cuts any filled object that it s touching 2 To cut the object choose Object Path Divide Objects Below The shapes that...

Page 150: ...election tool or drag a marquee to select the objects you no longer want to use as a mask 2 Choose Object Clipping Mask Release Because the mask was assigned a fill and stroke value of None it is not...

Page 151: ...t In the Layers palette drag the object out of the clipping group To lock a mask 1 With the direct selection tool select the mask to lock 2 Choose Object Lock Selection Filling and stroking masks You...

Page 152: ...as a location on the standard color wheel expressed as a degree between 0 and 360 In common use hue is identified by the name of the color such as red orange or green Saturation sometimes called chro...

Page 153: ...gray When the value of all components is 255 the result is pure white when all components have values of 0 the result is pure black Illustrator also includes a modified RGB color model called Web Saf...

Page 154: ...he luminosity of the original objects When you convert grayscale objects to RGB the color values for each object are assigned that object s previous gray value You can also convert a grayscale object...

Page 155: ...ob requires so many colors that using individual spot inks would be expensive or impractical such as when printing color photographs Keep the following guidelines in mind when specifying a process col...

Page 156: ...e so that you and your prepress service provider can uniquely identify each resulting spot color printing plate In comparison printing any process color requires no more than four inks so you can use...

Page 157: ...work See Applying color by dragging and dropping on page 159 Use the paint bucket or eyedropper tool to copy attributes between objects See Copying attributes between objects on page 170 If you are st...

Page 158: ...Select an object using any selection tool 2 Choose Window Color 3 Select the Fill box or Stroke box in the Color palette or in the toolbox 4 Do one of the following Position the pointer over the color...

Page 159: ...oke palette 1 With any selection tool select the object with the stroke attributes you want to change 2 Click the Stroke box in the toolbox to select the object s stroke 3 Choose Window Stroke 4 To sp...

Page 160: ...ette identify the spot color type the process color type the HSB color mode the RGB color mode or the CMYK color mode If the RGB or CMYK color is a spot color a dot appears in the corner of the icon T...

Page 161: ...te and in the Fill box or Stroke box in the toolbox and it is applied to any selected object To modify the swatch display 1 Choose Window Swatches 2 Choose one of the following display options from th...

Page 162: ...from the Color Type pop up menu and click OK Drag the color or gradient to the Swatches palette positioning the pointer where you want the new swatch to appear Ctrl drag Windows or Command drag Mac O...

Page 163: ...r and it still prints and separates with each of its CMYK values intact To edit a swatch 1 Choose Window Swatches 2 Select a swatch and do one of the following Double click the swatch Choose Swatch Op...

Page 164: ...en choose Select Same Stroke Weight To apply the same selection options using a different object for example if you have already selected all red objects using the Same Fill Color command and now you...

Page 165: ...erge Swatches command When you merge swatches together all objects painted with either of the swatch colors will be updated with the merged swatch color To add color gradient or pattern swatches from...

Page 166: ...e other file s library into the Swatches palette 1 Select one or more swatches in the library Click to select a single swatch Shift click to select a range of swatches Ctrl click Windows or Command cl...

Page 167: ...tel Uncoated and PANTONE Metallic Important Illustrator 10 0 includes new PANTONE color libraries If you work with an Illustrator 9 0 or earlier file that uses PANTONE colors the older version of the...

Page 168: ...startup file when it was last saved To create a custom startup file 1 Make a backup copy of the current default startup file Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK or Adobe Illustrator Startup_RGB and then s...

Page 169: ...to select a color The color slider displays the range of color levels available for the selected color component for example R G or B The color field displays the range for the remaining two componen...

Page 170: ...alent for a nonprintable color Click the alert triangle that appears in the Color Picker dialog box or the Color palette To select the closest Web safe equivalent for a non Web safe color The closest...

Page 171: ...CMYK color mode To apply attributes using the paint bucket tool 1 Select the paint bucket tool 2 Click any object to apply the saved attributes If you are working in Outline view or if the object is s...

Page 172: ...of artwork using the Layers palette on page 223 2 Choose Effect Pathfinder Hard Mix To mix colors by specifying a mixing rate Soft Mix 1 Select a group in the artwork or target a group or layer in the...

Page 173: ...e colors of selected objects by increasing or decreasing the percentages of color values or the percentage tint of spot colors You set the desired percentage using the Saturate dialog box To saturate...

Page 174: ...image sources scanners and software produce art using different color spaces differences in brands of computer monitors differences in the way software applications define color differences in print...

Page 175: ...a wildlife photograph may alter the colors in a logo containing flat tints of color Color management engines provide a choice of rendering intents or trans lation methods so that you can apply a meth...

Page 176: ...nder which your audience will see the final piece For example you might want to see how a housewares catalog looks under the incandescent light bulbs used in homes or view an office furniture catalog...

Page 177: ...ot available and color management options in the Print dialog box are not available Custom Uses the settings you choose in the Color Settings dialog box Color Management Off Uses minimal color managem...

Page 178: ...ith its color model for creating and editing colors and the profile is usually embedded in the saved document to provide color translation information for the destination output device However some ex...

Page 179: ...Preferences General Windows and Mac OS 9 or Illustrator Preferences General Mac OS X 2 Click Reset All Warning Dialogs and click OK Customizing color management settings Although the predefined settin...

Page 180: ...of color profiles that have been recommended and tested by Adobe Systems for most color management workflows By default only these profiles appear under the working space menus To display additional...

Page 181: ...e coated publication grade stock U S Sheetfed Coated v2 Uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U S inks under the following printing conditions 350 total area of ink coverag...

Page 182: ...havior Off No profiles are saved with new documents If opened document s profile does not match cur rent working space profile is discarded and not saved with document If opened document s profile mat...

Page 183: ...e information see About color management on page 174 The following standard engine options are available If you have installed additional color management engines they may also appear as options Adobe...

Page 184: ...d of hue so when scaling to a smaller gamut hues may shift This rendering intent is suitable for business graphics where the exact relationship between colors is not as important as having bright satu...

Page 185: ...hard proof of your document to preview how the document s colors will look when reproduced on a specific output device In a color managed workflow you can use the precision of color profiles to soft...

Page 186: ...n or you may want to correct a policy behavior that you no longer want implemented on the document The Assign Profile command is recommended only for advanced users Note The Assign Profile command is...

Page 187: ...g ways with the most precise methods listed first Generate profiles customized for your specific devices using professional profiling equipment Check with your service provider Some providers will use...

Page 188: ...ing or the monitor brightness setting Creating an ICC monitor profile Your monitor will display color more reliably if you use color management and accurate ICC profiles The Adobe Gamma utility which...

Page 189: ...k to white are nonlinear if you graph the values they form a curve not a straight line Gamma defines the value of that curve at halfway between black and white Gamma adjustment compensates for the non...

Page 190: ...ibe how your monitor reproduces color To use Adobe Gamma 1 Do one of the following to start the Adobe Gamma utility In Windows double click Adobe Gamma located in the Program Files Common Files Adobe...

Page 191: ...have an overlapping stroke knock out the color of the underlying fill Filled circle and overlying stroke without Knockout Group option left and with Knockout Group option applied right Transparency i...

Page 192: ...Photoshop files in Illustrator on page 34 Using the Transparency palette Use the Transparency palette to specify the opacity and blending mode of objects to create opacity masks or to knock out a port...

Page 193: ...n the Transparency palette drag the Opacity slider or enter a transparency value Changing the display of transparent artwork You use the Document Setup dialog box to set transparency preferences which...

Page 194: ...ight of the object thumbnail of the Transparency palette An empty mask is created and Illustrator automatically enters mask editing mode Use the drawing tools to draw a mask shape Note If you use blac...

Page 195: ...jects fully transparent outside the boundaries of the masking artwork The Invert Mask command reverses the luminosity values of the masking artwork which reverses the opacity of the masked artwork for...

Page 196: ...e base color by the blend color The resulting color is always a darker color Multiplying any color with black produces black Multiplying any color with white leaves the color unchanged The effect is s...

Page 197: ...with white inverts the base color components Blending with black produces no change Hue Creates a resulting color with the luminance and saturation of the base color and the hue of the blend color Sa...

Page 198: ...hat it overlays Only artwork within the selected group or layer is knocked out Objects beneath the selected group or in different layers are still visible relative to the group or layer You can also c...

Page 199: ...ample if you use a gradient mask as a knockout group the underlying object will be knocked out progressively as if it were being shaded by a gradient You can create knockout shapes with both vector an...

Page 200: ...te blends of colors opacities and shapes between objects using the Blend command or the blend tool You can select the beginning and ending shapes opacities and colors and have Illustrator create the i...

Page 201: ...at 50 drag the diamond icon located above the slider 7 Enter the angle of direction for the gradient in the Angle text box The angle can range from 180 to 180 degrees The angle option is not available...

Page 202: ...s in the direction you want the gradient to be painted 5 Release the mouse button where you want to define the endpoint of the gradient Creating multicolored objects with the mesh tool The mesh tool t...

Page 203: ...converted back to a path object When converting complex objects use the Create Mesh command for the best results When converting simple objects use either the mesh tool or the Create Mesh command Howe...

Page 204: ...ining a radial or linear gradient fill 2 Choose Object Expand 3 Select the Gradient Mesh option in the Expand dialog box and click OK The selected object is converted to a mesh object that takes the s...

Page 205: ...t way to move a mesh point along a curved mesh line without distorting the mesh line Dragging to move mesh point left and Shift dragging with the mesh tool to constrain to mesh line right Adjusting co...

Page 206: ...masks in a pattern You can customize any pattern by resizing the pattern moving or transforming it or coloring its objects Patterns intended for filling objects fill patterns differ in design and tili...

Page 207: ...rn in the Swatches palette 1 Double click a pattern swatch 2 Enter the new pattern name in the Swatch Name text box and click OK Guidelines for constructing patterns Follow these general guidelines fo...

Page 208: ...tric patterns To construct a geometric pattern that tiles uniformly first construct a geometric object with a center point and paint the object Then arrange copies of the object in the pattern you wan...

Page 209: ...simple patterns and defining patterns on page 207 Constructing patterns with irregular textures You can create an irregularly textured fill pattern that tiles seamlessly Remember that fill patterns cl...

Page 210: ...ows or Option Shift Mac OS 10 Deselect everything 11 Select the lower rectangle and any objects that don t cross the top rectangle and delete them 12 Using the pencil tool fill the middle of the recta...

Page 211: ...selection tool drag the left tile down by the top right anchor point pressing Alt Shift Windows or Option Shift Mac OS to make a copy and constrain the move so that you create a third tile beneath th...

Page 212: ...you can use the same tile for the inner corner tile as for the outer corner tile If the side tile for the brush pattern is not horizontally symmetric follow the same steps as to create symmetrical cor...

Page 213: ...t you subsequently apply are transformed the same way To return fill patterns to their original states select another paint style and then reselect the desired pattern You can transform fill patterns...

Page 214: ...1 Select a filled or stroked object or an object that has been both filled and stroked 2 Choose Object Expand If the Expand command is dimmed you may need to choose Object Expand Appearance first 3 Do...

Page 215: ...he appearance attributes of artwork You can even create template layers which you can use to trace artwork and import layers from Photoshop Using the Layers palette The Layers palette lists all the la...

Page 216: ...humbnails in the Layers palette may result in slow performance when you are working with complex files Turn off layer thumbnails to improve performance Creating and modifying layers The number of laye...

Page 217: ...es the artwork contained in the layer printable See Making artwork nonprintable on page 225 Preview Displays the artwork contained in the layer in Preview view See Changing the display of layered artw...

Page 218: ...ayers With merging you can select which items you want to consolidate with flattening all visible items in the artwork are consolidated in a single parent layer With either option the stacking order o...

Page 219: ...ing the display of layered artwork By default Illustrator assigns different colors to selection marks on each layer and to the corresponding layer color square in the Layers palette You can change thi...

Page 220: ...t the Preview option to display all items in the layer in Outline view select the Preview option to display all items in the layer in Preview view Choose Preview All Layers from the Layers palette men...

Page 221: ...rtwork To select all artwork in a layer Do one of the following Click the right edge of a layer in the Layers palette between the target button and the scroll bar The layer color square indicates that...

Page 222: ...To add the dragged items to a layer group or sublayer release the mouse button when you see large black triangles at the left and right edges of the desired position To drag items between layers Do o...

Page 223: ...groups See Changing the stacking order of artwork using the Layers palette on page 222 Compound shapes Appear as Compound Shape items in the Layers palette You can use the Layers palette to show and...

Page 224: ...the Layers palette This is useful for creating animations It also lets you create different versions of an element in your artwork To duplicate artwork 1 Select the items you want to duplicate in the...

Page 225: ...n the Layers palette or select an item and choose Options for Layer name from the Layers palette menu In the Layer Options dialog box select or deselect Lock and click OK To lock all unselected layers...

Page 226: ...layers and groups within Layer 1 are masked Objects in the clipping path are indicated with a dotted line in the Layers palette Regardless of its previous attributes a clipping mask object changes to...

Page 227: ...e current layer in the palette See Placing files on page 35 The eye icon is replaced by the template icon and the layer is locked Moving layers between Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop When you i...

Page 228: ...s found elsewhere in the appli cation However Effect menu commands do not change the underlying object only its appearance You can distort rasterize and modify any path using any number of effects but...

Page 229: ...work in the container Click the name of the container to redisplay the its attributes Expanding and collapsing fills and strokes Click the triangle to the left of the fill or stroke in the Appearance...

Page 230: ...rom the palette menu Drag the appearance attribute onto the Duplicate Selected Item button in the palette If the attribute is a fill or stroke choose Add New Fill or Add New Stroke from the Appearance...

Page 231: ...ject for example you can change its fill and stroke color transparency and Effect menu settings in one step All the changes you apply with styles are completely reversible Using the Styles palette The...

Page 232: ...color of the characters 2 Apply the style from the Styles palette Click a style in the list Drag the style onto an object on the artboard The object does not have to be selected first Copy and apply a...

Page 233: ...tyles from the palette menu The new style contains all the attributes of the selected styles and is added to the end of the list of styles in the palette To replace style attributes Do one of the foll...

Page 234: ...nt to delete 2 Delete the style Choose Delete Style from the Styles palette menu Click the Trash button in the palette Drag the style onto the Trash button in the palette Using style libraries You can...

Page 235: ...rator application folder 2 Restart the program Using effects The commands listed under the Effect menu alter the appearance of an object without changing the underlying object itself For example you c...

Page 236: ...Styles palette See Using styles on page 231 2 Choose a command from the Effect menu 3 Specify settings and apply the effect 4 If you selected a style the appearance attributes are unlinked from that s...

Page 237: ...nging the color See Changing vector graphics into bitmap images on page 237 Colorize 1 bit images See Colorizing 1 bit images on page 238 Use bitmap filters and filter effects See Choosing a filter or...

Page 238: ...settings on page 239 Background Determines how transparent areas of the vector graphic are converted to pixels Select White to fill transparent areas with white pixels or select Transparent to make t...

Page 239: ...stead of to the original For information on linked and embedded images see Opening and placing artwork on page 33 About plug in filters Adobe Illustrator supports plug in filters and filter effects fr...

Page 240: ...pplied to bitmap images but not to 1 bit black and white images All the bitmap filters and filter effects work on RGB and grayscale images The following filters and filter effects do not work with CMY...

Page 241: ...d in Illustrator have texturizing options such as the Glass Rough Pastels Grain and Fresco commands The texturizing options can make a bitmap image appear as though painted onto various textures such...

Page 242: ...to achieve a painterly or special effect for a fine arts or commercial project For example use the Cutout filter for collages or type treatment These filters replicate natural or traditional media eff...

Page 243: ...241 Watercolor Paints the image in a watercolor style simplifying details in an image using a medium brush loaded with water and color Where significant tonal changes occur at edges the filter satura...

Page 244: ...geometrically distort an image creating 3 D or other reshaping effects Note that these filters can be very memory intensive Diffuse Glow Renders an image as though it were viewed through a soft diffus...

Page 245: ...harpens them Use the Unsharp Mask filter to adjust the contrast of edge detail and produce a lighter and darker line on each side of the edge to emphasize the edge and create the illusion of a sharper...

Page 246: ...ground and background color Dark areas are raised light areas are sunken or reverse the effect by choosing the Invert option Reticulation Simulates the controlled shrinking and distorting of film emul...

Page 247: ...s from bleeding across television scan lines Using the Object Mosaic filter The Object Mosaic filter creates sharp definition in an image by clustering pixels of similar color values together into ind...

Page 248: ...ized image into a crosshatched drawing 1 Select a rasterized image 2 Choose Filter Pen and Ink Photo Crosshatch 3 Enter the number of hatch layers to create in the Hatch Layers text box The maximum nu...

Page 249: ...g with Bitmap Images Using Help Contents Index Back 249 Rotation Variance sets the amount that each layer is rotated from the previous layer from 0 to 100 Top Angle sets the angle of rotation for the...

Page 250: ...xt is exported from Illustrator horizontally Creating type Using the type tools you can create horizontal or vertical type anywhere in a file In addition you can flow text into shapes or onto paths in...

Page 251: ...a new paragraph If you enter more type than can fit within the rectangle a small box containing a plus symbol appears near the bottom of the rectangle when in Outline view or when the text rectangle o...

Page 252: ...When you turn an object into a type path the path becomes unstroked and unfilled even if the path was originally stroked or filled When the entire text object is selected any changes to the paint sett...

Page 253: ...l or the direct selection tool to select the type path if it is not already selected 2 Position the pointer on the I beam in the type 3 Use the selection tool to move the selected type along the path...

Page 254: ...er to print You can create empty type paths for example by inadvertently clicking the type tool in the artwork area and then choosing another tool To delete an empty type path from your artwork 1 Choo...

Page 255: ...OS X 2 Select or deselect the Type Area Select option and click OK Showing hidden characters As you work with type nonprinting characters are embedded into the file to indicate keyboard actions or st...

Page 256: ...ype containers at once if they are all selected Using the Character palette You change type attributes using the Character palette Some of the type attributes also have separate submenus or palettes s...

Page 257: ...style for example Bold Condensed Italic As you type the name of the first font or style beginning with that letter appears Continue typing the name until the correct font or style name appears Choose...

Page 258: ...change type size units 1 Choose Edit Preferences Units Undo Windows and Mac OS 9 or Illustrator Preferences Units Undo Mac OS X 2 In the Type pop up menu choose the type units you want to use and clic...

Page 259: ...s the line s leading is set to the greater of the two values You can adjust leading in the Character palette or directly from the keyboard The default Auto Leading option sets the leading at 120 of th...

Page 260: ...1 point font 1 em corresponds to 1 point in a 10 point font 1 em corresponds to 10 points Because kerning units are 1 1000 em 100 kerning units in a 10 point font are equivalent to 1 point Examples o...

Page 261: ...create subscripts or super scripts or move path type above or below a path without changing the direction of the type flow For example using the path type tool on a circle positions type above the ci...

Page 262: ...can set the increments in which baseline shift and kerning tracking values increase or decrease when you use keyboard shortcuts The default key increment values are 2 points for size leading 2 points...

Page 263: ...pper and paint bucket tools affect all attributes of a type selection including appearance attributes To customize the attributes affected by these tools use the Paintbucket Eyedropper dialog box Note...

Page 264: ...ge of these options you must rasterize type objects before you save the artwork To set rasterization and anti aliasing options for type objects 1 Choose a Rasterize command as described in Changing ve...

Page 265: ...alette or the Text Orientation command Changing character direction using the Character palette You can change the direction of individual characters or portions of a vertical text block using the Dir...

Page 266: ...ither Type Type Orientation Horizontal or Type Type Orientation Vertical Using the Wari Chu divided note option The Wari Chu option in the Character palette decreases the type size of selected text to...

Page 267: ...t type to outlines the type loses its hints instructions built into outline fonts to adjust their shape so that your system displays or prints them optimally at a wide range of sizes Therefore if you...

Page 268: ...m a file rather than copying and pasting it is that imported text retains its character and paragraph formatting For example text from an RTF Rich Text Format file retains its font and styles in Illus...

Page 269: ...st into the backmost object in the stacking order and continues to the next object in the stacking order The most recently created object is frontmost See Stacking objects on page 109 The following op...

Page 270: ...lick the type container to which you want to link the new type container Then choose Type Blocks Link The type flows into the new type container Creating rows and columns By using the Rows Columns dia...

Page 271: ...nd an object You can make one or several type containers wrap around any number of objects Important You cannot wrap type around an open path To wrap type around a graphic object 1 Make sure that the...

Page 272: ...cludes a number of features especially useful for working with larger groups of type such as type laid out within columns These functions enable you to set the paragraph indentation and text alignment...

Page 273: ...dent text box 3 Enter an indentation value To create a first line hanging indentation type a negative value in the First line left indent text box 4 Press Enter Return or Tab Specifying alignment opti...

Page 274: ...ge spacing in type 1 Select any type container or type path using a selection tool or set an insertion point 2 If the Word Spacing and the Letter Spacing options are not visible in the Paragraph palet...

Page 275: ...characters and CJK characters By changing the percentage of space between different types of characters the Moji Gumi option eliminates spacing problems that can arise when using a mixture of these ch...

Page 276: ...ver two lines Selecting the Kinsoku Shori option and by using the options in the Kinsoku Shori dialog box you can control how these characters are handled during line breaking and you can choose which...

Page 277: ...obe Illustrator 7 x To set line breaking options 1 If the paragraph options aren t visible in the Paragraph palette choose Show Options from the palette menu 2 Choose Kinsoku Shori from the Paragraph...

Page 278: ...this option is unselected text hangs under any circumstance If you want punctuation to hang only when there is no room to adjust spacing and prevent hanging select the Hang Punctuation Only If Space U...

Page 279: ...ft margin of the selected text for horizontal type or with the top margin for vertical type Drag the Extend Tab Ruler button at the lower right of the palette to extend the ruler Select Snap to snap t...

Page 280: ...henating words The autohyphenation feature automatically hyphenates words where appropriate at the ends of lines You can set the hyphenation parameters in the Paragraph palette When you select the aut...

Page 281: ...with the application and not with the file For example if you use the file on a different computer that has different hyphenation exceptions your text may hyphenate differently Editing text Once you h...

Page 282: ...Skip To skip every instance of the word in the file click Skip All This option removes the word from the Misspelled Words list but the word reappears the next time the file is checked To add the word...

Page 283: ...rrent case setting to all uppercase all lowercase or mixed case that is each word beginning with an uppercase letter Note The Change Case command only works with 1 byte Roman text CJK Roman 2 byte tex...

Page 284: ...mand Mac OS only Some Japanese fonts contain information on alternative or historical variants for certain characters You can specify an alternative glyph for an existing kanji using the Glyph Options...

Page 285: ...ata and the visibility setting of objects in your artwork In addition you can create different sets of variable data in order to easily view what your template will look like when it is rendered Templ...

Page 286: ...variable or choose Variable Options from the Variables palette menu See Editing variables on page 288 Sorting rows in the Variables palette Click the Variables header to sort the rows by variable nam...

Page 287: ...ble with no type appears in the Variables palette Binding variables to object attributes Binding a variable to an object attribute makes the object dynamic The type of object and type of variable dete...

Page 288: ...le in the Variables palette 2 Click the Unbind Variable button in the Variables palette or choose Unbind Variable from the Variables palette menu Editing variables You change the name and type of a va...

Page 289: ...xt edit the text string on the artboard See Editing text on page 281 For linked files replace the image using the Links palette or the File Place command See Replacing linked images on page 39 and Pla...

Page 290: ...es palette to create a data set and assign the default name to it Choose Capture Data Set from the Variables palette menu enter a name for the data set and click OK To select a data set Do one of the...

Page 291: ...into an Illustrator document To import variables into Illustrator from an XML file 1 Choose Load Variable Library from the Variables palette menu 2 Select the XML file from which you want to import v...

Page 292: ...eneral Web graphics formats fall into two categories bitmap and vector The bitmap formats GIF JPEG and PNG describe artwork as a series of colored dots called pixels Each pixel in a bitmap image has a...

Page 293: ...r will change how Illustrator rasterizes artwork To view artwork in pixel preview mode Choose View Pixel Preview To disable or enable snapping in pixel preview mode Choose View Snap to Pixel Note By d...

Page 294: ...time you arrange the stacking order of slices To create a slice Do one of the following Select one or more objects on the artboard and choose Object Slice Make Select the slice tool and drag over the...

Page 295: ...status area when the mouse is positioned over an image Specify text in the Alt text box that will appear in place of image data in nongraphical browser and will be used by voice recognition software...

Page 296: ...306 Illustrator numbers slices from left to right and top to bottom beginning in the upper left corner of the artwork If you change the arrangement or total number of slices slice numbers are updated...

Page 297: ...position Press Shift to restrict movement to a vertical horizontal or 45 diagonal line If the slice was created using the Object Slice Make command the corresponding artwork also moves To resize a sli...

Page 298: ...new position in the Layers palette See Changing the stacking order of artwork using the Layers palette on page 222 Choose Object Arrange and then choose an option to move the slice forward or backwar...

Page 299: ...a slice 2 Choose Object Slice Release Creating image maps Image maps enable you to link one or more areas of an image called hotspots to a URL When a user clicks on the hotspot the Web browser loads...

Page 300: ...yed in the URL list 4 Click OK Creating Web graphics with SVG You can use the SVG Scalable Vector Graphics features in Illustrator to create high quality interactive Web graphics About SVG Traditional...

Page 301: ...ion See Adding SVG filter effects to artwork on page 301 Paths Use symbols and simplify the paths in your artwork to improve SVG performance See Simplifying paths on page 61 and Working with symbols o...

Page 302: ...preview image by modifying the document s rasterization resolution setting See Specifying raster effects settings on page 239 To import SVG filter definitions into a document 1 Choose Effect SVG Filte...

Page 303: ...the action when the element loses focus often when another element receives focus onactivate to trigger the action with a mouse click or keypress depending upon the SVG element onmousedown to trigger...

Page 304: ...of scalable compact graphics for the Web Since the file format is vector based the artwork maintains its image quality at different resolutions and is ideal for the creation of animation frames In Ill...

Page 305: ...maintained Instead the text is broken up into separate records to simulate the look of leading When the SWF file is subsequently played in a Macromedia Flash player the appearance of the leading kerni...

Page 306: ...each image Save for Web dialog box provides valuable optimization information The annotation for the original image shows the file name and file size The annotation for the optimized image shows the...

Page 307: ...Save for Web dialog box on page 305 2 Do one of the following Choose a named optimization setting from the Settings menu See Saving and resetting optimization settings on page 312 Choose a file format...

Page 308: ...d Colors Choose a method for generating a color table from the Color Reduction Method menu See Generating a color table on page 314 Then specify the maximum number of colors in the Colors text box If...

Page 309: ...Matte menu Eyedropper to use the color in the eyedropper sample box White Black or Other to use the color picker Interlace Select Interlaced to create an image that displays as a low resolution versio...

Page 310: ...images See Setting up color management on page 176 Matte Specify a fill color for pixels that were transparent in the original image Click the Matte color swatch and select a color in the color picker...

Page 311: ...SVG files can contain sophisticated elements such as gradients animation and filter effects See About graphic file formats on page 328 Increase the resolution in the Document Raster Effects Settings d...

Page 312: ...l stylesheet file that is also referenced by the HTML file however the Style Element option also results in slower rendering speeds Encoding Choose a method from the Encoding menu to determine how cha...

Page 313: ...he pixel dimensions of images 1 Click the Image Size tab in the Save for Web dialog box 2 To maintain the current proportions of pixel width to pixel height select Constrain Proportions 3 Do one or mo...

Page 314: ...an eye has greater sensitivity Selective Creates a color table similar to the Perceptual color table but favoring broad areas of color and the preservation of Web colors This color table usually produ...

Page 315: ...en the optimized image does not contain Web safe colors likewise the Select All Non Web Safe Colors command is not available when the optimized image contains only Web safe colors Editing colors Doubl...

Page 316: ...iles for the slices in the artwork The HTML file includes code for any links image maps and other effects in the document Images Only to save your artwork with the specified optimization settings If t...

Page 317: ...or line ending compatibility Always Quote Attributes Places quotation marks around all tag attributes Placing quotation marks around attributes is required for compatibility with certain early browser...

Page 318: ...ace the image map declaration above the IMG SRC tag for the associated slice Bottom to place the image map declaration at the bottom of the HTML body section Setting background options You can set the...

Page 319: ...lable only with documents containing multiple slices Include Copyright Includes copyright information with the image See Adding metadata to documents on page 46 Setting slice naming preferences You sp...

Page 320: ...ve As dialog box select a location for the file enter a filename choose a format from the Save as Type Windows or Format Mac OS pop up menu and click Save Choose File Save a Copy to save an identical...

Page 321: ...Embed Fonts option increases the size of the saved file Subset Fonts Specifies when to embed fonts based on how many of the font s characters are used in the document For instance if a font contains...

Page 322: ...ft Office application Include Linked Files Embeds files that are linked to the artwork Include Document Thumbnails Creates a thumbnail image of the artwork that is displayed in the Illustrator Open an...

Page 323: ...menu and set the desired options File Compatibility Determines which version of Adobe Acrobat the resulting file is compatible with Acrobat 5 0 format preserves transparency text and spot colors in t...

Page 324: ...compression eliminates data it can achieve much smaller files sizes than ZIP compression CCITT and Run Length compression are only available for monochrome bitmap images CCITT Consultative Committee...

Page 325: ...The default method Presentation Attributes applies properties at the highest point in the hierarchy which allow the most flexibility for specific edits and transformations The Style Attributes method...

Page 326: ...he artwork by supersampling it Deselecting this option helps maintain the hard edges of line art when it is rasterized Write Layers Exports each Illustrator top level layer as a separate Photoshop lay...

Page 327: ...e artwork to a single frame Select this option to preserve layer clipping masks AI Layers to SWF Frames to export the artwork on each layer to a separate SWF frame creating an animated SWF AI Layers t...

Page 328: ...ntain only vector drawings or only bitmap images but many can include both in the same file AutoCAD Drawing DWG and AutoCAD Interchange File DXF formats DWG is the standard file format for saving vect...

Page 329: ...any browser equipped with the Macromedia Flash Player GIF format Graphics Interchange Format GIF is the file format commonly used to display indexed color graphics and images over the World Wide Web...

Page 330: ...e first version of the PostScript file format PostScript LanguageLevel 1 represents both grayscale vector graphics and grayscale bitmap images The second version PostScript LanguageLevel 2 represents...

Page 331: ...tions Also virtually all desktop scanners can produce TIFF images TIFF supports RGB CMYK and grayscale color models It also supports LZW compression a lossless compression method that does not discard...

Page 332: ...reates the optical illusion of variations of gray or continuous color in the image Color separation Artwork that will be commercially reproduced and that contains more than a single color must be prin...

Page 333: ...2 Indicate which pages you want printed 3 Choose from the following options in the Print dialog box Windows or choose Adobe Illustrator 10 0 from the pop up menu Mac OS and set the advanced printing o...

Page 334: ...rt the document s colors to the color space of the desktop printer the printer profile will be used instead of the current document profile when printing Because various RGB profiles are available in...

Page 335: ...tly in the artwork 1 Draw a rectangle to define the boundaries of where you want the crop marks to appear It doesn t matter if the rectangle is filled or stroked 2 Select the rectangle 3 Choose Object...

Page 336: ...tup 2 Choose Transparency from the pop up menu at the top of the dialog box do the following and click OK Specify a Raster Vector balance The higher the setting the less rasterization is performed on...

Page 337: ...wer output resolution creates a less accurate curve but improves printing performance Adobe Illustrator prints fastest and best by using a default output resolution setting of 800 dots per inch dpi Ho...

Page 338: ...ty Speed settings in the Document Setup dialog box See Printing and saving trans parent artwork on page 336 Ensuring your resolution line screen produces 256 grays In printing your file you may find t...

Page 339: ...e the number of steps in the blend using this formula Number of steps 256 number of grays X Percentage change in color To figure out the percentage change in color subtract the lower color value from...

Page 340: ...ients and gradient mesh objects that will be printed on devices that have difficulty printing such files This option can slow printing on printers that don t have problems with gradients To improve gr...

Page 341: ...you want to use a printer override EPSF Riders file To turn off the printer s default screen with low resolution printers 1 Choose File Document Setup Then choose Printing Export from the pop up menu...

Page 342: ...d at each intersection where a split path was reconnected Using a printer override EPSF Riders file The EPSF Riders file sets the screen frequency angle spot function and flatness for all files or add...

Page 343: ...om the Spot Function pop up menu to select and import a spot function Important An imported spot function must be in PostScript language correctly formatted Importing an incorrectly formatted spot fun...

Page 344: ...rvice bureaus or other professionals trying to troubleshoot printing problems To use the Document Info palette 1 If you want information on a particular set of objects select the objects 2 Choose Wind...

Page 345: ...The letter K is used for black to avoid confusion because B might also stand for blue Outputting spot colors You can use custom inks called spot colors in addition to or in place of process colors Be...

Page 346: ...ess colors will be separated onto the process plates A gradient that contains two tints of the same spot color will be separated on a single spot color plate To create a gradient that separates on one...

Page 347: ...ributes palette selected The Filter Colors Overprint Black command allows you to set black fill or black stroked lines to overprint or alternatively to remove overprinting commands from black fill or...

Page 348: ...ate which objects have overprinting added or removed For example enter 80 to select only objects containing 80 black 5 Choose any of the following options Fill Stroke or both options to apply overprin...

Page 349: ...common ink colors overprinting does not occur on the shared plate There are two types of trap a spread in which a lighter object overlaps a darker background and seems to expand into the background an...

Page 350: ...fficult to read Likewise trapping type at small point sizes can result in hard to read type As with tint reduction check with your print shop before trapping such type For example if you are printing...

Page 351: ...tte s pop out menu 2 In the Thickness text box enter a stroke width of between 0 01 and 5000 points Check with your print shop to determine what value to use 3 Enter a value in the Height Width text b...

Page 352: ...lts to return to the default trapping values Trapping by overprinting For more precise control of trapping and for trapping complex objects you can create the effect of a trap by stroking an object an...

Page 353: ...1 0 point Check with your print shop to determine what value to use 5 Choose Window Show Attributes 6 Select Overprint Stroke In a spread the lighter object traps into overprints the darker background...

Page 354: ...about what type of trap is appropriate see About traps on page 349 3 Choose Window Show Attributes 4 Select Overprint Stroke Step 4 Set the printing bounding box and place crop marks around the image...

Page 355: ...different page size the margin numbers change as Illustrator calculates the distance of the bounding box from the edge of a new page size Note The Margins numbers for a given page size such as Letter...

Page 356: ...round your artwork two types of marks that the print shop uses to align the separations registration marks and star targets Registration marks are the most commonly used marks in printing because they...

Page 357: ...e sizes line screen rulings and screen angles Loading the file displays the different settings for the output device in the Separation Setup dialog box To select a PPD file 1 Choose File Separation Se...

Page 358: ...paration Setup dialog box click Convert to Process This option is on by default A four color process icon appears next to all the spot colors in the artwork To separate individual spot colors as proce...

Page 359: ...PD file for the selected printer However you can change the page size to any of the sizes listed in the PPD file as well as specify portrait vertical or landscape horizontal orientation Page sizes are...

Page 360: ...In the Separation Setup dialog box choose Custom from the Page Size pop up menu 2 Do one of the following To specify the smallest page size needed for your artwork and printer s marks click OK to acce...

Page 361: ...u Normally images printed on paper are printed Up Right Reading whereas images printed on film are often printed Down Right Reading Check with your print shop to determine which emulsion direction it...

Page 362: ...use Illustrator to specify the extent of the bleed Changing the bleed moves the crop marks farther from or closer to the image the crop marks still define the same size printing bounding box however...

Page 363: ...Output pop up menu 5 Make sure Print to File is deselected and click OK Windows or select Printer from the Destination pop up menu and click Print Mac OS To save the separations you selected as a Post...

Page 364: ...commands tool options object selection and so on When you play an action Illustrator performs all of the recorded tasks for you A script is a series of commands that tells your computer to perform a...

Page 365: ...lors and on file and program settings Because Illustrator executes the commands as you record them it s a good idea to record a complicated action using a copy of a file and then play the action on th...

Page 366: ...path 1 Start recording an action 2 Select a path 3 Choose Insert Select Path from the Actions palette menu Selecting an object during an action The Select Object command lets you select a particular o...

Page 367: ...the Actions palette Select an action s name to insert the item at the end of the action Select a command to insert the item after the command 2 Choose Insert Menu Item from the Actions palette menu 3...

Page 368: ...the left of the command name to display the dialog box icon Click again to remove the modal control To turn on or disable modal controls for all commands in an action or set click the column to the le...

Page 369: ...ptions command gives you three speeds at which to play actions so that you can watch each command as it is carried out To specify how fast actions should play 1 Choose Playback Options from the Action...

Page 370: ...saves the files in the same format as the original files To create a batch process that saves files in a new format record the Save As or Save a Copy command followed by the Close command as part of...

Page 371: ...ng an action without losing the original version and for creating an action based on an existing one Delete actions and commands Reset the actions to the default list To move an action to a different...

Page 372: ...ion shortcut 3 Click OK To duplicate a set action or command Do one of the following Select a single set action or command You can Shift click or Ctrl click Windows or Command click Mac OS to select m...

Page 373: ...removed any unsaved actions you may have created will be lost Be sure to use the Save Actions command in the Actions palette to save your actions to a separate actions file so you can load them later...

Page 374: ...e the scripting documentation on the Illustrator CD Illustrator recognizes the following types of scripts JavaScript files text files with the js extension AppleScript files and OSA scripts compiled s...

Page 375: ...l as changes in values Scatter Plots data points as paired sets of coordinates along the x and y axes Scatter graphs are useful for identifying patterns or trends in data They also can indicate whethe...

Page 376: ...units of measure specified in the Edit Preferences Units Undo dialog box Windows and Mac OS 9 or Illustrator Preferences Units Undo dialog box Mac OS X 3 Enter the graph data See Entering graph data...

Page 377: ...llow these guidelines To create category labels for the horizontal x axis enter the labels in the first column Do not enter a label in the first cell if you are also creating legend names for the vert...

Page 378: ...e Column and stacked column graphs Enter numbers along the vertical y axis enter labels for the data along the horizontal x axis Bar and stacked bar graphs Enter numbers along the horizontal x axis en...

Page 379: ...ed For example enter 732000 not 732 000 To import data from another application 1 Create a graph Make sure that the graph is selected 2 If the graph data dialog box is not already open choose Object G...

Page 380: ...ow listed along the left column When the categories and legends are reversed all the data is transposed accordingly To switch the x and y axes in a scatter graph 1 Choose Object Graph Data 2 Click the...

Page 381: ...o overlap one another Column and stacked column graph options are the same They include the following Column Width by default is 90 Cluster Width is the total width of all columns in a cluster A clust...

Page 382: ...ts labels into the corresponding wedges No Legend omits legends entirely Percentages and legends are painted black by default If a pie wedge with a dark background obscures a legend repaint the dark b...

Page 383: ...ify the axis position 1 In the Graph Type dialog box choose one of the following options from the Value Axis pop up menu For column stacked column line or area graphs choose On Left Side On Right Side...

Page 384: ...e categories in a column or scatter graph You may need to change axis attributes such as tick marks or labels when a single graph contains more than one graph type See Combining different graph types...

Page 385: ...efix or after Suffix values such as a dollar sign before a number or the word units or a percent sign after the values 7 Click OK Graph with vertical tick lines Adding visual emphasis to graphs You ca...

Page 386: ...in Front or First Column in Front the default You must always select this option for an area graph if you do not some areas may not appear 2 Click OK Changing graph types Once you create a graph you...

Page 387: ...ata to different sides of the graph see Specifying the value axis position on page 383 and Setting axis tick mark and label options on page 384 Note To create two axes for a graph with different scale...

Page 388: ...er effects to graphs About graph elements It is essential to keep in mind when you customize a graph that a graph is a grouped object that is related to its data Never ungroup the graph if you do you...

Page 389: ...elect the object To change part of the type in a graph 1 Select the group selection tool 2 Click once to select the baseline of the type you want to change click twice to select all of the type 3 Choo...

Page 390: ...mpared to repeating graph with scaled design A sliding design is similar to a vertically scaled design except that you can specify where in the design to stretch or compress it For example if you were...

Page 391: ...choose the file whose designs you want to import When the designs are imported you will see the colors gradients and patterns in the new file but the actual graph designs will only be visible in the G...

Page 392: ...the guide moves with the design 9 Use the selection tool to select the whole design 10 Choose Object Graph Design 11 Click New Design You see a small preview of the selected design 12 Click Rename Na...

Page 393: ...in the Each Design Represents text box for what each design represents Also select whether to chop or scale any fractions of the design in the For Fractions pop up menu Chop Design cuts off a fraction...

Page 394: ...er it and then rename the design using the Graph Design dialog box See Creating a graph design on page 391 If you don t have the original artwork defined as a graph design you can retrieve the origina...

Page 395: ...ck tool Adds to a selection or Subtracts from a selection or Adds to lasso selection drag Subtracts from a lasso selection drag Constrains to follow mesh line drag mesh point Moves selection in user d...

Page 396: ...from center or drag bounding box handle Result Action Sets starting point and opens dialog box Shape tools click Constrains proportion or drag Constrains orientation or drag Repositions object while i...

Page 397: ...ile drawing spacebar Creates closed path while drawing or drag Connects path to end of another path drag Cuts along straight line Cuts at 45 90 increments Moves mesh point along path drag mesh point A...

Page 398: ...rn Return Highlights kerning K Resets horizontal scale to 100 X Resets tracking kerning to 0 Q Increases decreases point size or Increases decreases leading Sets leading to the font size Double click...

Page 399: ...election or Subtracts from a selection or Adds to lasso selection drag Subtracts from a lasso selection Alt drag Constrains to follow mesh line drag mesh point Moves selection in user defined incremen...

Page 400: ...drag bounding box handle Result Action Sets starting point and opens dialog box Shape tools click Constrains proportion or drag Constrains orientation or drag Repositions object while it is being dra...

Page 401: ...reates closed path while drawing or Alt drag Connects path to end of another path Ctrl drag Cuts along straight line Alt Cuts at 45 90 increments Alt Moves mesh point along path drag mesh point Adds m...

Page 402: ...g Ctrl Alt K Resets horizontal scale to 100 Ctrl X Resets tracking kerning to 0 Ctrl Alt Q Increases decreases point size Ctrl or Increases decreases leading Alt Sets leading to the font size Double c...

Page 403: ...registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X Open Company Ltd Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Macromedia and Flash are trademarks...

Page 404: ...of rounded rectangles 63 paths 49 56 60 80 type scale 261 Adobe Certification program 23 Adobe Dimensions 104 Adobe Gamma command 190 Adobe Gamma utility 188 Adobe Gamma wizard 190 Adobe Online 22 Ad...

Page 405: ...nd 186 attributes See appearance attributes stroke attributes Auto Hyphenate option 280 auto trace tool 11 89 90 AutoCAD files 328 Auto Kerning option 261 Auto Leading option 259 Automatically option...

Page 406: ...okes filters and effects 243 brush strokes selecting 101 brushes 79 Art 84 Calligraphic 79 Pattern 85 Scatter 83 Brushes palette 88 brushes creating and modifying changing key color 87 changing option...

Page 407: ...or blends printing 337 Color Burn mode 197 Color button 157 Color Dodge mode 197 Color folder for Windows profiles 188 color gamuts 154 Color Halftone command 244 color management black point compensa...

Page 408: ...mpatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing option 340 complementary colors 153 Composite option 333 Compound Path command 142 compound paths 141 145 converting type into 267 Layers palette and 223 r...

Page 409: ...trokes command 244 Darken mode 197 Dash and gap settings See Stroke palette dashed lines creating 160 dashes replacing in text 284 Data command 377 data driven graphics rendering with Batch command 36...

Page 410: ...nd curved segments 54 open and closed paths 48 with pen tool 50 with pencil tool 48 shapes 62 drawing objects arc segments 67 curved segments 52 ellipses and circles 63 64 line segments 67 polygons 64...

Page 411: ...d converting fills and strokes to objects 214 converting to regular objects 214 creating mesh object from gradients 204 envelopes and 124 expanding complex objects 214 Expand Compound Shape command 14...

Page 412: ...s to a Single Image option 35 flattening settings for 336 Flip Horizontal command 121 Flip Vertical command 121 FLM file format 329 FOCOLTONE colors 167 fonts 257 Adobe Expert 283 choosing 257 creatin...

Page 413: ...ng 200 displaying names of 12 in graph objects 386 importing 166 linear and radial 201 modifying 201 printing 201 337 346 Grain command 241 247 Graph dialog box 376 graph tool 10 376 graphic file form...

Page 414: ...64 Hide command 112 Hide Page Tiling command 30 Hide Rulers command 91 Hide Selection command 112 Hide Slices command 296 hiding center point of object 64 objects 112 horizontal scale adjusting 261 ho...

Page 415: ...9 Kinsoku Shori line breaking options 276 277 knife tool 12 149 Knockout Group option 191 199 knockouts 191 199 Kumi Moji option 266 Kurikaeshi Moji Shori option 278 L labels for separations 356 label...

Page 416: ...ption ink pen 139 lines See also paths adding arrowheads 132 dashed 160 drawing 48 50 51 54 selecting 98 trapping 353 wavy and Zig Zag 131 lines per inch lpi 27 Link Blocks command 270 linking 37 EPS...

Page 417: ...n 348 missing fonts 268 mistakes correcting 91 miter join 159 mixed symbol set 74 MM Design palette 256 modal controls using with actions 368 models See color models modes See color modes Moji Gumi Ja...

Page 418: ...145 by combining shapes 141 by drawing shapes 62 by duplicating 99 holes in compound paths 145 knocking out shapes 199 by offsetting 107 objects displaying 112 masking 149 showing and hiding center p...

Page 419: ...tings 316 saving options 316 slice naming options 319 ovals drawing See ellipses drawing Overlay mode 196 Overprint Black command 347 348 Overprint Black option 362 Overprint Fill option 347 Overprint...

Page 420: ...lifying 61 smoothing 49 paths using with type changing objects to type paths 252 converting type to paths 267 deleting type paths 254 entering type on paths 253 fitting headline type across paths 280...

Page 421: ...in 113 115 pointer changing to cross hair 48 changing to precision pointer 4 Pointillize command 245 points See also anchor points changing 58 for ruler 92 polar grid tool 7 polar grids 69 70 polygon...

Page 422: ...or updating 187 displaying in status bar 17 embedding in output 186 for JPEG optimization 310 for printing 334 guidelines for monitors 189 obtaining 187 reassigning 186 storage location 188 updating 1...

Page 423: ...ommand 373 Reset With Mesh command 123 Reset With Warp command 123 reshape tool 9 60 reshaping objects and paths 60 resizing See also scaling objects palettes 5 resolution 26 of gradients 337 of path...

Page 424: ...es 370 and exporting artwork 320 optimized images 318 transparent artwork 336 Scale option ink pen 138 Scale Stroke Weight option 121 Scale Strokes and Effects option 117 scale tool 8 116 scaling obje...

Page 425: ...les 62 drawing rounded rectangles 62 drawing spirals 68 drawing squares 62 drawing stars 64 reshaping 60 Sharpen filter and effect 245 shear tool 8 119 shearing objects 119 by specifying angle and axi...

Page 426: ...44 Specified Distance option 135 Specified Steps option 135 spelling checking 281 spiral tool 7 68 Split Long Paths option 341 splitting paths with filled and stroked objects 341 to print complex shap...

Page 427: ...btractive colors 153 Sumi e command 244 SVG file format 300 adding interactivity to artwork 302 and SVGZ file format 324 filter effects and 301 Illustrator and 301 optimization options for 311 scripti...

Page 428: ...PDF file 323 tick marks in graphs 384 TIFF file format 331 Tile command 14 Tile Full Pages option 30 93 Tile Imageable Areas option 30 tiling pages 29 time and date displaying current 17 Tint Reducti...

Page 429: ...29 type 250 area type 250 as a graphic object 267 as a mask 267 hinting in outline fonts 267 horizontal and vertical 250 selecting 254 255 trapping 350 vector graphics and 25 Type Auto Tracing command...

Page 430: ...Units option 92 units type 258 262 Unlink Blocks command 270 Unlock All command 112 unlocking masks 151 objects 112 unnamed colors 156 Unsharp Mask command 245 Unshift All Colors command 315 Update L...

Page 431: ...ors command 315 Web site for Adobe 22 Web Snap slider 315 WebDAV servers about 41 Web safe colors recognizing non Web safe colors 170 RGB 158 table of 314 Web shifted colors 315 windows arranging mult...

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