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Symbolism tool gallery

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Illustrator provides many tools for creating and manipulating your artwork. These galleries provide a quickvisual overview for each tool.

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Selection tool gallery

Illustrator provides the following selection tools:

The Selection tool(V) selects entireobjects. See Select The Direct Selection The Group Selection tool

The Magic Wandtool (Y) selects

objects. See Selectobjects with theSelection tool.

The Direct Selectiontool (A) selects pointsor path segmentswithin objects. SeeSelect paths, segments,and anchor points.

The Group Selection toolselects objects andgroups within groups.See Select objects andgroups with the GroupSelection tool.

tool (Y) selectsobjects with similarattributes. See Selectobjects with theMagic Wand tool.

The Lasso tool (Q)selects points orpath segmentswithin objects. SeeSelect objects withthe Lasso tool.

The Artboard toolcreates separateartboards for printingor export. See Createan artboard.

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Drawing tool gallery

Illustrator provides the following drawing tools:

The Pen tool (P)draws straight andcurved lines tocreate objects. SeeDrawing with thePen tool.

The AddAnchor Pointtool (+) addsanchor pointsto paths. SeeAdding anddeleting anchorpoints.

The Delete AnchorPoint tool (-)deletes anchorpoints from paths.See Adding anddeleting anchorpoints. The Convert Anchor Point tool

(Shift+C) changes smooth pointsto corner points and vice versa.See Convert between smoothpoints and corner points.

The Line Segmenttool (\) drawsindividual straightline segments. SeeDraw straight lineswith the LineSegment tool.

The Arc tooldrawsindividualconcave orconvex curvesegments. SeeDraw arcs.

The Spiral tooldraws clockwiseandcounterclockwisespirals. See Drawspirals.

The Rectangular Grid tool drawsrectangular grids. See Drawrectangular grids.

The Polar Grid tooldraws circularchart grids. SeeDraw circular(polar) grids.

The Rectangletool (M) drawssquares andrectangles. SeeDrawrectangles andsquares.

The RoundedRectangle tooldraws squares andrectangles withrounded corners.See Drawrectangles andsquares.

The Ellipse tool (L) draws circlesand ovals. See Draw ellipses.

The Polygon tooldraws regular,multi-sidedshapes. See Drawpolygons.

The Star tooldraws stars.See Draw stars.

The Flare toolcreates lens-flareor solar-flare-likeeffects. SeeDrawing flares.

The Pencil tool (N) draws andedits freehand lines. See Drawingwith the Pencil tool.

The Smooth toolsmooths Bezierpaths. See Smoothpaths.

The Path Erasertool erasespaths andanchor pointsfrom the object.See Eraseartwork.

The PerspectiveGrid allowscreating andrendering artworkin perspective. SeeAbout PerspectiveGrid.

The Perspective Selection toolallows you to bring objects, text,and symbols in perspective, moveobjects in perspective, moveobjects in perpendicular to itscurrent direction. See AboutPerspective Grid.

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Type tool gallery

Illustrator provides the following type tools:

The Type tool (T)creates individual typeand type containersand lets you enter andedit type. See Enter text

The Area Type toolchanges closed pathsto type containers andlets you enter and edittype within them. SeeEnter text in an area.

The Type On A Pathtool changes pathsto type paths, andlets you enter andedit type on them.See Creating typeon a path.

The Vertical Type toolcreates vertical typeand vertical typecontainers and letsyou enter and editvertical type. See

edit type. See Enter textin an area. Enter text in an area. on a path. vertical type. See

Enter text in an area.

The Vertical Area Typetool changes closedpaths to vertical typecontainers and lets youenter and edit typewithin them. See Entertext in an area.

The Vertical Type OnA Path tool changespaths to vertical typepaths and lets youenter and edit type onthem. See Creatingtype on a path.

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Painting tool gallery

Illustrator provides the following painting tools:

The Paintbrushtool (B) drawsfreehand andcalligraphic lines, aswell as art, patterns,and bristle brushstrokes on paths. SeeDraw paths and applybrush strokessimultaneously .

The Mesh tool(U) createsand editsmeshes andmeshenvelopes. SeeCreate meshobjects.

The Gradient tool (G)adjusts thebeginning andending points andangle of gradientswithin objects, orapplies a gradient toobjects. See Apply agradient to an object.

The Eyedropper tool (I)samples and applies color,type, and appearanceattributes, including effects,from objects. See Copyappearance attributes usingthe Eyedropper tool.

The Live Paint Buckettool (K) paints facesand edges of LivePaint groups with thecurrent paintattributes. See Paintwith the Live PaintBucket tool.

The Live PaintSelection(Shift-L)toolselects facesand edgeswithin LivePaint groups.See Selectitems in LivePaint groups.

The Measure toolmeasures thedistance betweentwo points. SeeMeasure the distancebetween objects.

The Blob Brush tool (Shift-B)draws paths thatautomatically expand andmerge calligraphic brushpaths that share the samecolor and are adjacent instacking order. See Drawand merge paths with theBlob Brush tool.

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Reshaping tool gallery

Illustrator provides the following tools for reshaping objects:

The Rotate tool (R) rotatesobjects around a fixedpoint. See Rotate objects.

The Reflect tool(O) flips objectsover a fixed axis.See Reflect or flipobjects.

The Scale tool (S)resizes objectsaround a fixedpoint. See Scaleobjects.

The Shear tool skewsobjects around a fixedpoint. See Shearobjects with the Sheartool .

The Reshape tool adjustsselected anchor pointswhile keeping the overalldetail of the path intact.See Stretch parts of a pathwithout distorting itsoverall shape.

The FreeTransform tool (E)scales, rotates, orskews a selection.

The Blend tool (W)creates a series ofobjects blendedbetween the colorand shape ofmultiple objects.See Create blends.

The Width tool(Shift+W) allows youto create a stroke withvariable width. SeeUsing the Width tool.

The Warp tool (Shift+R)molds objects with themovement of the cursor(like molding clay, forexample). See Distortobjects using a liquify tool.

The Twirl toolcreates swirlingdistortions withinan object. SeeDistort objectsusing a liquifytool.

The Pucker tooldeflates an objectby moving controlpoints towards thecursor. See Distortobjects using aliquify tool.

The Bloat tool inflatesan object by movingcontrol points awayfrom the cursor. SeeDistort objects using aliquify tool.

The Scallop tool addsrandom curved details tothe outline of an object.See Distort objects using aliquify tool.

The Crystallizetool adds randomspiked details tothe outline of anobject. See Distortobjects using aliquify tool.

The Wrinkle tooladds wrinkle-likedetails to theoutline of an object.See Distort objectsusing a liquify tool.

The Shape Builder toolmerges simple shapesto create custom,complex shapes. SeeBuilding new shapesusing the ShapeBuilder tool.

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Symbolism tool gallery

The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances. You create a symbol set using theSymbol Sprayer tool. You can then use the other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size,rotation, transparency, and style of the instances in the set.

The Symbol Sprayertool (Shift+S) placesmultiple symbolinstances as a set onthe artboard. SeeCreate symbol sets.

The Symbol Shifter toolmoves symbolinstances and changestacking order. SeeChange stacking orderof symbol instances in aset.

The Symbol Scrunchertool moves symbolinstances closertogether or fartherapart. See Gather orscatter symbolinstances.

The Symbol Sizertool resizes symbolinstances. See Resizesymbol instances.

The Symbol Spinnertool rotates symbolinstances. See Rotatesymbol instances.

The Symbol Stainer toolcolorizes symbolinstances. See Stainsymbol instances.

The Symbol Screenertool applies opacity tosymbol instances. SeeAdjust transparencyof symbol instances.

The Symbol Stylertool applies theselected style tosymbol instances.See Apply a graphicstyle to symbolinstances.

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Graph tool gallery

Illustrator provides nine graph tools, each one for creating a different type of graph. The type of graph youchoose depends on the information you want to communicate. See Create a graph.

The Column Graph tool(J) creates graphs thatcompare values usingvertical columns.

The Stacked ColumnGraph tool createsgraphs that are similarto column graphs, butstacks the columns ontop of one another,instead of side by side.This graph type isuseful for showing therelationship of parts tothe total.

The Bar Graph toolcreates graphs that aresimilar to columngraphs, but positions thebars horizontally insteadof vertically.

The StackedBar Graphtool createsgraphs thatare similar tostackedcolumngraphs, butstacks thebarshorizontallyinstead ofvertically.

The Line Graph toolcreates graphs that usepoints to represent oneor more sets of values,with a different linejoining the points ineach set. This type ofgraph is often used toshow the trend of one ormore subjects over aperiod of time.

The Area Graph toolcreates graphs that aresimilar to line graphs,but emphasizes totalsas well as changes invalues.

The Scatter Graph toolcreates graphs that plotdata points as pairedsets of coordinates alongthe x and y axes. Scattergraphs are useful foridentifying patterns ortrends in data. They alsocan indicate whethervariables affect oneanother.

The PieGraph toolcreatescirculargraphs whosewedgesrepresent therelativepercentagesof the valuescompared.

The Radar Graph toolcreates graphs thatcompare sets of values atgiven points in time or inparticular categories,and is displayed in acircular format. This typeof graph is also called aweb graph.

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Moving and zooming tool gallery

Illustrator provides the following tools for moving around in and controlling the view of the artboard:

The Hand tool (H) movesthe Illustrator artboardwithin the illustrationwindow.

The Print Tiling tool adjusts thepage grid to control whereartwork appears on the printedpage.

The Zoom tool (Z) increasesand decreases the viewmagnification in the illustrationwindow.

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