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CONTENTS ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS TUTORIAL Using Help About Help Navigating in Help To find a topic using bookmarks To find a topic using the table of contents To find a topic using the index To find a topic using the Search command (Acrobat 6) To find a topic using the Find command (Acrobat 5) Printing Help To print Help Contents Learning about Adobe Illustrator Getting Help Working with Illustrator If you want to jump-start a project If you want to draw an illustration If you want to apply sophisticated color effects If you want to add visual impact to your artwork If you want to create professional-quality type If you want to create graphics for the Web If you want to speed up everyday tasks If you want to use Illustrator with other applications If you want to automate time-consuming processes What’s New in Illustrator CS 3D effect Scribble effect Templates and other professionally-designed content Type enhancements Paragraph and character styles OpenType font support Easy access to alternate glyphs Columns, rows, and other area type enhancements Optical kerning and optical margin alignment Every-line Composer for optimized paragraph composition Custom tab leaders WYSIWYG font menu Expanded support for Japanese typography New options for type on paths On-screen highlighting of missing fonts Enhanced hyphenation and justification controls Expanded language support Improved text linking and deletion Warning about text reflow Enhanced PDF support Tighter integration with Adobe Photoshop Expanded print capabilities Adobe Version Cue Faster performance Tighter integration with Microsoft Office Support for eXtensible Metadata Platform (XMP) Plus more Tutorials About tutorials Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Good vector pen text gradient tutorials pdf Software user guide Manuals for beginners free Help me Bible Table of Contents Design a quick logo or Web button Draw a shape Fill the shape with color Change the shape’s stroke weight Place a symbol instance Resize the symbol instance Align the symbol instance and the shape Experiment with design variations Discover the power of compound shapes Draw a series of overlapping ellipses Add the ellipses together Subtract a rectangle Rename the compound shape in the Layers palette Draw three nested circles Create the sun’s rays Make the sun a compound shape Move the sun behind the cloud Paint illustrations with graphic styles Target the cloud in the Layers palette Apply a graphic style to the cloud View appearance attributes of the graphic style Edit the graphic style Create a new style Apply the new graphic style to the sun Experiment with design variations Create headline type with a twist Draw a curved path Add type along the path Format the type Reposition the type if necessary Apply a drop shadow to the type Place a symbol instance Save the headline Play with hand-painted effects Choose a bitmap image Import the image into Illustrator Apply the Poster Edges effect Apply the Watercolor effect Choose a brush Apply a brush stroke Experiment with different brushes Looking at the Work Area Using the Welcome screen To use the Welcome screen To prevent the Welcome window from appearing each time Illustrator launches About the work area Palettes Artboard Using tools and commands Using tools To show or hide the toolbox To specify whether to show or hide tool tips To move the toolbox To detach a toolbar from the toolbox To close a detached toolbar Changing the tool pointer To change the pointer to a precision pointer Overview of tools The Selection tool The Direct Selection tool The Group Selection The Magic Wand tool The Lasso tool The Pen tool The Add Anchor Point tool The Delete Anchor point tool (-) The Convert Anchor Point tool The Type tool The Area Type tool The Path Type tool The Vertical Type tool The Vertical Area Type tool The Vertical Path Type tool The Line Segment tool The Arc tool The Spiral tool The Rectangular The Polar Grid tool The Rectangle tool The Rounded Rectangle tool The Ellipse tool The Polygon tool The Star tool The Flare tool The Paintbrush tool The Pencil tool The Smooth tool The Erase tool The Rotate tool The Reflect tool The Scale tool The Shear tool The Reshape tool The Warp tool The Twirl tool The Pucker tool The Bloat tool The Scallop Tool The Crystallize tool The Wrinkle tool The Free Transform tool The Symbol Sprayer tool The Symbol Shifter tool The Symbol Scruncher tool The Symbol Sizer tool The Symbol Spinner tool The Symbol Stainer tool The Symbol Screener tool The Symbol Styler tool The Column Graph tool The Stacked Column graph tool The Bar Graph tool The Stacked Bar Graph tool The Line Graph tool The Area Graph tool The Scatter Graph tool The Pie Graph tool The Radar Graph tool The Mesh tool The Gradient tool The Eyedropper tool The Paint Bucket tool The Measure tool The Blend tool The Auto Trace tool The Slice tool The Slice Selection tool The Scissors tool The Knife tool The Hand tool The Page tool The Zoom tool Using tool tips To identify a tool or control To display tool tips Choosing commands Customizing shortcuts To view, manage, or print sets of keyboard shortcuts To define new shortcuts or sets of shortcuts To clear shortcuts and symbols from a command or tool To delete an entire set of shortcuts Using palettes Showing and hiding palettes To show or hide a palette Changing the palette display Arranging palettes Entering values in palettes and dialog boxes To enter a value Viewing artwork Magnifying and reducing the view area To zoom in To zoom out To magnify by dragging To display a file at 100% To change the view to fit the document window Navigating the view area To reposition the view with the Hand tool To specify the quality of the display when using the Hand tool Using the Navigator palette Displaying the Navigator palette Using the Navigator palette menu Magnifying or reducing the view Moving the view Setting up windows and views To change the screen mode for illustration windows To open a new window To close a window To arrange multiple windows (Windows only) To create a view To retrieve a view To rename or delete a view Viewing artwork as paths To view the artwork in color or as path outlines Viewing artwork as pixels Previewing how artwork will print Using the status bar The current tool in use The date and time The number of undos and redos available The document color profile To specify the type of information to display in the Status pop-up menu Undoing and redoing changes To undo or redo an operation To revert a file to the last saved version Customizing your Illustrator workspace Using the Preferences dialog box To open the Preferences dialog box To switch to different options in the Preferences dialog box To restore Illustrator’s default settings Using plug-in modules To specify the location of plug-in modules To install an Adobe Systems plug-in module To install a third-party plug-in module To get information about a plug-in Creating a custom startup file To create a custom startup file To restore the saved copy of the startup file Working with Adobe Version Cue managed projects To turn on Version Cue features in Illustrator Exiting Illustrator To close a file and quit Illustrator Creating Artwork in Illustrator About creating artwork About vector graphics About bitmap images Bitmap images—technically called Combining vector graphics and bitmap images Transparency and flattening Image resolution Printer resolution and screen frequency Creating and opening documents Creating new documents To create a new document from scratch To create a new document from a template Creating new templates To create a template Opening existing files To open an existing file To open a file that has recently been used Setting up the artboard About the artboard To show or hide page tiling boundaries Imageable area Nonimageable area Edge of the page Artboard Scratch area Showing and hiding the artboard boundaries To show or hide the artboard boundaries Changing the size and color of the artboard To change the size of the artboard To change the color of the artboard Dividing the artboard into multiple page tiles Moving the printable area To adjust the printable area using the Page tool Laying out artwork with precision Changing the unit of measurement To set the unit of measurement for all documents To set the unit of measurement for only the current document Using rulers To show or hide rulers To change the ruler origin Using the grid To show or hide the grid To snap artwork to gridlines To change grid settings Using guides To create a ruler guide To convert an object into a guide object To lock or unlock guides To move, delete, or release a guide To show or hide guides To change guide settings Snapping to a point To snap to anchor points and guides Using Smart Guides To turn Smart Guides on or off To change Smart Guide preferences Measuring the distance between two points To measure the distance between two points Using the Info palette Displaying the Info palette Viewing changes in position Viewing the magnification factor Viewing changes in scale and rotation Viewing shearing information Viewing the brush name and position Viewing fill and stroke information Importing artwork About importing artwork Placing artwork To place artwork into an Illustrator document Importing artwork from PDF files To import artwork from a multiple-page PDF file Managing non-native art To convert non-native art to an Illustrator object Importing artwork from EPS files Importing artwork from Photoshop To import a Photoshop file as a single bitmap image To import a Photoshop file with its layers intact To move part of an image from Photoshop to Illustrator To move individual paths from Photoshop to Illustrator To import all paths (but no pixels) from a Photoshop document About importing layers from Photoshop files Managing linked and embedded artwork Specifying how to update and display linked files To specify how to update linked files To turn on high resolution display Displaying linked files when in Outline mode To display linked artwork when in Outline mode Using the Links palette Displaying the Links palette Using the Links palette menu Selecting links Displaying links according to type Sorting links Changing the display of thumbnails Identifying files that interact with transparency Displaying link information To view information about a link Locating linked and embedded artwork To locate linked or embedded artwork in the document window Updating linked artwork To update linked artwork Embedding linked artwork To embed linked artwork Replacing linked and embedded artwork To relink artwork To change the placement of linked artwork Editing artwork contained in linked files To edit linked artwork's source file Basic Drawing About drawing Creating drawn artwork Drawing objects Adjusting their paths Combining objects into a single complex object Applying attributes to combined object Drawing simple lines and shapes Drawing straight lines To draw a straight line by dragging To draw a straight line by specifying properties Drawing rectangles and ellipses To create a rectangle or ellipse by dragging from an edge To adjust corners of a rounded rectangle as you draw To draw a rectangle or ellipse by specifying dimensions To display or hide the center points Drawing polygons To draw a polygon by dragging To draw a polygon by specifying dimensions To display or hide the center points Drawing stars To draw a star by dragging To draw a star by specifying dimensions To display or hide the center points Drawing arcs To draw an arc segment by dragging To draw an arc segment by specifying properties To display or hide the center points Drawing spirals To draw a spiral by dragging To draw a spiral by specifying dimensions To display or hide the center points Drawing grids To draw a rectangular grid by dragging To draw a rectangular grid by specifying properties To draw a polar grid by dragging To draw a polar grid by specifying properties To display or hide the center points Drawing paths Drawing freeform paths with the Pencil tool To draw a freeform path with the Pencil tool To draw a closed path with the Pencil tool To connect a new path to an existing path To add a new path to an existing path To change a path with the Pencil tool To set preferences for the Pencil tool Drawing precise paths with the Pen tool About direction lines and direction points Drawing straight segments with the Pen tool To draw a straight line segment with the Pen tool Drawing curved segments with the Pen tool To draw a curved segment Mixing curves, corners, and straight segments as you draw To draw a straight segment followed by a curved segment To draw a curved segment followed by a straight segment To draw two curved segments connected by a corner Adjusting paths Selecting path segments or anchor points To select a path segment To select an anchor point with the Direct Selection tool To select an anchor point with the Lasso tool Hiding anchor points, direction lines, and direction points To hide or show anchor points, direction lines, and direction points Adding and deleting anchor points To add or delete an anchor point To extend an open path or connect two open paths To override automatic switching to the Add Anchor Point tool or Delete Anchor Point tool To turn off automatic adding or deleting of anchor points To add anchor points using the Add Anchor Points command Smoothing paths with the Smooth tool To use the Smooth tool To set preferences for the Smooth tool Erasing paths with the Erase tool To use the Erase tool Converting anchor points To convert between smooth points and corner points Adjusting straight and curved segments To adjust a straight segment To adjust a curved segment To move anchor points using the keyboard To change the keyboard increment value Using the Reshape tool To adjust a path using the Reshape tool Simplifying paths To simplify a path Splitting paths with the Scissors tool To split a path and adjust it Averaging anchor points To average anchor points Joining endpoints To join two endpoints Tracing artwork Tracing with the Auto Trace tool To trace a bitmap image shape Setting the auto trace gap distance To set the auto trace gap distance To set the auto trace tolerance distance Creating template layers To create a template layer To turn a template layer into a regular layer To show or hide a template layer Arranging and Combining Objects About arranging and combining objects Selecting objects Comparing selection methods Selecting objects using the Layers palette To select objects using the Layers palette To select all artwork in a layer or group To select an item’s listing in the Layers palette Selecting objects using the selection tools To select an object with the Selection tool To select an object with the Direct Selection tool To select an object with the Lasso tool Selecting groups or an object within a group using selection tools To select one or more groups with the Selection tool To select a single object within a group To select one or more grouped groups with the Group-Selection tool Using the Magic Wand tool and palette To select objects with the Magic Wand tool To set options for the Magic Wand tool Selecting or deselecting using selection commands To select all objects in a file To deselect all objects in a file To repeat the last selection command used To select all unselected objects, and deselect all selected objects To select an object above or below a selected object in the stacking order To select all objects with the same attributes To select all objects of a certain type To select the directional points and lines of an object To select all the objects within a layer To select all stray anchor points in the document window Saving and loading selections To save a selection To load a saved selection To delete or rename a saved selection Selecting filled objects To use the Selection Restricted To Paths option Positioning objects Using the bounding box To show or hide the bounding box To duplicate objects with the bounding box To reset the bounding box angle Moving objects To move or copy an object by pasting To move or copy an object by dragging To move an object by using the arrow keys To set the distance the arrow keys move an object To move or copy an object relative to the object’s current location To move an object or pattern by entering x, y coordinates To move multiple objects uniformly or randomly Aligning and distributing objects Displaying and hiding the Align palette Using the palette menu Showing and hiding palette options To set Align palette options To align or distribute objects To distribute objects by specifying the amount of space between their paths Rotating objects To rotate with an object’s bounding box To rotate with the Free Transform tool To rotate with the Rotate tool To rotate by specifying an angle with the Rotate command To rotate an object or pattern by specifying an angle in the Transform palette To rotate each object individually in a selection of objects Reflecting objects To reflect an object by dragging To reflect an object with the Reflect tool To reflect by specifying an axis Locking objects To lock or unlock an object or layer To unlock all objects within a group To unlock all objects in the document Rotating the x and y axes To rotate the axes Organizing objects using layers About layers Using the Layers palette Displaying the Layers palette Using the Layers palette menu Displaying layer options Changing the palette display Expanding layers and groups Selecting layers Adding layers To create a new layer above the selected layer To create a new sublayer inside the selected layer To create a new layer at the top of the layer list Setting layer options To set layer options Changing the display of layered artwork To change the color setting for a layer To view a layer in outline or preview To dim a bitmap or linked image To show bitmap images on template layers Releasing items to separate layers To release items to separate layers Collecting layers To move items into a new layer Merging layers To merge artwork into a single layer or group To flatten artwork Locating items in the Layers palette To locate an item in the Layers palette Stacking objects Changing the stacking order of objects with commands To move an object to the top or bottom position in its group or layer To move an object by one object to the front or one object to the back of a stack Changing the stacking order of objects with the Layers palette To change the stacking order of objects using the Layers palette To reverse the order of items in the Layers palette To move an object to a different layer using the Move to Current Layer command Pasting objects in front or in back of other objects To move an object in front or in back of other objects in the stacking order Pasting objects in the current layer To set the Paste Remembers Layers option Grouping objects To group or ungroup objects Duplicating objects Duplicating artwork using the Layers palette To duplicate one or more objects Using the Clipboard to copy artwork To specify copying preferences To add artwork from another application to an Illustrator document Using the drag-and-drop feature to copy artwork To drag and drop artwork into a Photoshop document To drag and drop artwork from Photoshop into Illustrator To drag and drop selections of artwork between Illustrator and the desktop (Mac OS only) Offsetting objects To create a duplicate object offset from the original Hiding and deleting objects Hiding and showing objects To hide artwork To show all objects To show all layers and sublayers To show all objects within a group Making artwork nonprintable To make artwork nonprintable Deleting objects To delete an object Combining objects into complex shapes About compound shapes Using the Pathfinder palette Showing or hiding the Pathfinder palette Using the Pathfinder palette menu To repeat the action of the most recent Pathfinder palette button To set Pathfinder options Creating and adjusting compound shapes Add to Shape Area Subtract from Shape Area Intersect Shape Areas Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas To create a compound shape using the Make Compound Shape command To create a compound shape using only Shape Modes buttons To modify a compound shape To undo a compound shape and release its components To convert a compound shape into a path or compound path Creating compound paths To create a compound path using the Compound Path command Adjusting the appearance of compound paths To specify a non-zero winding or even-odd compound path To change which areas are filled or become holes in a non-zero winding compound path Returning a compound path to its original shape To release a compound path Combining paths nondestructively using Pathfinder effects To combine paths with a Pathfinder effect To quickly apply the same Pathfinder effect again Summary of Pathfinder effects Add Intersect Exclude Subtract Minus Back Divide Trim Merge Crop Outline Hard Mix, Soft Mix, and Trap Creating a final shape quickly To create a final shape using Pathfinder filters Using clipping masks to change the shape of objects Guidelines for using clipping masks Creating and releasing clipping masks To mask objects To release a clipping mask Modifying and selecting masks To move a clipping mask To modify the shape of a clipping mask To apply a fill and stroke to a mask To select all clipping masks To find out which objects are affected by a mask To add an object to masked artwork To remove an object from masked artwork To lock a mask Reshaping Objects Choosing a reshaping method Using the Transform palette To use the Transform palette Repeating transformations To repeat the previous transformation Scaling objects, strokes, and effects Setting scaling preferences To set Illustrator to scale an object’s strokes and effects when the object is scaled Scaling with the Scale tool To scale an object with the Scale tool Scaling with an object’s bounding box To scale an object with the object’s bounding box Scaling with the Free Transform tool To scale an object with the Free Transform tool Scaling objects with the Transform palette To scale with the Transform palette Scaling with the Scale command To scale an object with the Scale command Scaling with the Transform Each command To scale multiple objects individually with the Transform Each command Shearing objects Shearing with the Shear tool To shear an object with the Shear tool Shearing with the Shear command To shear an object with the shear command Shearing with the Free Transform tool To shear an object with the Free Transform tool Shearing with the Transform palette To shear an object with the Transform palette Distorting objects with the Free Transform tool To distort an object with the Free Transform tool Reshaping objects with the liquify tools The Warp tool The Twirl tool The Pucker tool The Bloat tool The Scallop tool The Crystallize tool The Wrinkle tool To distort an object using a liquify tool To specify liquify tool options Reshaping objects with envelopes Reshaping objects with envelopes To reshape an object with a preset warp shape To reshape an object with a mesh grid To reshape an object with a different object Editing enveloped objects and envelope shapes To edit the original object in an envelope To edit the shape of a warp envelope To edit the shape of a mesh envelope Releasing and expanding envelopes To release an envelope To expand an envelope Setting envelope options To set envelope options Cutting objects To cut objects by using the Divide Objects Below command To cut objects by using the Knife tool Splitting objects into grids To divide an object into rows and columns of rectangular objects Blending objects About blending Creating and releasing blends To blend multiple objects with the Blend tool To blend multiple objects with the Make Blend command To set blending options To release a blended object To expand a blend into distinct objects Realigning and restacking a blended object To align a blended object along an object’s path To reverse the order of a blend on a path To reverse the stacking order of a blend on a path Editing blends Blending colors between filled objects To blend colors and opacities between filled objects Reshaping objects with effects and filters Distorting with the Free Distort command To apply the Free Distort command to an object Rounding corners To round corners of an object Making objects rectangular, rounded, or elliptical To make an object rectangular or elliptical Squeezing and bloating objects To pucker or bloat an object Roughening To roughen an object Tweaking To tweak an object Twisting To twist an object Creating wavy or jagged objects To create wavy or jagged object edges Offsetting objects To offset an object Using Warp effects To apply a warp effect to an object To expand a warp effect Creating 3D objects Extruding and beveling objects To extrude a 2D object To add a custom bevel path to the Bevel menu Revolving objects To revolve a 2D object Rotating objects in 3D space To rotate a 2D or 3D object Applying surface shading to a 3D object To apply a surface property to a 3D object Lighting an object To change an object’s lighting Mapping artwork to a 3D object To map artwork to a 3D object Applying Color, Fills, and Strokes About color models and color modes RGB model and mode CMYK model and mode HSB model Grayscale model Color gamuts Changing the color mode of a document To change the color mode of the document About spot and process color types About spot colors About process colors Using spot and process colors together Comparing global and non-global process colors Selecting colors Using the Color Picker Displaying the Color Picker Selecting a color using the color spectrum Specifying a color using numeric values Shifting to a printable color Viewing Web-safe colors Shifting to a Web-safe color Using the Color palette Displaying the Color palette Using the Color palette menu Showing and hiding options Choosing a color model Selecting a color Shifting to a printable color Shifting to a Web-safe color Inverting a color Changing a color to its complement Working with swatches About swatch types Process colors Spot colors Global colors Tints Gradients Patterns None Registration Using swatch libraries To load a swatch library from another Illustrator document To load a custom swatch library To make a swatch library appear each time Illustrator is started Using the Swatches palette Displaying the Swatches palette Using the Swatches palette menu Changing the display of swatches Displaying the name of swatches Changing the order of swatches Selecting swatches Showing and hiding swatches Creating new swatches To create a process-color swatch To create a spot-color swatch To create a color tint swatch To create a new gradient swatch To create a new pattern swatch Duplicating swatches To duplicate a swatch in the Swatches palette Editing swatches To edit a swatch in the Swatches palette Replacing, merging, and deleting swatches To replace a swatch in the Swatches palette To merge multiple swatches in the Swatches palette To delete a swatch from the Swatches palette Creating swatch libraries To save the current swatches as a swatch library Adding swatches from other documents and swatch libraries To add swatches by copying an object from another document To add swatches from a swatch library Changing global colors and tints To change the color or tint of objects with the same properties To specify that a fill or stroke must be the same tint when selecting based on color To change a global process color or a spot color throughout a file To change the tint of a global process color or spot color Modifying colors Copying colors between objects Using the Hard Mix and Soft Mix effects To mix colors by selecting each highest CMYK component value (Hard Mix) To mix colors by specifying a mixing rate (Soft Mix) Using the Adjust Colors and Convert filters To adjust colors using the Adjust Colors filter To convert an object to a different color mode using a Convert filter Saturating and desaturating colors To saturate or desaturate colors Inverting colors To invert colors Applying color fills and strokes to objects Applying colors To apply colors to objects Applying color using the toolbox To change fill or stroke attributes using the toolbox Applying color by dragging and dropping To apply a color by dragging and dropping Changing stroke attributes To set stroke attributes using the Stroke palette To specify the stroke units Creating multiple fills and strokes in an object To create multiple fills and strokes in an object Converting strokes to filled objects To create stroke-shaped objects from strokes Producing Consistent Color Why colors sometimes don’t match About color management Device-independent color space Color management engine Color profiles Rendering intents Do you need color management? Creating a viewing environment for color management Setting up color management To open the Color Settings dialog box Using predefined color management settings To choose a predefined color management setting Emulate Adobe® Illustrator® 6.0 Custom Color Management Off ColorSync Workflow (Mac OS) Emulate Acrobat 4 Emulate Photoshop 4 Europe General Purpose Defaults Europe Prepress Defaults Japan General Purpose Defaults Japan Prepress Defaults North America General Purpose Defaults Photoshop 5 Default Spaces U.S. Prepress Defaults Web Graphics Defaults About working spaces Using color management policies To turn off the display of a policy message To reset the display of policy messages that have been disabled Customizing color management settings To customize color management settings Specifying working spaces Adobe RGB (1998) Apple RGB ColorMatch RGB ColorSync RGB (Mac OS) Monitor RGB sRGB IEC61966-2.1 Euroscale Coated v2 Euroscale Uncoated v2 Japan Standard v2 U.S. Sheetfed Coated v2 U.S. Sheetfed Uncoated v2 U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 U.S. Web Uncoated v2 ColorSync CMYK (Mac OS) Specifying color management policies To customize color management policies Customizing advanced color management settings Specifying a color management engine Adobe (ACE) Apple ColorSync Microsoft ICM Apple CMM Heidelberg CMM Specifying a rendering intent Perceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric Absolute Colorimetric Using black-point compensation Saving and loading custom color management settings To save a custom color management configuration To load a color management configuration Soft-proofing colors To display a soft proof To create a custom proof setup Changing the color profile of a document To reassign or discard the profile of a document Embedding profiles in saved documents To change the embedding behavior of a profile in a document Obtaining, installing, and updating color profiles Adding device profiles to the color management system To add profiles to your system Updating profiles Creating an ICC monitor profile Calibrating versus characterizing a monitor About monitor calibration settings Brightness and contrast Gamma Phosphors White point Guidelines for creating an ICC monitor profile Calibrating with Adobe Gamma (Windows only) To use Adobe Gamma Using Transparency, Gradients, and Patterns Working with transparency About transparency Printing and sharing files with transparency Using the Transparency palette Displaying the Transparency palette Using the Transparency palette menu Showing or hiding transparency options Showing or hiding artwork thumbnails Specifying transparency To change the opacity of artwork To select all objects that use a specific opacity Applying transparency to layers and groups Changing the display of transparency and the artboard To show or hide the transparency grid To set transparency preferences Using blending modes To specify the blending mode of an object To select all objects that use a specific blending mode To isolate a blending mode to an object, group or layer Summary of blending modes Normal Darken Multiply Color Burn Lighten Screen Color Dodge Overlay Soft Light Hard Light Difference Exclusion Hue Saturation Color Luminosity Creating transparency knockouts To view the Transparency options To knock out objects within a group or layer To prevent objects from knocking out within a knockout group or layer To make an object’s transparent strokes or fills knock each other out Creating and editing opacity masks To create an opacity mask To unlink or relink a mask To edit an opacity mask To deactivate an opacity mask To remove an opacity mask Clipping and inverting an opacity mask To control the clipping behavior of an opacity mask To select clipping for new opacity masks by default To invert the opacity of a mask or to restore an inverted mask to its original state To invert all masks by default Using transparency to shape a knockout To create a shaped knockout Working with gradients, meshes, and blends Using the Gradient palette Displaying the Gradient palette Using the palette menu Showing or hiding palette options Applying color gradients To fill an object with a gradient To apply a gradient across multiple objects Creating and adjusting gradients To create or modify a color gradient To add intermediate colors to a gradient Saving gradients To save a gradient Creating a mesh object To create a mesh object by clicking To create a mesh object by setting the number of rows and columns To create a mesh object using the Expand command Tips for creating mesh objects Editing mesh objects To add or delete mesh points and mesh lines To edit a mesh point Adjusting colors on mesh objects To add color to a mesh point or mesh patch with the Color palette To add color to a mesh point or mesh patch by dragging and dropping To add color to a mesh point or mesh patch with the paint bucket Working with patterns How patterns tile Guidelines for constructing patterns Constructing simple patterns and defining patterns To create a pattern To rename a pattern Constructing geometric patterns To construct a geometric pattern Constructing patterns with irregular textures To create an irregular texture Creating corner tiles for brush patterns To create symmetrical corner tiles from a side tile To create an inner corner tile Replacing and modifying patterns To enable pattern transforming when using transform tools To reposition or resize a pattern by dragging To transform an object’s pattern with a transform command To transform a pattern with the Transform palette To modify an existing pattern Enhancing the Appearance of Objects About enhancing the appearance of objects Expanding objects Expanding objects To expand an object Working with appearance attributes Using the Appearance palette Displaying the Appearance palette Using the Appearance palette menu Showing and hiding thumbnails Displaying attributes in the Appearance palette Expanding and collapsing fills and strokes Setting the appearance attributes of new artwork To specify how appearance attributes are applied to new objects Targeting layers, groups, and containers To target an item in the Layers palette Applying fills and strokes to containers To apply a fill or stroke to a container Modifying and removing appearance attributes To modify an effect using the Appearance palette To copy attributes to an object using the Appearance palette To move, copy, or delete appearance attributes using the Layers palette To duplicate an appearance attribute To change the stacking order of appearance attributes To remove appearance attributes Copying attributes between objects To copy attributes using the Eyedropper tool To copy attributes from the desktop to Illustrator using the Eyedropper tool To apply attributes using the Paint Bucket tool To change the attributes affected by the Paint Bucket or Eyedropper tool Using filters and effects Comparing filters and effects Filter menu Effect menu Applying filters and effects To apply a filter or an effect Specifying raster effects settings To set rasterization options for a document Using texture and glass surface controls To use texture and glass surface controls Summary of filters and effects 3D effects Artistic filters and effects Colored Pencil Cutout Dry Brush Film Grain Fresco Neon Glow Paint Daubs Palette Knife Plastic Wrap Poster Edges Rough Pastels Smudge Stick Sponge Underpainting Watercolor Blur filters and effects Gaussian Blur Radial Blur Brush Strokes filters and effects Accented Edges Angled Strokes Crosshatch Dark Strokes Ink Outlines Spatter Sprayed Strokes Sumi-e Colors filters Convert to Shape effects Create filters Distort & Transform filters and effects Distort filters and effects Diffuse Glow Glass Ocean Ripple Path effects Pathfinder effects Pixelate filters and effects Color Halftone To use the Color Halftone filter Crystallize Mezzotint Pointillize Rasterize effect Sharpen filter and effect Unsharp Mask Sketch filters and effects Bas Relief Chalk & Charcoal Charcoal Chrome Conté Crayon Graphic Pen Halftone Pattern Note Paper Photocopy Plaster Reticulation Stamp Torn Edges Water Paper Stylize filters and effects (top of menu) Stylize filter and effect (bottom of menu) Glowing Edges SVG Filters effects Texture filters and effects Craquelure Grain Mosaic Tiles Patchwork Stained Glass Texturizer Video filters and effects De-Interlace NTSC Colors Warp effects Using Stylize filters and effects Adding arrowheads to lines To add arrowheads to a line or container Creating drop shadows To apply a drop shadow to an object Feathering edges To make feather the edges of an object Creating inner and outer glows To apply an inner or outer glow Making objects look hand-sketched To apply the Scribble effect Using graphic styles Using the Graphic Styles palette Displaying the Graphic Styles palette Using the Graphic Styles palette menu Changing the palette display Changing the order of graphic styles Using graphic style libraries To import a graphic style from a graphic style library to a document To create a graphic style library Applying graphic styles To apply a graphic style from the Graphic Styles palette to an object To copy a graphic style from one object to another Creating and modifying graphic styles To create a new graphic style To create a new graphic style based upon two or more graphic styles To replace graphic style attributes To duplicate a graphic style To rename a graphic style Unlinking graphic styles To break the link between a graphic style and a selection Deleting graphic styles To delete a graphic style Advanced Drawing Using brushes About brush types Using the Brushes palette Displaying the Brushes palette Using the palette menu Selecting brushes Showing and hiding brushes Changing the view of brushes Changing the order of brushes Deleting brushes Using brush libraries Displaying brush libraries Adding preset brushes to the Brushes palette Creating new brush libraries Drawing brushed paths with the Paintbrush tool To draw a path with the Paintbrush tool To modify a brushed path with the Paintbrush tool To set preferences for the Paintbrush tool Applying brushes to existing paths To apply a brush to an existing path Replacing brushes on paths To replaces brush strokes with a different brush Removing brushes from paths To remove a brush from a path Converting brush strokes to outlines To expand a brushed path Creating and editing brushes Creating a calligraphic brush To create a calligraphic brush Creating a scatter brush To create a scatter brush Creating an art brush To create an art brush Creating a pattern brush To create a pattern brush using pattern swatches To create a pattern brush using artwork from an illustration Choosing a colorization method To choose a colorization method To change the key color Duplicating brushes To duplicate brushes Modifying existing brushes To modify an existing brush To change options of a selected path without changing the brush attributes for all objects To modify scatter, art, and pattern brushes by dragging into your artwork Drawing with symbols Using symbol libraries Displaying symbol libraries Adding preset symbols to the Symbols palette Creating new symbol libraries Using the Symbols palette Displaying the Symbols palette Using the palette menu Selecting symbols Changing the view of symbols Changing the order of symbols Creating symbols To create a symbol To duplicate a symbol in the Symbols palette To rename a symbol Placing symbol instances To place an individual symbol instance To duplicate a symbol instance Deleting symbols and symbol instances To delete a symbol in the Symbols palette To select all instances of a symbol in the document To select all unused symbols in the Symbols palette Modifying symbol instances To expand symbol instances To associate a new symbol with an instance Redefining symbols To modify and redefine a symbol Using the symbolism tools About symbol sets Setting options for symbolism tools To set options for symbolism tools Using the Symbol Sprayer tool To create a symbol instance set To add symbol instances to an existing set To delete symbol instances from a set To expand a symbol set into individual symbol instances To set options for the Symbol Sprayer tool Using the Symbol Shifter tool To move or shift symbol instances To change the stacking order of symbol instances within the brush’s diameter Using the Symbol Scruncher tool To scrunch symbols To set options for the Symbol Scruncher tool Using the Symbol Sizer tool To change the size of symbol instances To set options for the Symbol Sizer tool Using the Symbol Spinner tool To rotate symbol instances To set options for the Symbol Spinner tool Using the Symbol Stainer tool To stain symbol instances To set options for the Symbol Stainer tool Using the Symbol Screener tool To adjust transparency To set options for the Symbol Screener tool Using the Symbol Styler tool To apply a graphic style to a symbol To set options for the Symbol Styler tool Drawing flares To create a flare using default settings To draw a flare To create a flare using the Flare Tool Options dialog box To edit a flare Working with Bitmap Images About working with bitmap images Changing vector graphics into bitmap images To rasterize a vector object Colorizing 1-bit bitmap objects To colorize a 1-bit image object Changing the appearance of bitmap images with filters and effects Using the Object Mosaic filter To create a tiled effect on a copy of a bitmap image Adding Type to Artwork Updating text created in previous versions of Illustrator To update all text in a document To update legacy text in a specific object To specify if you want Illustrator to append the names of files containing updated text Creating type Entering type at a point To enter type at a point Entering type in an area To enter type in an area Entering type along a path To enter type along a path Deleting empty type paths from artwork To delete an empty type path from your artwork Importing and exporting text Importing text files Microsoft Word 97, 98, 2000, and 2002 RTF (Rich Text Format) plain text (ASCII) with ANSI, Unicode, Shift JIS, GB2312, Chinese Big 5, and Cyrillic encoding To import text into a new Illustrator file To import text into an existing Illustrator file Exporting text files To export text Working with blocks of type Resizing a type area To resize a type area Adjusting the margin around text To change the inset spacing Positioning the first line of text in an object To change the first baseline offset Creating rows and columns of text To create rows and columns Fitting type in a column To fit headline type across a specified area Threading text between objects To thread text between objects using in and out ports To thread text between objects using a command To display text threads Unthreading text from objects To break the thread between two objects To release an object from a text thread To remove all threads but leave the type in place Wrapping text around objects To wrap text around an object To reset wrap options for an existing wrap object To unwrap text from an object Greeking type below a specified font size To set the greek type limit Adjusting the position of type on a path Moving type along or across a path To move type along a path To flip the direction of the type along a path Applying path type effects To apply a path type effect Rainbow Skew 3D Ribbon Stair Step Gravity Adjusting the vertical alignment of type on a path To control vertical alignment of type on a path Adjusting the spacing of type around sharp curves To adjust character spacing around sharp turns and acute angles Editing text Inserting the cursor in text To insert the cursor in text Showing hidden characters To show or hide hidden characters Inserting glyphs To insert a glyph from a specified font To replace a character with an alternate glyph To highlight alternate glyphs in the text Specifying quotes To specify the kinds of quotation marks to be used Checking for spelling errors To check the spelling in a document To edit the spelling dictionary Finding and replacing text To find and replace text To select a text string using a command Changing capitalization To change the capitalization text Using smart punctuation To replace standard keyboard characters with publishing characters Modifying letterforms as graphic objects To convert type to path outlines Transforming type Rasterizing and anti-aliasing type To set anti-aliasing options for type objects Formatting Type Selecting type Selecting characters To select characters Selecting type objects To select type objects To set the Type Object Selection by Path Only preference Selecting type paths To select a type path Changing the color and appearance of type To change the appearance of type Formatting characters Using the Character palette Displaying the Character palette Using the palette menu Using the palette menu Showing and hiding palette options Editing values Restoring the default character settings Selecting a font To select a font family or style To change the number of fonts in the Recent Fonts submenu Previewing fonts OpenType Type 1 True Type Multiple Master Composite To change the preview of fonts Finding and changing fonts To find and replace fonts Choosing a type size To specify type size Changing the type units To change type units Changing leading To specify leading To change the default auto-leading percentage About kerning and tracking Adjusting kerning and tracking To use a font’s built-in kerning information for selected text To automatically adjust the spacing between selected characters based on their shapes To adjust kerning manually To turn off kerning for selected text To adjust tracking Scaling type To adjust vertical or horizontal scaling of selected text Applying baseline shift To apply baseline shift Adjusting keyboard increments To change keyboard increments Rotating type To change the orientation of characters using the Character palette To change the orientation of a type object Applying all caps or small caps To change the case of selected text To specify the size for synthesized small caps Making characters superscript or subscript To make selected type superscript or subscript To specify point size and shift increment for subscripts and superscripts Using fractional character widths To turn fractional character widths on or off Viewing text using the operating system layout To turn system layout on or off Assigning a language To apply a language to all text in a document To assign a language to specific text Handling missing fonts To make missing fonts available in Illustrator To highlight substituted fonts in your document Applying OpenType features to characters Using the OpenType palette Displaying the OpenType palette Using the palette menu Restoring the default paragraph settings Choosing a style for numbers To choose a style for numbers Using superior and inferior special characters To use superior or inferior characters Using ligatures and contextual alternates To use ligatures and contextual alternates Using swashes, titling alternates, and stylistic alternates To use swashes, titling alternates, or stylistic alternates Formatting ordinal numbers To format ordinals Formatting fractions To format fractions Formatting paragraphs Using the Paragraph palette Displaying the Paragraph palette Using the palette menu Showing and hiding palette options Editing values Restoring the default paragraph settings Aligning and justifying paragraphs To specify alignment for paragraph type To specify justification for paragraph type Indenting paragraphs To specify paragraph indentation Changing space above or below paragraphs To adjust space above or below a paragraph Specifying hanging punctuation To specify hanging punctuation for a paragraph To specify optical margin alignment for a type object Copying type attributes To copy type attributes using the Eyedropper tool To copy type attributes using the Paint Bucket tool To customize copy settings Controlling hyphenation and justification Adjusting hyphenation To turn automatic hyphenation on or off To set automatic hyphenation options To chose a default hyphenation dictionary To customize the hyphenation dictionary Preventing unwanted word breaks To prevent characters from breaking Adjusting word and letter spacing To set spacing options Working with composition About composition methods Every-line Composer Single-line Composer Choosing a composition method To choose a composition method for selected paragraphs Working with tabs Using the Tabs palette Displaying the Tabs palette Aligning the Tabs palette ruler with text Resizing the Tabs palette ruler Snapping tab stops to the ruler Setting tab stops To set tab stops To repeat a tab stop To move a tab stop To remove tab stops To change a tab stop from one alignment to another To specify a character for a decimal tab Adding tab leaders To add a tab leader to a tab Setting indents using the Tabs palette To set an indent using the Tabs palette Using character and paragraph styles Using the Character Styles and Paragraph Styles palettes Displaying the Character Styles palette Displaying the Paragraph Styles palette Changing the display size of palette items Creating character and paragraph styles To create a new character or paragraph style To create a copy of a character or paragraph style Applying character and paragraph styles To apply a character style To apply a paragraph style Editing character and paragraph styles To edit a character or paragraph style Removing style overrides To clear overrides To redefine a style Deleting character and paragraph styles To delete a character or paragraph style To delete all unused styles Loading character and paragraph styles To load styles from another Illustrator document Working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type Displaying Asian type options To display Asian type options To display CJK font names in English To change units for Asian type options Using Asian OpenType fonts To select Asian OpenType font attributes Proportional Metrics H or V style Roman Italics Working with Asian glyphs To replace characters with a different glyph form To revert an alternate glyph to its default form Creating composite fonts To create a composite font To customize characters in a composite font To delete a composite font To export a composite font Adjusting character spacing with aki To add aki before or after a character Compressing character spacing with tsume To compress the aki between characters Using tate-chu-yoko To apply tate-chu-yoko To cancel tate-chu-yoko To change the offset values for tate-chu-yoko Using warichu To turn on Warichu To turn off Warichu To change Warichu options Aligning different character sizes in the same line To align text characters Specifying how leading is measured in Asian type To specify how leading is measured Working with Japanese composition Choosing a mojikumi set To select a mojikumi set for a paragraph Editing mojikumi settings To create a new mojikumi set To export a mojikumi set To import a mojikumi set To delete a mojikumi set Using kinsoku To select kinsoku settings for a paragraph To create a new kinsoku set To export a kinsoku set To import a kinsoku set To delete a kinsoku set To set bunri-kinshi on and off To specify whether to push in or push out kinsoku text Using burasagari To choose a burasagari option Working with repeated characters To use repeated character processing Rotating half-width characters in vertical text To rotate roman characters in vertical text Creating Web Graphics Designing graphics for the Web Working in pixel preview mode To view artwork in pixel preview mode To enable or disable snapping in pixel preview mode Dividing artwork into slices Creating slices To create a slice Setting slice options To choose a slice type To set options for Image content slices To set options for No Image content slices To set options for HTML Text content slices Viewing slices To set slice preferences To show or hide slices Selecting slices To select a slice Positioning and resizing slices To resize all slices to the artboard boundaries To move or resize a slice To align or distribute slices To change the stacking order of slices To lock all slices Dividing, duplicating, and combining slices To divide a slice To duplicate a slice To combine slices Removing slices To delete a slice To delete all slices To release a slice Creating image maps To create an image map To increase the number of visible entries in the URL menu Creating Web graphics with SVG About SVG Working with SVG Layers Transparency Raster effects and mesh objects Paths Web links Scripts Using SVG effects To apply an SVG effect To import SVG filter definitions into a document To delete an SVG filter To modify Illustrator’s default SVG filters Adding SVG interactivity to artwork Displaying the SVG Interactivity palette Using the palette menu To add a JavaScript event to an object To delete a JavaScript event from the SVG Interactivity palette To list, add, or remove JavaScript events linked to the file Creating Web graphics with SWF Optimizing images Using the Save for Web dialog box Displaying the Save for Web dialog box Previewing images Selecting a view Viewing annotations Working with slices during optimization To show or hide slices in the Save for Web dialog box To select slices in the Save for Web dialog box To view slice options in the Save for Web dialog box To link slices To unlink slices Applying optimization settings To apply optimization settings To apply optimization settings based on file size To repopulate optimization settings Optimization options for GIF and PNG-8 formats Lossy (GIF only) Color Reduction Method and Colors Dithering Method and Dither Transparency and Matte Interlace Web Snap Optimization options for JPEG format Quality Optimized Progressive Blur ICC Profile Matte Optimization options for PNG-24 format Optimization options for SWF format Read Only Export As Curve Quality Frame Rate Loop Preserve Appearance Preserve Editability Where Possible Optimization options for SVG format Compressed Font Subsetting Decimals Image Location CSS Properties Encoding Saving and resetting optimization settings To save the current optimization setting To reset optimization settings to the last saved version To save a named set of optimization settings To edit a named set of optimization settings To delete optimization settings Resizing Web images To change the pixel dimensions of images Exporting layers as CSS layers To set options for exporting CSS layers Optimizing colors in GIF and PNG-8 images Generating a color table Perceptual Selective Adaptive Web Custom Using the Color Table palette Using the Color Table palette menu Sorting the colors Adding new colors Selecting colors Editing colors Shifting to Web-safe colors Deleting colors Locking and unlocking colors Saving color tables Loading color tables Saving optimized images To save an optimized image Setting output options Using the Output Settings dialog box Displaying the Output Settings dialog box Saving output settings Switching to a different set of options Loading output settings Setting HTML output settings Tags Case Attribute Case Indent Line Endings Include Comments Always Quote Attributes Always Add Alt Attribute Close All Tags Include Zero Margins on Body Tag Included GoLive Interoperability Code Setting Slices output settings Generate Table Empty Cells TD W&H Spacer Cells Generate CSS Referenced Default Slice Naming Setting options for Image Maps Type Placement Setting background options View Document As Background Image BG Color Setting file saving options File Naming Filename Compatibility Put Images In Folder Copy Background Image When Saving Include Copyright Include XMP Saving and Exporting Artwork About saving artwork Saving artwork in Illustrator format To save artwork in Illustrator format Subset embedded fonts when percent of characters used is less than Create PDF Compatible File Include Linked Files Use Compression Embed ICC Profiles To export artwork to a legacy Illustrator format Subset embedded fonts when percent of characters used is less than Include Linked Files Create PDF Compatible File Use Compression Embed ICC Profiles Transparency options Saving artwork in Adobe PDF Using PDF presets To save artwork in Adobe PDF using a preset Customizing PDF options To customize PDF options To reset options to the default Specifying file compatibility and other general PDF options Compatibility Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities Embed Page Thumbnails Optimize for Fast Web View View PDF after Saving Create Acrobat Layers from Top-Level Layers Applying compression and downsampling in PDF files Downsampling Compression Image Quality Tile Size Compress Text and Line Art Specifying the bleed area and printers marks in PDF files All Printer’s Marks Printer Mark Type Trim Marks Trim Mark Weight Registration Marks Offset Color Bars Page Information Bleed Top, Bottom, Left, Right Managing colors, fonts, and flattening in PDF files Embed ICC Profiles Subset embedded fonts when percent of characters used is less than Overprint Preset Adding security to PDF files Encryption Level Require a password to open the document Document Open Password Use a password to restrict editing Security and Permissions settings Permissions Password Printing Allowed Changes Allowed Enable copying of text, images, and other content Enable text access of screen reader devices for the visually impaired Enable plaintext metadata Enable copying of text, images, and other content and access for the visually impaired Creating, editing, and sharing PDF presets To create a new PDF preset To edit an existing PDF preset To delete a PDF preset To save PDF presets to a .pdfs file To load PDF presets from a PDFS file Saving artwork in EPS format To save artwork in EPS format Format Overprints Preset Embed Fonts (for other applications) Include Linked Files Include Document Thumbnails Include CMYK PostScript in RGB Files Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing Adobe PostScript To export artwork to a legacy Illustrator EPS format Format Preserve Paths Preserve Appearance and Overprints Embed Fonts (for other applications) Include Linked Files Include Document Thumbnails Include CMYK PostScript in RGB Files Adobe PostScript Saving artwork in a SVG format To save artwork in a SVG format CSS Properties Decimal Places Encoding Optimize for Adobe SVG Viewer Include Extended Syntax for Variable Data Include Slicing Data Saving artwork for Microsoft Office To save artwork to a Microsoft Office compatible format Exporting artwork To export artwork in a non-native format AutoCAD Drawing (DWG) and AutoCAD Interchange File (DXF) formats Bitmap (BMP) format Color Model Resolution Anti-Alias File Format Depth Compress (RLE) Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format Graphics Interchange (GIF) format JPEG (JPG) format Quality Color Model Method and Scans Depth Anti-Alias Imagemap Embed ICC Profiles Macintosh PICT (PIC) format Macromedia Flash format (SWF) Export As Frame Rate Looping Generate HTML Read Only Clip to Artboard Size Curve Quality Image Format JPEG Quality Method Resolution Photoshop format (PSD) Color Model Resolution Export As Flat Image Write Layers Preserve Text Editability Maximum Editability Anti-Alias Embed ICC Profiles Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format Resolution Color Anti-Alias Interlaced Targa (TGA) format Color Model Anti-Alias Tagged-Image File (TIFF) format Color Model Resolution Anti-Alias LZW Compression Byte Order Embed ICC Profiles Windows Metafile (WMF) format Getting information about docu Using the Document Info palette To use the Document Info palette Adding metadata to documents To add metadata to a document To save metadata as a template To save metadata to an XMP file To import metadata into a document To delete a metadata template To show the location of metadata templates Printing Artwork About printing Types of printing Types of images Halftoning Color separation Getting detail Transparency and flattening Using the Print dialog box To use the Print dialog box General Setup Marks & Bleed Output Graphics Color Management Advanced Summary Setting general options Specifying the number of pages and copies Pages Copies Collate Reverse Order Specifying the media size and orientation Size Width Height The Portrait Up button The Landscape Left button The Portrait Down button The Landscape Right button Transverse Specifying which layers to print Print Layers Scaling a document Do Not Scale Fit To Page Custom Scale Constrain proportions button Width Height Setting setup options Crop Artwork To Placement Origin X Origin Y Tiling To define a crop area Setting marks and bleed options All Printer’s Marks Trim Marks Registration Marks Color Bars Page Information Printer Mark Type Trim Mark Weight Offset Top, Bottom, Left, and Right The link icon Setting output (separation) options Specifying the mode Mode Specifying the emulsion Emulsion Specifying the image type Image Specifying the printer resolution (the halftone screen ruling) Printer Resolution Specifying custom printer resolutions (halftone screen ruling) To specify a custom halftone screen ruling Overprinting black in the separation Overprint Black Separating all spot colors as process colors Convert All Spot Colors To Process Separating individual spot colors as process colors, or not printing them To separate individual spot colors as process colors or disable printing for them Specifying which colors to create separations for To specify whether to create a separation for a color Returning output (separation) options to the defaults Reset to Defaults Setting graphics options Approximating curved paths Flatness Setting font options for printing (Fonts) Download Setting PostScript information options for printing PostScript(R) Data Format Printing gradients and gradient mesh objects Compatible Gradient And Gradient Mesh Printing Setting color management printing options Profile Intent Setting advanced printing (transparency and flattening) options Specifying bitmap and overprint options Print As Bitmap Overprints About flattening transparent artwork Controlling flattening using transparency flattener presets To choose a transparency flattening preset in the Print dialog box To specify transparency flattening settings with the Print dialog box To create flattening settings with the Edit menu To export a custom transparency flattener preset To import a transparency flattener preset To rename or delete a custom transparency flattener preset To create flattening settings from the Flattener Preview palette To create flattening settings for an individual object Transparency flattener options Name Raster/Vector balance Line Art and Text Resolution Gradient and Mesh Resolution Convert All Text to Outlines Convert All Strokes to Outlines Clip Complex Regions Select Preserve Alpha Transparency (Flatten Transparency dialog box only) Select Preserve Spot Colors and Overprints (Flatten Transparency dialog box only) Using the Flattener Preview palette Displaying the Flattener Preview palette Using the palette menu Showing and hiding options Choosing a preview mode Choosing overprint options to preview Choosing a transparency flattening preset for the preview Adjusting transparency flattening settings Refreshing the preview Choosing areas to highlight Magnifying the preview Viewing a summary of the print settings Options Warnings Save Summary Using print presets To create and save a print preset To print using a print preset To edit an existing print preset To rename or delete a print preset To export a print preset To import an existing print preset Setting the crop area To specify the crop area in the artwork To edit the crop area To eliminate the crop area To specify Japanese crop marks Setting crop marks To create crop marks around an object Printing gradients, mesh objects, and color blends Ensuring your resolution/line screen produces 256 grays Calculating maximum blend length based on color change To determine the maximum blend length based on the color change Printing mesh objects Splitting paths to print large, complex shapes To split a stroked path To split a compound path To split a mask To rejoin a split path Selecting PostScript Printer Description files To select a PPD Annotating objects To annotate an object Producing Color Separations Two common separation workflows About separations Outputting to CMYK Outputting spot colors Types of colors you can use, and how they are separated Printing gradients as separations Converting to registration colors To output registration color Separating artwork Step 1: Calibrate your monitor and check colors in your artwork Step 2: Select overprint options for overlapping colors To set overprinting on objects To set or remove overprinting from black lines Step 3: Create a trap to compensate for misregistration on press About traps Trapping with tints Trapping type Using the Trap command To create a trap using the Trap command Trapping by overprinting To create a spread or choke by overprinting To trap a line To trap a portion of an object Step 4: Define the print area To define the print area Step 5: Set separation options To specify separation options Step 6: Save print settings and print To print the separations you selected To save the separations you selected as a PostScript file Automating Tasks About automating tasks Using actions Using the Actions palette Displaying the Actions palette Using the palette menu Expanding and collapsing sets and commands Changing the display of actions Creating actions To create a new action Recording paths To record a path Selecting an object during an action To name an object for use during an action To select an object during an action Inserting nonrecordable commands To insert a menu item in an action Inserting stops To insert a stop Setting modal controls and excluding commands To set a modal co To exclude or include a command Playing actions To play an action or set on a single file To play a single command in an action Slowing actions during playback To specify how fast actions should play Editing actions To move an action to a different set To rearrange commands within an action To record additional commands To record an action again To record a single command again To change action options To duplicate a set, action, or command To delete a set, action, or command To delete all actions To reset actions to the default set Organizing sets of actions To create a new set for actions To rename a set of actions To save a set of actions To replace all actions in the Actions palette with a new set of actions To load a set of actions Batch-processing files To batch process files Using scripts To execute a script To install a script Working with data-driven graphics About data-driven graphics Using the Variables palette Displaying the Variables palette Using the Variables palette menu Selecting a variable Displaying variable options Sorting rows in the Variables palette About variables Use the Text String variable to make text dynamic Use the Linked File variable to make a linked image dynamic Use the Graph Data variable to make graph data dynamic Use the Visibility variable to make an object’s visibility dynamic Creating unbound variables To create an unbound variable Binding variables to object attributes To make the visibility of objects dynamic To make an object’s content dynamic To unbind a variable Editing variables To edit variable options To lock and unlock variables Deleting variables To delete a variable Editing dynamic objects To edit a dynamic object To select all dynamic objects Identifying dynamic objects using XML IDs To identify dynamic objects using XML IDs Using data sets To create a new data set To select a data set To update a data set To rename a data set To delete a data set Loading and saving variable libraries To import variables into Illustrator from an XML file To export variables from Illustrator to an XML file Saving templates for data-driven graphics To save a template for use with other Adobe products Creating Graphs About creating graphs Step 1: Choose a graph type Step 2: Draw with a graph tool Step 3: Enter graph data Step 4: Set formatting options Step 5: Customize the graph Choosing a graph type Column Stacked column Bar Stacked bar Line Area Scatter Pie Radar Drawing with the graph tools To use a graph tool Using the Graph Data window Displaying the Graph Data window Manually entering data into cells Importing data into cells Editing data in cells Transposing data in cells Switching the x and y axes of scatter graphs Adjusting the width of columns Adjusting decimal precision in cells Regenerating the graph Reverting the graph data Minimizing the Graph Data window Closing the Graph Data window About organizing graph data Setting up labels Organizing data for column, stacked column, bar, stacked bar, line, area, and radar graphs Organizing data for scatter graphs Organizing data for pie graphs Formatting graphs Changing the graph type To change the graph type Changing the position of the value axis To specify the axis position Assigning different scales to the value axes To change the scale of a value axis Adding drop shadows to graphs To add drop shadows to a graph Changing the position of the graph legend To display the legend at the top of a graph Changing how columns, bars, and lines overlap To change how columns, bars, and lines overlap Setting options for column, stacked column, bar, and stacked bar graphs To adjust the spacing of columns, bars, and clusters Setting options for line, scatter, and radar graphs Setting options for pie graphs To set options for pie graphs Changing the appearance of tick marks and labels on a graph’s axes To set options for tick marks and labels Combining different graph types To combine different graph types Customizing graphs Selecting parts of a graph To select an entire data set in a graph To deselect part of a selected group Formatting type in a graph To format the type in a graph About graph designs Importing graph designs To import graph designs Creating graph designs To create a graph design To create a sliding graph design To display column totals with the graph design To create a marker design Applying graph designs To use a graph design in a column or bar graph To use a marker design in a line or scatter graph Reusing a graph design To paste an existing graph design into your artwork Keyboard Shortcuts Keys for selecting tools Keys for viewing artwork Keys for selecting and moving objects Keys for editing paths Keys for painting objects Keys for transforming objects Keys for navigating through and selecting text Keys for formatting type Keys for using palettes Keys for using the Actions palette Keys for using the Brushes palette Keys for using the Character and Paragraph palettes Keys for using the Color palette Keys for using the Gradient palette Keys for using the Layers palette Keys for using the Swatches palette Keys for using the Transform palette Keys for using the Transparency palette Function keys Legal Notices Copyright Index