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User Guide

2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe Illustrator CS2 User Guide for Windows and Macintosh If this guide is distributed with software that includes an end user agreement, this guide, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. Except as permitted by any such license, no part of this guide may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans mitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Please note that the content in this guide is protected under copyright law even if it is not distributed with software that includes an end user license agreement. The content of this guide is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorpo rated. 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ContentsChapter 1: Getting started Installation and registration Adobe Help Center Using Help Whats new Tips and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Chapter 2: Tutorials Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapter 3: Work area Work area basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Palettes, tools, and menus Files and templates Viewing artwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Rulers, grids, and guides Customizing the work area Setting preferences Recovery and undo

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Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge The basics of Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Files and folders in Bridge Bridge Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Running automated tasks with Bridge Metadata in Bridge Using Version Cue with Bridge

Chapter 5: Adobe Stock Photos Adobe Stock Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Comp images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Buying stock photos Stock Photos accounts

Chapter 6: Adobe Version Cue Using Adobe Version Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Working with Version Cue projects Working with files in Version Cue Disconnecting from projects Version Cue versions Version Cue alternates Deleting files, folders, and projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

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Editing and synchronizing offline files

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The Version Cue Administration utility

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Creating and editing projects in Version Cue Administration Backing up and restoring from Version Cue Administration Working with users and privileges Version Cue PDF reviews Viewing logs, reports, and workspace information

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Chapter 7: Drawing About drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 Drawing simple lines and shapes Drawing with the Pencil tool Drawing with the Pen tool Reshaping paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

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Adding, deleting, and converting anchor points Smoothing and simplifying paths Erasing, splitting, and joining paths Tracing artwork Template layers Symbols Sets of symbols Drawing flares

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Chapter 8: Color About color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Selecting colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 Using and creating swatches Managing swatches Adjusting colors

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Chapter 9: Color management Understanding color management Keeping colors consistent Color-managing imported images Proofing colors

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Color-managing documents for online viewing Color-managing documents when printing Working with color profiles Color settings

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Chapter 10: Painting About painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Fills and strokes Live Paint groups Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

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Creating and modifying brushes Transparency Blending modes

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Chapter 11: Arranging objects Selecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262 Moving objects Rotating objects Reflecting objects Using layers Stacking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285 Aligning and distributing objects

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Grouping and expanding objects Duplicating objects

Locking, hiding, and deleting objects

Chapter 12: Reshaping objects Transforming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290 Scaling objects Shearing objects Distorting objects Combining objects Clipping masks Blending objects Creating 3D objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Cutting, dividing, and trimming objects

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Reshaping objects with effects

Chapter 13: Importing, exporting, and saving Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 Bitmap images Adobe PDF files EPS and DCS files Saving artwork Exporting artwork Adobe PDF options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Importing artwork from Photoshop

Creating Adobe PDF files

File information and metadata Chapter 14: Type Updating legacy text Creating type Area type Editing text Language

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Importing and exporting text Type on a path

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Letterforms as graphic objects Selecting type Fonts Formatting characters

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Line and character spacing Special characters

Underline, strikethrough, caps, superscripts, and subscripts Scaling and rotating type Formatting paragraphs Tabs

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Hyphenation and line breaks Character and paragraph styles Formatting Asian characters Mojikumi Kinsoku

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Burasagari, leading, and kurikaeshi moji shori Creating composite fonts

Chapter 15: Creating special effects Appearance attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419 Copying appearance attributes between objects Working with effects and filters Summary of effects and filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437

Drop shadows, glows, and feathering Making objects look hand-sketched Creating mosaics Graphic styles

Changing vector graphics to bitmap images

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Chapter 16: Web graphics Best practices for creating web graphics Slices and image maps SVG Creating animations

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Chapter 1: Getting startedInstallation and registrationTo install

1 Close any Adobe applications that are open. 2 Insert the product CD into your computers CD drive. 3 Double-click the CD icon, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

After the installation, you may be prompted to activate your copy of the product. (See To activate on page 1.) For more detailed instructions about installing the product, see the How To Install file on the product CD. For instructions about uninstalling the product, see the How To Uninstall file on the product CD.

To activateActivation is a simple, anonymous process you must complete within 30 days of installing the product. Activation allows you to continue using the product, and it helps prevent casual copying of the product onto more computers than the license agreement allows. To learn more about activation, visit the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/activation/main.html.1 Start the product to access the Activation dialog box. (If youve just installed Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe

Photoshop, the Activation dialog box appears automatically.)2 Follow the on-screen instructions.

Important: If you intend to install the product on a different computer, you must first transfer the activation to that computer. To transfer an activation, choose Help > Transfer Activation. For more detailed instructions about activating the product and transferring an activation, see the How To Install file on the product CD.

To registerRegister your Adobe product to receive complimentary support on installation and product defects and notifications about product updates. Registering your product also gives you access to the wealth of tips, tricks, and tutorials in Adobe Studio and access to Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website. Do one of the following:

Install and activate the software to access the Registration dialog box, and then follow the on-screen instructions.

An active Internet connection is required. Register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2 2User Guide

See alsoAdobe Studio on page 7 Extras on page 9

Adobe Help CenterAbout Adobe Help CenterAdobe Help Center is a free, downloadable application that includes three primary features.Product Help Provides Help topics for Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe CS2 products installed on your

system. (If none of these products are installed, Help topics for them arent available.) Help topics are updated period ically and can be downloaded through Adobe Help Center preferences.Expert Support Provides information about Adobe Expert Support plans and lets you store details about plans youve purchased. If you have an active support plan, you can also use the Expert Support section to submit web casesquestions sent to Adobe support professionals over the web. To access links in the Expert Support section, you must have an active Internet connection. More Resources Provides easy access to the extensive resources on Adobe.com, including support pages, user

forums, tips and tutorials, and training. You can also use this area to store contact information for friends, colleagues, or support professionals, or even websites you turn to for inspiration or troubleshooting information.

Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources in Adobe Help Center

See alsoUsing Help on page 3 To search Help topics on page 5 To navigate Help on page 4

To check for updatesAdobe periodically provides updates to software and to topics in Adobe Help Center. You can easily obtain these updates through Adobe Help Center. An active Internet connection is required.1 Click the Preferences button

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2 In the Preferences dialog box, click Check For Updates. If updates are available, follow the on-screen directions to

download and save them.


To set Adobe Help Center preferences1 Click the Preferences button

. Set any of the following options:

Region Specifies your geographical location. Changing this option may affect which services are available to you. Language Specifies the language in which Expert Support content is displayed. Display Renewal Reminders For Expert Support Contracts Displays reminder screens when your Expert Support plan has almost expired. Deselect this option if youd like to turn off these reminders. Enable Auto Login For Web Case Submission Allows you to submit support questions over the web. This option is

available only if you have an active Expert Support plan.User Interface Language Specifies the language in which Adobe Help Center interface text is displayed. Check For Updates Searches for new updates to software and Help topics as they become available from Adobe. Network Administrators Displays options for network administration.

2 Click OK.

To display More ResourcesThe More Resources section in Adobe Help Center provides easy access to some of the content and services available from the Adobe website, including support, training, and tutorials. To display this section, click More Resources.

To add contact information in More Resources1 Click More Resources, and then click Personal Contacts. 2 Do any of the following: To add a contact, click New, type the contact information you want to save, and click OK. To edit a contact, click a contact in the list, click Edit, make changes to the information, and click OK. To delete a contact, click a contact in the list, and then click Delete. To confirm the deletion, click Yes when

prompted, or click No to cancel.

Using HelpUsing HelpThe complete documentation for using your Adobe product is available in Help, a browser-based system you can access through Adobe Help Center. Help topics are updated periodically, so you can always be sure to have the most recent information available. For more information, see To check for updates on page 2. Important: Adobe Help systems include all of the information in the printed user guides, plus additional information not included in print. The Resources and Extras CD included with the software also includes a PDF version of the complete Help content, optimized for printing.


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Product Help section of Adobe Help Center A. Returns you to Help home page B. Adds bookmark for current topic C. Prints contents of right pane D. Opens Preferences dialog box E. Opens About Adobe Help Center window

See alsoTo navigate Help on page 4 To search Help topics on page 5

To navigate Help Do any of the following:

To view Help for a product, choose the product name from the Help For menu. (To view only topics that apply

across all Creative Suite products, choose Adobe Creative Suite.) To expand or collapse a section, click the blue triangle to the left of the section name. To display a topic , click its title.

See alsoTo use bookmarks on page 6


To search Help topicsSearch using words or phrases to quickly find topics. You can search Help for one product or for all Adobe products youve installed. If you find a topic that you may want to view again, bookmark it for quick retrieval.1 In Adobe Help Center, click Product Help. 2 Type one or more words in the Search box. To search across Help for all Adobe products you have installed, click

the black triangle to the left of the Search box and choose Search All Help.

Search Help for one product or for all products youve installed

3 Click Search. Topics matching the search words appear in the navigation pane. 4 To view a topic, click its title. 5 To return to the navigation pane, do one of the following: Click the Home button. Click the Back button. Click Next Topic or Previous Topic.

See alsoTo print a topic from Help on page 5 To use bookmarks on page 6

Search tipsAdobe Help search works by searching the entire Help text for topics that contain all of the words typed in the Search box. These tips can help you improve your search results in Help: If you search using a phrase, such as shape tool, put quotation marks around the phrase. The search returns only

those topics containing all words in the phrase. Make sure that the search terms are spelled correctly. If a search term doesnt yield results, try using a synonym, such as web instead of Internet.

To print a topic from Help

1 Select the topic you want to print, and click the Print button. 2 Choose the printer youd like to use, and then click Print.


To change the viewBy default, Adobe Help Center opens in Full view. Full view gives you access to the Product Help, Expert Support, and More Resources sections. Switch to Compact view when you want to see only the selected Help topic and you want to keep the Help window on top of your product workspace. Click the view icon

to switch between Full and Compact views.

To use bookmarksYou can bookmark especially helpful topics for easy access, just as you bookmark pages in a web browser, and reread them at another time.1 Click the Bookmarks tab in the navigation pane to view the bookmarks. 2 Do any of the following in the Bookmarks pane: To create a bookmark, select the topic you want to mark, and click the Bookmark button

. When the Bookmark

dialog box appears, type a new name in the text box if desired, and then click OK. To delete a bookmark, select it and click the Delete button. Click Yes to confirm the deletion. To rename a bookmark, select it and then click the Rename button

. In the dialog box, type a new name for the or the Move Down button .

bookmark and then click OK. To move a bookmark, select it and then click the Move Up button

Tips and trainingLearning resourcesAdobe provides a wide range of resources to help you learn and use Adobe products. Tutorials in Help on page 7: Short step-by-step lessons through Adobe Help Center. Total Training Video Workshop CD on page 7: Professional training videos from experts. Adobe Studio on page 7: Videos, tips and tricks, and other learning material on Adobe products. Adobe Creative Suite Design Guide (Adobe Creative Suite only): A full-color printed book about using Adobe

Creative Suite 2 as a complete design and publishing toolbox, including five guided projects on print, web, and mobile workflows. Technical information on page 8: Reference material, scripting guides, and other in-depth information. Other resources on page 8: Training, books, user forums, product certification, and more. Support: Complimentary and paid technical support options from Adobe. Extras on page 9: Downloadable content and software.

See alsoAbout Adobe Help Center on page 2


Tutorials in HelpThe Help system for each Adobe CS2 product includes several step-by-step tutorials on key features and concepts. These tutorials are also available in the complete, printable, PDF version of the Help contents, included on the Resources and Extras CD. To use these tutorials with the product, select the tutorial you want from the Contents pane in Adobe Help Center, and click the View icon to switch to Compact view. Compact view keeps the Help window on top of the appli cation windows, regardless of what window or application is selected. Drag an edge or a corner of the Help window to resize it.

See alsoAdobe Studio on page 7 Total Training Video Workshop CD on page 7 Other resources on page 8

Total Training Video Workshop CDPresented by experts in their fields, Total Training videos provide overviews, demos of key new features, and many useful tips and techniques for beginning and advanced users. Look for accompanying step-by-step instructions to selected Total Training videos in monthly updates to Adobe Studio. Short Total Training web videos on a variety of products and topics are also available in Adobe Studio, and complete Total Training courseware can be purchased online from the Adobe Store.

See alsoAdobe Studio on page 7 Other resources on page 8

Adobe StudioAdobe Studio provides a huge wealth of tips and tricks, tutorials, and instructional content in video, Adobe PDF, and HTML, authored by experts from Adobe and its publishing partners. You can search the entire collection or sort by product, topic, date, and type of content; new content is added monthly. Adobe Studio is available in English, French, German, and Japanese. Find it from the home page of the Adobe website.


Tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio

See alsoTotal Training Video Workshop CD on page 7 Other resources on page 8

Technical informationThe Technical information folder on the Resources and Extras CD included with your Adobe product includes several useful documents in PDF, fully searchable and optimized for printing. These documents provide conceptual and reference material on various in-depth topics, such as scripting, transparency, and high-end printing. For complete developer documentation and resources, visit the Developers area of the Adobe website at http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/main.html. For additional backgrounders and instructional content, visit Adobe Studio. The Resources and Extras CD also includes the entire Help content optimized for printing. Note that the Help content includes everything in the printed Adobe user guides, plus much more.

See alsoAdobe Studio on page 7 Other resources on page 8

Other resourcesAdditional sources of information and help are available for Adobe products. Visit the Training area of the Adobe website for access to Adobe Press books; online, video, and instructor-led

training resources; Adobe software certification programs; and more.


Visit the Adobe user forums, where users share tips, ask questions, and find out how others are getting the most

out of their software. User forums are available in English, French, German, and Japanese on the main Support page of your local Adobe website. Visit the Support area of the Adobe website for additional information about free and paid technical support

options. Top issues are listed by product on the Adobe U.S. and Adobe Japan websites. Visit the Developers area of the Adobe website to find information for software and plug-in developers, including

SDKs, scripting guides, and technical resources. Click More Resources in Adobe Help Center to access many of the resources on the Adobe website and to create

your own list of frequently visited user groups and websites and valuable contacts. Look in Bridge Center for RSS feeds on the latest technical announcements, tutorials, and events. To access Bridge

Center, select it in the Favorites panel in Adobe Bridge. (Bridge Center is available with Adobe Creative Suite only.)

See alsoTo display More Resources on page 3 Learning resources on page 6

ExtrasThe Resources and Extras CD included with your CS2 product includes a Goodies folder that contains bonus content and files for use with your Adobe product. For more free content and add-ons, visit Adobe Studio Exchange, an online community where users download and share thousands of free actions, plug-ins, and other content for use with Adobe products. To visit Adobe Studio Exchange, go to Adobe Studio from the home page of the Adobe website. In addition, your CS2 product includes Adobe Stock Photos, an integrated service available within Adobe Bridge that lets you search, view, try, and buy royalty-free stock photography from leading stock libraries. Because of the tight integration between Stock Photos and CS2 products, you can download images directly into your Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe GoLive projects. From Photoshop, you can open any downloaded image.

See alsoAdobe Studio on page 7 About Adobe Stock Photos on page 71 About Adobe Bridge on page 48

Other downloadsThe Downloads area of the Adobe website includes free updates, tryouts, and other useful software. In addition, the Plug-ins section of the Adobe Store provides access to thousands of plug-ins from third-party developers, helping you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.

See alsoAbout Adobe Stock Photos on page 71 Other resources on page 8


Whats newNew featuresLive Trace Live Trace automatically turns placed images into beautifully detailed vector graphics that are easy to edit,

resize, and manipulate without distortion. Live Trace reduces the amount of time it takes to recreate a scanned drawing on-screen from days to minutes or seconds, without loss of quality. You can interactively adjust the results of a Live Trace using a rich assortment of vectorization options, including preprocessing, tracing, and overlay options. (See About tracing artwork on page 165.)Live Paint Live Paint lets you paint vector graphics more intuitively by automatically detecting and correcting gaps that previously would have affected how fills and strokes were applied. Instead of having to plan every detail of an illustration in advance to ensure the right shading and colors, you can work more as you would coloring by hand on paper. (See About Live Paint on page 228.) Enhanced support for spot colors in raster images and effects Use spot colors in new ways:

Apply spot colors in raster-based effects, such as drop shadows, glows, feathers, and blurs. Colorize an embedded grayscale image with one spot or process color, in either CMYK or RGB document color

spaces. Color can be applied by dragging onto the image or just by clicking on the Swatches palette. (See To colorize grayscale or 1-bit images on page 196.) Preserve spot-color rasters and spot-colorized grayscale images when saving to AI, EPS, or PDF files or when

exporting to legacy EPS or legacy AI formats. These spot colors will print accurately from Adobe InDesign CS2 or QuarkXPress 6 or later, and from Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or 7.0 Professional.Offset a stroke on its path Control whether a stroke is centered on a path or positioned on the inside or the outside

of the path. (See To change the strokes color, width, and alignment on page 224.)Type enhancements Apply underlining and strikethrough to text using the Character palette. (See To underline or

strike through text on page 388.) Experience improved performance working with advanced typographical controls.Workspace management Customize your Illustrator workspace to suit your creative workflow:

Select commonly used options from the context-sensitive Control palette, which reduces the number of palettes

you need to have open. In addition, the Control palette makes options more accessible and allows you to work with different features more quickly. (See About the Control palette on page 33.) Arrange palettes and defaults to support a specific workflow or client project, and then save the setup as a named

workspace that you can activate at any time or share with other people or computers. Workspaces help you control on-screen clutter and streamline the tools available to you for different tasks. (See To save a custom workspace on page 45.)Expanded support for Wacom tablets Take advantage of new Wacom tablet features, including pressure tip and

eraser, tilt two side switches, barrel rotation, and large felt-marker-shaped nib. Illustrator CS2 has built-in support for the new Wacom Intuos3 tablet.Place Photoshop layer comps You can now control the visibility of layer comps in linked, embedded, and opened

Photoshop files as easily as you control the visibility of regular Photoshop layers. (See Photoshop import options on page 333.)New SVG and SWF options Save rich graphical content in SVG-Tiny format, which is optimized for mobile wireless

devices. Then incorporate these graphics into your mobile design and development workflows. (See SVG format options on page 338.)


Export Adobe Illustrator artwork as SWF (Flash) files with more control over mapping layers to animation frames, maintaining the appearance of stylized text, and file compression. (See Macromedia Flash export options on page 342.)New Adobe PDF options Illustrator has long used Adobe PDF as its native file format, which makes it easy for clients

and others to open and review your artwork files in Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader. Now you can export Illustrator artwork to multipage PDF files and take advantage of PDF/X standards. (See About Adobe PDF on page 346.)Adobe Bridge Organize and browse Illustrator and other creative assets using Adobe Bridge, an independent filemanagement system that you can launch from within Illustrator CS2. Through Adobe Bridge, you can automate workflows across Adobe Creative Suite 2 applications, apply consistent color settings across Adobe applications, and access version control features and online stock photo purchase services. A Start Page provides centralized control of settings, as well as ongoing access to tips and tutorials in Adobe Studio. (See About Adobe Bridge on page 48.) Templates and other professionally designed content Get a jump on the design process with new professionally

designed templates and other easily accessible content. Click Browse Cool Extras on the Welcome Screen (choose Help > Welcome Screen) to view templates and sample files in Adobe Bridge.

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Chapter 2: TutorialsTutorialsTutorialsBelow you will find a list of tutorials that will help you get started using Illustrator quickly. Before going through the tutorials, its helpful to know how to create and save documents. (See To create a new document on page 34 and Saving and exporting artwork on page 334.) In addition to these tutorials, Adobe provides a variety of resources for learning Illustrator. (See Learning resources on page 6.) For more advanced tutorials, go to Adobe Studio at http://studio.adobe.com. (A one-time registration is required.)

See alsoDesign a quick logo or web button on page 12 Discover the power of compound shapes on page 15 Paint illustrations with graphic styles on page 19 Create headline type with a twist on page 22 Play with hand-painted effects on page 25

Design a quick logo or web buttonAdobe Illustrator provides a variety of tools for creating basic geometric shapes, as well as hundreds of professionally designed symbols. Follow along and learn how to use shapes and symbols as building blocks for artwork.

1. Draw a shape.

Hold down the mouse on a shape tool in the toolbox, and select the shape tool you want to use. Then drag in the document window to draw the shape. We selected the Ellipse tool and held down the Shift key while dragging to draw a circle. Holding down the Shift key tells Illustrator to constrain proportions. For example, you can use the Shift key with the Rectangle tool to draw a square.


2. Fill the shape with color.

Click the Fill box in the Control palette. (The Control palette is at the top of the work area, just beneath the menu bar. If you dont see it, choose Window > Control Palette.) This tells Illustrator that you want to apply color inside the shape rather than to its stroke (or outline). Then click any swatch to fill the shape with color. If you dont like any of the default swatches, there are several other ways to select a color. Double-click the Fill box in the toolbox to select a color using the Color Picker, or choose Window > Color to select a color using the Color palette. Or choose Window > Swatch Libraries, and choose a swatch library from the submenu.

3. Change the shapes stroke weight.

In the Control palette, type a different value in the Stroke Weight box, and press Enter or Return to apply the change. We increased the stroke weight to 3 points. Although we decided to stick with a black stroke, you can change the stroke color by clicking the stroke box in the Control palette and selecting a different color.

4. Place a symbol instance.

If the Symbols palette isnt showing, choose Window > Symbols. The Symbols palette displays a variety of default symbols; however, many additional symbols are available to you through symbol libraries. To open a symbol library, click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Symbols palette, and choose an option from the Open Symbol Library submenu. Once you locate the symbol you want to use, drag it from the palette into the document window. The placed symbol is called a symbol instance. We used the Home symbol from the Web Icons symbol library.


5. Resize the symbol instance.

Depending on the size of the symbol instance, you may want to make it larger or smaller. First select the Selection tool in the toolbox and click the symbol instance. Then drag one of the corner handles on the symbol instance to enlarge or reduce it. As with drawing shapes, holding down the Shift key as you drag causes Illustrator to constrain the proportions of the symbol instance. You can also use the Scale tool or the Transform palette to resize selected objects in the document window. (See Scaling objects on page 293.)

6. Align the symbol instance and the shape.

Make sure the Selection tool is still active in the toolbox, and drag a marquee around both the shape and symbol instance. Then choose Window > Align to show the Align palette. The Align palette contains buttons for aligning and distributing objects. First, we clicked the Horizontal Align Center button. Then we clicked the Vertical Align Center button.


7. Experiment with design variations.

Now that you have a basic design, experiment with different variations. For example, if you want to apply a different fill and stroke to the symbol instance, select the instance in the document window and click the Break Link To Symbol button in the Symbols palette. Once the link to the symbol is broken, the object is no longer a symbol, so you can apply different fills and strokes to it. We went one step further by applying a variety of gradients to our design. First, we drew another circle, chose Object > Arrange > Send To Back, and realigned all three objects using the Align palette. We filled the objects with a default gradient from the Swatches palette. Then, we selected just the outer circle and used the Gradient tool to reverse the direction of the gradient. (See To apply a gradient in a different direction on page 252.) Our final design will make a great web button, so we used the Save For Web command to save it in GIF format. (See To optimize and save web graphics on page 452.)

Discover the power of compound shapesUsing compound shapes is one of the easiest ways to create illustrations in Adobe Illustrator. You start by drawing basic shapes and then use the Pathfinder palette to combine them in different ways. In this tutorial, youll learn how to add and subtract shapes, as well as how to use the Layers palette.


1. Draw a series of overlapping ellipses.

First, click the Default Fill And Stroke button in the toolbox. This sets the fill to white and the stroke to black. Then select the Ellipse tool, and drag to draw a series of overlapping ellipses. To move an ellipse, select it with the Selection tool and drag it to a different location. When youre satisfied with the placement of all the shapes, drag around all the ellipses to select them.

2. Add the ellipses together.

If the Pathfinder palette isnt showing, choose Window > Pathfinder. Then click the Add To Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette. You just created a compound shape (a shape that consists of two or more objects). You can verify this by looking in the Layers palette. If the Layers palette isnt showing, choose Window > Layers. Then click the triangle to the left of Layer 1 to see the listing for the compound shape.

3. Subtract a rectangle.

Select the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle that overlaps the bottom of the compound shape. When youre finished drawing, use the Selection tool to select all the shapes. Then click the Subtract From Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette.


It may be difficult to tell what changed while all the shapes are selected, so click anywhere on the artboard to deselect them. Now you can see that the rectangle has been subtracted from the ellipses. If you look in the Layers palette, youll see that Illustrator created a new compound shape containing the rectangle and the first compound shape.

4. Rename the compound shape in the Layers palette.

Double-click the words Compound Shape in the Layers palette. Enter a more meaningful name for the shape, and click OK. We named our shape Cloud. The Layers palette is very useful for keeping track of the objects in a document. In addition, you can use it to select objects by clicking in the selection column between the circle and the scroll bar. (See About the Layers palette on page 278.)

5. Draw three nested circles.

Youll use the circles to create a sun, so draw them in proportion to the cloud. Start by selecting the Ellipse tool, and Shift+dragging to draw the outer circle. Then position the pointer over the center of the circle, and Shift+Alt+drag (Windows) or Shift+Option+drag (Mac OS) to draw the middle circle. (Holding down the Alt or Option key lets you draw the circle from the center outward.) Repeat again to draw the inner circle. We named the circles Outer Circle, Middle Circle, and Inner Circle in the Layers palette.


6. Create the suns rays.

Select the outer circle and choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Zig Zag. Select Preview, and adjust the values for Size and Ridges Per Segment. When youre satisfied with the results, click OK.

7. Make the sun a compound shape.

Select the outer circle, then hold down Shift and select the middle circle. (Holding down Shift lets you select multiple objects.) Click the Subtract From Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette to combine the two shapes. Hold down Shift, select the inner circle, and click the Add To Shape Area button in the Pathfinder palette. We named the compound shape Sun in the Layers palette.

8. Move the sun behind the cloud.

Select the sun, and choose Object > Arrange > Send Backward. Then use the Selection tool to drag the sun behind the cloud. Notice how the sun is now listed below the cloud in the Layers palette. This is because the Layers palette reflects the stacking order of your artwork. You can change the stacking order by dragging objects up or down in the Layers palette. (See About the stacking order on page 282.)


Paint illustrations with graphic stylesIn the previous tutorial, you learned how to create the outlines, or paths, of an illustration. Now youll use graphic styles to paint your illustration with colors and effects. Adobe Illustrator comes with hundreds of professionally designed graphic styles that let you change the appearance of artwork with a single click. And graphic styles are fully reversible, so you can always go back to your original illustration if you dont like the results.

1. Target the cloud in the Layers palette.

In the Layers palette, click the circle (called the target icon) at the right edge of the clouds listing. When the target icon displays a double ring, the item is targeted. Targeting may seem simple, but its a commonly forgotten step when applying graphic styles and effects. Targeting is especially important when you want to apply a style or effect to everything in a layer. (See About targeting on page 420.)


2. Apply a graphic style to the cloud.

If the Graphic Styles palette isnt showing, choose Window > Graphic Styles. The Graphic Styles palette displays a variety of default graphic styles; however, many additional graphic styles are available to you through graphic style libraries. To open a graphic style library, click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Graphic Styles palette, and choose an option from the Open Graphic Style Library submenu. Once you locate the graphic style you want to use, click it. We used the Raised Edges graphic style from the Image Effects library.

3. View appearance attributes of the graphic style.

Choose Select > Deselect to deselect the clouds, and if the Appearance palette isnt showing, choose Window > Appearance. The Appearance palette lists appearance attributesproperties that affect the look of an object without altering its underlying structure. These include fills, strokes, transparency settings, and effects. In our case, no artwork is targeted, so the top listing should read No Selection: followed by the name of the current graphic style. The specific appearance attributes depend on the graphic style you selected in step 2. Some attributes may have triangles to the left of them. This means that the attribute includes effects or transparency settings. You can expand or collapse the attribute by clicking the triangle. (See Using the Appearance palette on page 419.)


4. Edit the graphic style.

Click each color swatch in the Appearance palette and choose different colors using the Swatches palette or Color palette. You probably want to choose colors in the yellow to red range because youll apply the new graphic style to the sun. You can also use the Appearance palette to edit other aspects of a graphic style. For example, you can change the order in which Illustrator applies attributes by dragging any attribute to a different position in the palette. If the graphic style includes effects, double-click an effect name to change the effects settings.

5. Create a new style.

Click the New Graphic Style button in the Graphic Styles palette. The new style appears as the last item in the palette, so you may need to scroll down to see it. Double-click the style, enter a descriptive name, and click OK. We named our new graphic style Orange Raised Edge.


6. Apply the new graphic style to the sun.

Target the sun in the Layers palette, and click the graphic style you just created in the Graphic Styles palette.

7. Experiment with design variations.

Now that you know how to apply and edit graphic styles, experiment with design variations. Start by creating a duplicate of the sun and cloud by dragging Layer 1 in the Layers palette onto the Create New Layer button. Then click in the selection column for the copied layer, and press the arrow keys on your keyboard to reposition the duplicate sun and cloud. (Hold down the Shift key to move the selection in bigger increments.) If you want to remove the existing graphic styles before applying new ones, click the Clear Appearance button in the Appearance palette. This removes all appearance attributes (including the fill and stroke) so the sun and cloud wont be visible in the document window until you target them and apply new graphic styles.

Create headline type with a twistAdobe Illustrator provides powerful, flexible features for creating and modifying type. You can add type anywhere in your artworkhorizontally, vertically, along paths, inside shapes, around shapes, in rows and in columns. In this tutorial, youll learn how to create a headline that you can reuse for a variety of purposes.


1. Draw a curved path.

Select the Pen tool, and position the pointer where you want to start your path. Click and drag in the direction you want the curve to go. Release the mouse button and move the pointer; then click and drag again in the direction you want the curve to go. You can repeat this as many times as you want. When you are finished drawing, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) away from the line. If this is your first time using the Pen tool, it may take some practice to get the hang of it; however, it will be time well spent. When youre comfortable using the Pen tool, you can draw any line or shape with precision. (See To draw curves with the Pen tool on page 154.)

2. Add type along the path.

Select the Type On A Path tool. Click the path to set the insertion point, and type the desired text. Dont worry about the position of the type on the pathyoull learn how to adjust it later on.

3. Format the type.

Click the Selection tool to select the type, and choose a font family, font style, and font size in the Control palette. You can also change the color of the type by selecting a Fill color in the Control palette.


Illustrator comes with a variety of fonts that you can use in your artwork. To view a catalog of fonts, choose Help > Welcome Screen and click Browse Cool Extras.

4. Reposition the type if necessary.

Position the Selection tool over the types start, center, or end bracket until a small icon appears next to the pointer. (If the pointer doesnt change, make sure the Selection tool is still selected.) Drag to the right or left to reposition the type on the path.

5. Apply a drop shadow to the type.

Choose Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow. Select Preview, and adjust the drop shadow options. (We used the default values.) When youre satisfied with the results, click OK. You can still edit the type after applying an effect.

6. Place a symbol instance.

If the Symbols palette isnt showing, choose Window > Symbols. The Symbols palette displays a variety of default symbols; however, many additional symbols are available to you through symbol libraries. To open a symbol library, click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Symbols palette, and choose an option from the Open Symbol Library submenu. Once you locate the symbol you want to use, drag it from the palette into the document window. The placed symbol is called a symbol instance. We used the Bee symbol from the Nature symbol library. After placing the symbol, we rotated it and applied a drop shadow to match the text.


7. Save the headline.

The format you save in depends on how you want to use the headline. We chose File > Save For Microsoft Office to save our headline for use in Microsoft Word. We also saved our headline as a web banner using the Save For Web dialog box. (See To optimize and save web graphics on page 452.)

Play with hand-painted effectsIllustrator includes many features for working with bitmap images. In this tutorial, youll learn how to import bitmap images into Illustrator and apply artistic effects.

1. Choose a bitmap image.

An image with high contrast works the best. If you dont have a suitable image, a variety of stock photography is available on the Illustrator CD.


2. Import the image into Illustrator.

Start by creating a new document in RGB color mode. (This is important because the Artistic filters dont work on CMYK images.) Then choose File > Place, and select the image file. Make sure the Link option is deselected, and click OK. The Links palette shows all imported images. (See To use the Links palette on page 326.)

3. Apply the Poster Edges effect.

Target the image in the Layers palette, and choose Effect > Artistic > Poster Edges. Adjust the settings until you are satisfied with the preview, and then click OK. The Poster Edges effect reduces the number of colors in an image according to the posterization option you set, and finds the edges of the image and draws black lines on them. Broader areas of the image have simple shading, while fine, dark detail is distributed throughout the image.


4. Apply the Watercolor effect.

Choose Effect > Artistic > Watercolor. Adjust the settings until you are satisfied with the preview, and then click OK. The Watercolor effect 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 saturates the color.

5. Choose a brush.

If the Brushes palette isnt showing, choose Window > Brushes. The Brushes palette displays a variety of default brushes; however, many additional brushes are available to you through brush libraries. To open a brush library, click the triangle icon at the top right corner of the Brushes palette, and choose an option from the Open Brush Library submenu. Once you locate the graphic style you want to use, click it. We selected the Fountain Pen brush from the Artistic_Ink library.


6. Apply a brush stroke.

Select the Paintbrush tool, and select a color. We used the Eyedropper tool to sample a color in our artwork. Then drag to apply the stroke. If you want more precision, use the Pen tool to draw a path, and then apply the brush to the path. (See To apply brush strokes on page 237.)

7. Experiment with different brushes.

We added some green splatters using the Ink Splatter brush and some yellow splatters using the Galaxy brush. Then we defined the edges of the paint cans using the Dry Ink brush.

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Chapter 3: Work areaWork area basicsAbout the work areaBy default, the Illustrator work area consists of an illustration window where you draw and lay out your artwork, a toolbox that holds tools for drawing and editing artwork, palettes to help you monitor and modify artwork, and menus that contain commands for performing tasks. You can rearrange the work area to best suit your needs by moving, hiding, and showing palettes; zooming in or out of artwork; scrolling to a different area of the illustration window; and creating multiple windows and views. You can also change the visibility of the illustration window and menu bar using the Mode buttons at the bottom of the toolbox: Standard Screen Mode

displays artwork in a standard window, with a menu bar at the top and scroll bars on displays artwork in a full-screen window with a menu bar but with no title

the sides. Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar

bar or scroll bars. Full Screen Mode displays artwork in a full-screen window, with no title bar, menu bar, or scroll bars.

Using the status barThe status bar (at the bottom left edge of the illustration window) displays the current zoom level and information about one of the following topics: the current tool in use, the date and time, the number of undos and redos available, the document color profile, or the status of a managed file. Click the status bar to do any of the following: Change the type of information displayed in the status bar by selecting an option from the Show submenu. Show the current file in Adobe Bridge by choosing Reveal In Bridge. Access Version Cue commands.

See alsoAbout Adobe Bridge on page 48 Getting the most out of Version Cue on page 82

Palettes, tools, and menusAbout the toolboxThe first time you start the application, the toolbox appears at the left side of the screen. You can move the toolbox by dragging its title bar. You can also show or hide the toolbox by choosing Window > Tools.


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Painting toolsPaintbrush (B) Mesh (U) Gradient (G) Eyedropper (I) Measure Live Paint Bucket (K) Live Paint Select (Shift+L) G

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See alsoSelection tool gallery on page 262 Drawing tool gallery on page 145 Type tool gallery on page 361 Painting tool gallery on page 222 Reshaping tool gallery on page 290 Symbolism tool gallery on page 174


Graph tool gallery on page 510 Slicing and cutting tool gallery on page 444 Moving and zooming tool gallery on page 37

Using toolsYou use tools in the toolbox to create, select, and manipulate objects in Illustrator. You can select a tool by clicking it or pressing the tools keyboard shortcut. The name of the tool and its keyboard shortcut appear when you hold the pointer over the toolthis text is called the tool tip. To hide tool tips, choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and deselect Show Tool Tips. Some tools have additional tools beneath themthese are called hidden tools. A small triangle at the lower right corner of the tool icon indicates that there are hidden tools. To view hidden tools, hold down the mouse button on the visible tool. To select a hidden tool, continue to hold down the mouse button, drag the pointer over the tool you want to select, and then release the mouse button. To tear off hidden tools into a separate palette, drag the pointer over the arrow at the end of the toolbox and release the mouse button. Click the close box on the palettes title bar to return the tools to the toolbox.A B

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You can move the toolbox around the work area by dragging its title bar. You can also hide the toolbox by choosing Window > Tools. The mouse pointer for most tools matches that tools icon. If you prefer, you can use a precision pointer for greater accuracy when working with detailed artwork. Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and select Use Precise Cursors. Alternatively, press Caps Lock on the keyboard.

To work with palettesPalettes help you monitor and modify your work. You can customize the default palette arrangement in the following ways: To show or hide a palette, select the palette name from the Window menu. A check mark next to the palette name

indicates that the palette is currently open.


To hide or show all palettes including the toolbox and Control palette, press Tab. To hide or show all palettes except

for the toolbox and Control palette, press Shift+Tab. To display a palette menu, position the pointer on the triangle

in the upper right corner of the palette, and press

the mouse button. To change the size of a palette, drag any corner of the palette (Windows) or drag the size box at its lower right

corner (Mac OS). Some palettes, such as the Color palette, cannot be resized by dragging. To collapse a group of palettes to their titles only, click the minimize/maximize box (Windows) or the zoom box

(Mac OS). You can still open the palette menu when the palette is collapsed. To cycle through the available views of a palettedefault, hidden options visible, and palette titles onlydouble

click the palettes tab. In some palettes, you can click the double triangle at the upper left of the palette tab to cycle through the palette views, or select Show Options or Hide Options from the palette menu. To make a palette appear at the front of its group, click the palettes tab. To move an entire palette group, drag its title bar. To rearrange or separate a palette group, drag a palettes tab. Dragging a palette outside an existing group creates

a new palette window. To move a palette to another group, drag the palettes tab to that group. To dock palettes so that they move together, drag a palettes tab to the bottom of another palette. To move an entire docked palette group, drag its title bar. To return palettes to their default sizes and positions, choose Window > Workspace > [Default].

To enter values in palettes and dialog boxesDo any of the following: Type a value in the box, and press Enter or Return. Drag the slider. Drag the dial. Click the arrow buttons in the palette to increase or decrease the value. Click in the box and then use the Up Arrow key and Down Arrow key on the keyboard to increase or decrease the

value. Select a value from the menu associated with the box.


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To calculate values in palettes and dialog boxesYou can perform simple math in any box that accepts numeric values. For example, if you want to move a selected object 3 units to the right using the current measurement units, you dont have to work out the new horizontal positionsimply type +3 after the current value in the Transform palette.1 In a text box that accepts numerical values, do one of the following: To replace the entire current value with a mathematical expression, select the entire current value. To use the current value as part of a mathematical expression, click before or after the current value. 2 Type a simple mathematical expression using a single mathematical operator, such as + (plus), - (minus), x (multi

plication), / (division), or % (percent). For example, 0p0 + 3 or 5mm + 4. Similarly, 3cm * 50% equals 3 centimeters multiplied by 50%, or 1.50 cm, and 50pt + 25% equals 50 points plus 25% of 50 points, or 62.5 points.3 Press Enter or Return to apply the calculation.

About the Control paletteThe Control palette offers quick access to options related to the objects you select. By default, the Control palette is docked to the top of the work area. Options displayed in the Control palette vary depending on the type of object you select. For example, when you select a text object, the Control palette displays text-formatting options in addition to options for changing the color, placement, and dimensions of the object.A B C

Control palette A. Hidden options B. Link to another palette C. Palette menu

When text in the Control palette is blue and underlined, you can click the text to display a related palette. For example, click the word Stroke to display the Stroke palette.


To customize the Control palette To change the kinds of options that appear in the Control palette, select or deselect options in the Control palette

menu. To dock the palette at the bottom of the work area, choose Dock To Bottom from the Control palette menu. To convert the Control palette to a floating palette, drag the gripper bar away from its current position. To redock

the Control palette, drag the gripper bar to the top or bottom of the application window (Windows) or screen (Mac OS).

Files and templatesAbout documentsA document is the space in which you create artwork. You can create new Illustrator documents from scratch or based on a template. Creating a document from scratch gives you a blank document with the default fill and stroke colors, graphic styles, brushes, symbols, actions, viewing preferences, and other settings. You can customize the document defaults using a startup file. Creating a document from a template gives you a document with preset design elements and settings.

See alsoAbout startup files on page 46

To create a new document To create a new document from scratch, choose File > New. Set document options, and click OK. To create a new document from a template, choose File > New From Template. Select a template, and click New.

See alsoAbout the artboard on page 36 About colors in digital graphics on page 181

About templatesTemplates let you create new documents that share common settings and design elements. For example, if you need to design a series of business cards with a similar look and feel, you can create a template with the desired artboard size, view settings (such as guides), and print options. The template can also contain symbols for common design elements (such as logos) and specific sets of color swatches, brushes, and graphic styles. Illustrator comes with a variety of templates, including templates for letterhead, business cards, envelopes, brochures, labels, certificates, postcards, greeting cards, and websites. When a template is selected via the New From Template command, Illustrator creates a new document with identical content to the template, but leaves the original template file untouched.


To create a new template

1 Open a new or existing document. 2 Customize the document in any of the following ways: Set up the document window as you want it to appear in new documents you create from the template. This

includes the magnification level, scroll position, ruler origin, and options in the View menu. Draw or import any artwork you want to appear in new documents you create from the template. Delete any existing swatches, styles, brushes, symbols, or actions you dont want to retain. Create any new swatches, styles, brushes, symbols, and actions you want in the corresponding palettes. You can

also import preset swatches, styles, brushes, symbols, and actions from a variety of libraries that come with Illustrator. Create any graph designs you want and add them to the Graph Design dialog box. You can also import preset

graph designs. Set the desired options in the Document Setup dialog box and Print Options dialog box. 3 Choose File > Save As Template. 4 In the Save As dialog box, select a location for the file, enter a file name, and click Save.

Illustrator saves the file in AIT (Adobe Illustrator Template) format.

To open a fileYou can open files that were created in Illustrator as well as files that were created in other applications. To open an existing file, choose File > Open. Locate the file, and click Open. If you dont see the name of the file

you want, make sure all formats are showing. If you still dont see the file, it is stored in a format that Illustrator cant read. To open a file that has recently been used, choose File > Open Recent Files, and choose the file name from the list.

You can also use Adobe Bridge to open files.

See alsoTo browse for files using Adobe Bridge on page 35 Importing Adobe PDF files on page 330 Importing EPS files on page 331 Importing artwork from Photoshop on page 333

To browse for files using Adobe BridgeAdobe Bridge lets you search for, preview, open, organize, process, rate, and share files. You can use it to create new folders and rename and delete files, as well as view and add file information. Adobe Bridge lets you unify common settings so that you can update all your Adobe CS2 applications at once. In addition, you can use Bridge to access Adobe Version Cue, color management settings for Adobe Creative Suite, and stock photography. To open Adobe Bridge, choose File > Browse or click the Bridge icon

in the Control palette.


See alsoAbout Adobe Bridge on page 48

Viewing artworkAbout the artboardThe artboard represents the entire region that can contain printable artwork. However, the artboards dimensions do not necessarily match the current page size. For example, your artboard may be 10 x 20 inches while your print settings specify 8-1/2 x 11 inch paper. You can view the page boundaries in relation to the artboard by showing page tiling (View > Show Page Tiling). When page tiling is on, the printable and nonprintable areas are represented by a series of solid and dotted lines between the outermost edge of the window and the printable area of the page.

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The printable area is bounded by the innermost dotted lines and represents the portion of the page on which the selected printer can print. Many printers cannot print to the edge of the paper. The nonprintable area is between the two sets of dotted lines representing any nonprintable margin of the page. The page edge is indicated by the outermost set of dotted lines. The artboard is bounded by solid lines and represents the maximum printable area. To hide the artboard boundaries, choose View > Hide Artboard. The scratch area is the area outside the artboard that extends to the edge of the 227-inch square window. The scratch area represents a space on which you can create, edit, and store elements of artwork before moving them onto the artboard. Objects placed onto the scratch area are visible on-screen, but they do not print.

See alsoAbout page size and orientation on page 474 To reposition artwork on the page on page 472 To print artwork on multiple pages on page 473


About page tilingBy default, Illustrator prints your artwork on a single sheet of paper. However, if the artwork is larger than the page sizes available on your printer, you can print onto multiple sheets of paper. Dividing the artboard to fit a printers available page sizes is called tiling. You can choose a tiling option in the Setup section of the Print dialog box. To view the page tiling boundaries on the artboard, choose View > Show Page Tiling.

Artboard divided into multiple page tiles

When you divide the artboard into multiple page tiles, the pages are numbered from left to right and from top to bottom, starting with page 1. These page numbers appear on-screen for your reference only; they do not print. The numbers enable you to print all of the pages in the file or specify particular pages to print.

See alsoAbout page size and orientation on page 474 To print artwork on multiple pages on page 473

Moving and zooming tool galleryIllustrator provides the following tools for moving around in and controlling the view of the artboard:

The Hand tool (H) moves the Illustrator artboard within the illustration window.

The Page tool adjusts the page grid to control where artwork appears on the printed page.

The Zoom tool (Z) increases and decreases the view magnification in the illus tration window.


See alsoAbout the toolbox on page 29

To change the size and color of the artboard

1 Choose File > Document Setup. 2 From the menu at the top left of the Document Setup window, do either of the following: To change the size of the artboard, choose Artboard, and then set the size and orientation for the artboard. To change the color of the artboard, choose Transparency. Select Simulate Colored Paper, click the top color

swatch, and select a new color using the Color dialog box. Changing the color of the artboard lets you view your document as it might appear when printed on colored paper. For example, if you draw a blue object on a yellow background, the object appears green. The simulation is only performed when the transparency grid is not shown.

See alsoAbout page size and orientation on page 474 To reposition artwork on the page on page 472 To print artwork on multiple pages on page 473

To zoom in or outThere are several ways to zoom in or out of artwork. Select the Zoom tool

. The pointer becomes a magnifying glass with a plus sign in its center. Click in the center of the area that you want to magnify, or hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click in the center of the area that you want to reduce. Each click magnifies or reduces the view to the previous preset percentage. the marquee around the artwork, hold down the spacebar, and continue dragging to move the marquee to a new location.

Select the Zoom tool and drag a dotted rectangle, called a marquee, around the area you want to magnify. To move

Choose View > Zoom In or View > Zoom Out. Each click magnifies or reduces the view to the next preset

percentage. Set the zoom level at the lower left corner of the main window or in the Navigator palette. To display a file at 100%, choose View > Actual Size. To change the view to fit the document window, choose View > Fit In Window.

See alsoMoving and zooming tool gallery on page 37 Keys for viewing artwork on page 527

To move the view areaYou can bring a different area of the artboard into view by doing either of the following: Select the Hand tool

, and drag in the direction you want the artwork to move.


In the Navigator palette, click the area of the thumbnail display that you want to view in the illustration window.

Alternatively, drag the proxy view area (the colored box) to a different area of the thumbnail display. To specify the quality of the display when using the Hand tool, choose Edit > Preferences > Units & Display Perfor mance (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Units & Display Performance (Mac OS). Drag the Hand Tool slider left to improve the quality of the view when you move it with the Hand tool, or right to improve the speed at which you can move the view with the Hand tool.

See alsoMoving and zooming tool gallery on page 37 Keys for viewing artwork on page 527

To work with the Navigator paletteYou use the Navigator palette to quickly change the view of your artwork using a thumbnail display. The colored box in the Navigator (called the proxy view area) corresponds to the currently viewable area in the illustration window. To display the Navigator palette, choose Window > Navigator.A B

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You can customize the Navigator palette in the following ways: To display only artwork inside the boundaries of the artboard in the Navigator palette, select View Artboard Only

from the palette menu. Any objects outside the border of the artboard are removed from the thumbnail display. To change the color of the proxy view area, select Palette Options from the palette menu. Select a preset color from

the Color pop-up menu, or double-click the color box to choose a custom color. To display dashed lines in the document as solid lines in the Navigator palette, select Palette Options from the

palette menu and select Draw Dashed Lines As Solid Lines. To specify the size at which text is replaced by a gray bar in the Navigator palette, select Palette Options from the

palette menu and enter a font size in the Greeking box.

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