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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
To manage files with Bridge
Adobe Bridge makes it easy to drag and drop files, move them between folders, copy and duplicate them, and
otherwise manipulate them.
Note:
From Bridge, you can also use Adobe Version Cue to manage files you author in Adobe Creative Suite applications.
You can create and manage revisions to files kept in Version Cue projects. Version Cue is also a convenient environment
for collaborative file management in workgroups. You can manage not only Adobe Creative Suite files but also non-
Adobe files.
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Do any of the following:
To delete files
Select the files and click the Delete button
, click Delete on your keyboard, choose File > Send To
Recycle Bin (Windows), choose File > Move To Trash (Mac OS), drag the file to the Recycle Bin or Trash, or choose
Edit > Cut.
To copy files and folders
Select the files or folders and choose Edit > Copy, or Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Mac OS) the file or folders to a different folder.
To duplicate files
Select the files and choose Edit > Duplicate.
To paste files
Choose Edit > Paste.
To move files to another folder
Select the files and drag them to a different folder. (When you search for Adobe
Stock Photos, you can’t drag images to other areas, because some images may be comp thumbnails. To drag a comp
image, first download it and then drag it from the downloaded comp’s folder.)
To quickly attach an image to an e-mail message, drag the image from Bridge and drop it into the e-mail message.
To rename files
Click the file name, type a new name, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
To manually reorder files in the content area
Drag the file to a new location in the content area.
To display the location of a file in the operating system
Select the file and choose File > Reveal In Explorer
(Windows) or File > Reveal In Finder (Mac OS).
To find the location of a file in a collection
Select a file and choose File > Reveal In Bridge. By default, if you select a
file in a collection, it is listed as being located in the folder “File Results.” Selecting Reveal In Bridge moves you to the
folder in which the file is located.
To place files into an application
Select the files and choose File > Place, followed by the name of the application. For
instance, you can use this command to place a JPEG image into Illustrator. You can also drag files from Bridge into
an application. Depending on the file, the document into which you want to place it may need to be open first.
To eject attached media such as CDs and DVDs
Select the medium and choose File > Eject.
To drag files out of Bridge
Select the files and drag them onto the desktop or into another folder. This action copies
the file (Windows) or moves the file (Mac OS) onto the desktop or folder.
To drag files into Bridge
Select one or more files on the desktop, in a folder, or in another application that supports
drag and drop, and drag them into the content area in Bridge. The files are moved from their current folder into the
one displayed in Bridge. (If the file you are dragging is in a different mounted volume than Bridge, the file is copied
into Bridge.)
Drag a file or folder onto the Preview panel to display the contents of the folder in Bridge.