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Adobe Illustrator Help
Using Type
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Position the pointer in a paragraph, and triple-click to select the entire paragraph.
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Position the pointer at the beginning of a paragraph, and press Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow
(Windows) or Shift+Up Arrow (Mac OS) to select the previous paragraph.
With the pointer at the end of a paragraph, press Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow (Windows) or
Shift+Down Arrow (Mac OS) twice to select the next paragraph.
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Press Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow (Windows) or Shift+Right Arrow (Mac OS) to
select one word to the right. Press Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow (Windows) or
Shift+Left Arrow (Mac OS) to select one word to the left.
To select all type on a path or in a container:
Do one of the following:
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Select one or more characters using a type tool, and then choose Select > All.
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Select the selection tool or direct-selection tool , and click the type. (See
“Selecting
objects” on page 97
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To select all type in a document:
Choose Select > Object > Text Objects.
To turn the Type Area Select option on or off:
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Choose Edit > Preferences > Type & Auto Tracing (Windows and Mac OS 9) or Illustrator
> Preferences > Type & Auto Tracing (Mac OS X).
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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 states, such as spaces, returns (line breaks), and tabs. These characters
include hard returns (line breaks), soft returns (line breaks), tabs, spaces, nonbreaking
spaces, double-byte characters (including spaces), discretionary hyphens, other
nonprinting characters, and end of text.
These characters are by default hidden. To help you format and edit type, you can make
the characters visible.
To show hidden characters:
Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters. A check mark appears next to the menu
command. To hide visible characters, choose the command to remove the check mark.
Using multiple master fonts
Illustrator supports the Adobe multiple master font technology and provides special
options for working with those fonts.
Multiple master fonts are customizable Type 1 fonts whose typeface characteristics are
described in terms of linear design axes such as weight, width, style, and optical size.
Multiple master fonts include a number of primary instances. For example, Myriad
®
includes 15 primary instances, ranging from 215LT 300CN (Light condensed) to 830BL
700SE (Black SemiExtended). Standard Type 1 fonts are single master fonts, which means
they are adjustable in style only (for example, Roman, bold, italic).