ADOBE® ILLUSTRATOR® Help and tutorials February 2013 Contents What’s New What's new in CS6 Improved User Interface Using Image Trace | CS6 Arabic and Hebrew type 10 What’s new in CS5 15 Getting Started tutorials .18 Clipping masks 20 Drawing pixel-aligned paths for web workflows 22 Editing paths 25 Painting with fills and strokes .31 Workspace 38 Workspace basics 39 Customizing the workspace 43 Tools 49 Tool galleries .51 Improved User Interface 57 Slicing and cutting tool gallery .60 Artboard overview 61 Files and templates 63 Recovery, undo, and automation 67 Rulers, grids, guides, and crop marks 68 Setting preferences 72 Using multiple artboards 74 Viewing artwork 79 Working with ConnectNow 82 Drawing 83 Drawing basics 84 Drawing simple lines and shapes 88 Drawing pixel-aligned paths for web workflows 91 Drawing with the Pen, Pencil, or Flare tool 94 Editing paths 101 Adjust path segments 107 Using Live Trace | CS5 and earlier 110 Using Image Trace | CS6 114 About Perspective Grid 116 Perspective drawing 118 Symbolism tools and symbol sets 130 Symbols .134 Color 140 About color 141 Selecting colors 146 Using and creating swatches .149 Color groups (harmonies) 155 Create color themes with Kuler 168 Adjusting colors 170 Painting 174 About painting 175 Painting with fills and strokes .176 Live Paint groups .183 Brushes 189 Transparency and blending modes 199 Gradients 205 Gradient panel and Gradient tool overview .206 Apply or edit a gradient 208 Stroke an object 211 Meshes 214 Patterns .217 Selecting and arranging objects 222 Selecting objects 223 Grouping and expanding objects .230 Moving, aligning, and distributing objects 232 Rotating and reflecting objects 236 Layers 240 Locking, hiding, and deleting objects 244 Duplicating objects .246 Stacking objects 248 Reshaping objects 250 Transforming objects 251 Scaling, shearing, and distorting objects 253 Reshape using envelopes 257 Combining objects .259 Cutting and dividing objects .265 Clipping masks 267 Creating shapes using Shape BuilderTool | CS6, CS5 .269 Blending objects 271 Building new shapes using the Shape Builder tool 274 Creating 3D objects 276 Reshaping objects with effects 282 Importing, exporting, and saving 283 Adobe PDF options 284 Creating Adobe PDF files 289 Exporting artwork .293 File information and metadata 298 Importing Adobe PDF files 299 Importing EPS, DCS, and AutoCAD files 300 Importing artwork files 302 Importing artwork from Photoshop .306 Importing bitmap images 308 Saving artwork 310 Type 315 Importing and exporting text 316 Creating text 318 Creating type on a path .325 Scaling and rotating type 329 Spelling and language dictionaries 330 Fonts 332 Arabic and Hebrew type 335 Character and paragraph styles 340 Creating composite fonts 342 Formatting Asian characters 345 Formatting paragraphs 352 Formatting type 356 Hyphenation and line breaks .363 Line and character spacing 365 Special characters .368 Tabs 371 Text and type .374 Updating text from Illustrator 10 375 Creating special effects 376 Appearance attributes 377 Working with effects 381 Summary of effects 384 Create a drop shadow .389 Drop shadows, glows, and feathering 390 Creating sketches and mosaics 391 Graphic styles 393 Web graphics 397 Best practices for creating web graphics 398 Slices and image maps 401 SVG 405 Creating animations 408 Working with FXG 411 FXG format 412 Printing .427 Setting up documents for printing 428 Change the page size and orientation .431 Printing color separations 432 Printer’s marks and bleeds 435 PostScript printing 437 Printing with color management 440 Specify crop marks for trimming or aligning .442 Overprinting .443 Print presets .445 Printing .447 Printing and saving transparent artwork 448 Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends 454 Trapping .457 Automating tasks .461 Automation with actions .462 Automation with scripts 468 Data-driven graphics through templates and variables .469 Graphs .473 Graphs .474 Keyboard shortcuts 484 Customizing keyboard shortcuts 485 Default keyboard shortcuts 487 What’s New What's new in CS6 Adobe Mercury Performance System Improved user interface Simplified Workflows Patterns Gradient on a stroke Image Trace Gaussian Blur New or improved profiles and components To the top Adobe Mercury Performance System The Adobe Mercury Performance system is a combination of solutions that makes Illustrator faster, more responsive, and able to handle larger files 64-bit native support Makes general processing faster on 64-bit Macintosh and Windows operating systems Illustrator can now take advantage of RAM beyond GB Handle larger files Concurrent handling of large files is less likely to cause errors, like out-of-memory exceptions Complex tasks, such as creating package designs, large-format graphics, or cartography, are better handled Improved memory handling Reduces out-of-memory errors for operations such as rasterization, export, and working on several large files simultaneously For more information, view the video on the Mercury Performance System, by Lynda.com To the top Improved user interface The user interface is more efficient, streamlined, and more configurable, to make working in Illustrator a more pleasing experience For more information on the aspects of the user interface that have been improved, see Improved user interface Example of a user interface enhancement: Configurable brightness levels and corresponding canvas colors To the top Simplified Workflows Patterns Pattern creation and editing tasks have been simplified, so you can save hours of repetitive and tedious work To create a pattern using existing artwork or from scratch, choose Object > Pattern > Make The new pattern is added to the Swatches panel To edit a pattern, double-click the pattern in the Swatches panel or select the object containing the pattern, and choose Object > Pattern > Edit Pattern When you create or edit a pattern, you enter the pattern editing mode, similar to the symbol editing mode You can use the Pattern Options panel to modify the settings of the pattern, and preview your modifications in real time For more information, view the video on pattern creation and editing, by Lynda.com Pattern creation Gradient on a stroke The gradient on a stroke feature provides you with three types of gradients to apply to a stroke You no longer have to expand a stroke to fill it, and then apply a gradient to it Apply a gradient to a stroke using the Gradient panel (Window > Gradient): Within: Behaves as if the stroke has been expanded to a filled object with a gradient Along: The gradient is applied along the length of the stroke Across: The gradient is applied across the width of the stroke For more information, view the video on applying gradients to a stroke, by Lynda.com Apply a gradient to a stroke Image Trace The workflow to vectorize a raster image now produces much cleaner tracings The output has fewer paths and anchor points, and better color recognition than the Live Trace feature in previous versions For more information on the new Image Trace workflow, read this article, or watch this video by Lynda.com Gaussian Blur The new Gaussian Blur effect (Effect > Blur > Gaussian Blur) is speedy and efficient Select the Preview checkbox to view the Gaussian Blur applied to your artwork, in real time New or improved profiles and components Use the improved profiles and additional component libraries to get a quick start on your art projects: A new profile named Devices has been introduced in the New Document dialog box (File > New) The new profile contains presets for the iPad, iPhone, Xoom, Fire, Nook, and Galaxy devices The Web profile has a new default size (960px x 560px) New Pattern and new Pantone Plus™ color libraries have been added For more information, view the video on enhanced startup profiles and other changes, by Lynda.com Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy Improved user interface Improved and efficient user interface User interface color and brightness Panels The new user interface framework leverages performance enhancements and advantages like native 64-bit support to render a cleaner interface, enabling a better user experience Also, important additions and modifications to the user interface and workflows make working with Illustrator an efficient experience To the top Improved and efficient user interface Efficient and flexible interface The newer usability enhancements enable you to use fewer clicks and fewer steps to achieve routine or frequent actions For example, in the Character panel (Ctrl+T), the font list displays names in the font style itself You can quickly pick the font of your choice from the list Time-saving enhancement — quickly select a font by visually searching the font list Inline editing Easily work with Layers, Actions, Swatches, Symbols, and other panels, with the ability to edit object names directly in the panel You no longer need an additional modal dialog for such routine actions For example, double-click the name of a layer in the Layers panel to switch to inline editing mode Type the new name and press Enter Inline editing — quickly rename object attributes Quick-edit object attributes In the user interface, values of object attributes are set through drop-down lists or text fields You can now quickly edit these fields by hovering your mouse pointer over a control, and scrolling the mouse wheel For example, to increase or decrease the weight of a stroke, hover the mouse pointer over the stroke weight control, and scroll Dialog boxes Buttons to commit an action or event are placed uniformly at the lower-right corner Dialog boxes also have full keyboard access Workspaces New workspaces are task-based A workspace can now 'remember' the state it was last left in, and then be reset to default settings when necessary New icons Updated to enhance usability, newer icons contribute to a better, more intuitive interface Cursors Modifications have been done to make cursors larger and more precise To the top Customizing keyboard shortcuts Customize keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts make you more productive in Illustrator You can use the default shortcuts included with Illustrator, or add and customize shortcuts to suit your needs To the top Customize keyboard shortcuts Illustrator lets you view a list of all shortcuts, and edit or create shortcuts The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box serves as a shortcut editor, and includes all commands that support shortcuts, some of which aren’t addressed in the default shortcut set You can define your own sets of shortcuts, change individual shortcuts within a set, and switch between sets of shortcuts For example, you can create separate sets for different workspaces chosen from the Window > Workspace menu If you have previously saved a set of keyboard shortcuts other than the default, then the keyboard shortcuts are stored in a kys file in Illustrator's preferences folder You can copy this file into the same location (in Ai’s preferences folder) in the new computer You can then choose this set from Illustrator’s Keyboard Shortcuts dialog You can use the same kys file across platforms as long as the modified shortcuts are valid for the platforms Following are the locations where the custom Illustrator keyboard shortcuts are saved by default: Mac OS: user/Library/Preferences/Illustrator CS5 Settings/[language]/mycustomshortcut.kys Windows Vista and Windows \Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings\[language]\mycustomshortcut.kys Win XP \Document and Settings\\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings\[language]\mycustomshortcut.kys In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can access many commands using context-sensitive menus Context-sensitive menus display commands that are relevant to the active tool, selection, or panel To display a context-sensitive menu, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) in the document window or panel Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts Choose a set of shortcuts from the Set menu at the top of the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box Choose a shortcut type (Menu Commands or Tools) from the menu above the shortcut display Do any of the following: To activate the set of shortcuts, click OK To change a shortcut, click in the Shortcut column of the scroll list and type a new shortcut If you enter a shortcut that is already assigned to another command or tool, an alert appears at the bottom of the dialog box Click Undo to undo the change, or click Go To to go to the other command or tool and assign it a new shortcut In the Symbol column, type the symbol that will appear in the menu or tool tip for the command or tool You can use any of the characters that are allowed in the Shortcut column Note: Mac OS does not allow you to assign Command+Option+8 as a menu shortcut To save changes to the current set of shortcuts, click OK (You can’t save changes to the set named Illustrator Defaults.) To save a new set of shortcuts, click Save Enter a name for the new set, and click OK The new key set will appear in the pop-up menu under the new name 485 To delete the set of shortcuts, click Delete (You can’t delete the set named Illustrator Defaults.) To export the displayed set of shortcuts into a text file, click Export Text In the Save Key Set File As dialog box, enter a filename for the current key set that you are saving, and click Save You can use this text file to print out a copy of your keyboard shortcuts More Help topics Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 486 Default keyboard shortcuts Keys for selecting tools Keys for viewing artwork Keys for drawing Keys for drawing in perspective Keys for selecting Keys for moving selections Keys for editing shapes Keys for painting objects Keys for working with Live Paint groups Keys for transforming objects Keys for creating variable width points Keys for working with type Keys for using panels Keys for the Actions panel Keys for the Brushes panel Keys for the Character and Paragraph panels Keys for the Color panel Keys for the Gradient panel Keys for the Layers panel Keys for the Swatches panel Keys for the Transform panel Keys for the Transparency panel Function keys To the top Keys for selecting tools Result Windows Mac OS Artboard tool Shift + O Shift + O Selection tool V V Direct Selection tool A A Magic Wand tool Y Y Lasso tool Q Q Pen tool P P Blob Brush tool Shift + B Shift + B Add Anchor Point tool + (plus) + (plus) Delete Anchor Point tool - (minus) - (minus) Convert Anchor Point tool Shift + C Shift + C Type tool T T Line Segment tool \ (backslash) \ (backslash) Rectangle tool M M Ellipse tool L L Paintbrush tool B B 487 Pencil tool N N Rotate tool R R Reflect tool O O Scale tool S S Warp tool Shift + R Shift + R Width Tool Shift+W Shift+W Free Transform tool E E Shape Builder Tool Shift+M Shift+M Perspective Grid Tool Shift+P Shift+P Perspective Selection Tool Shift+V Shift+V Symbol Sprayer tool Shift + S Shift + S Column Graph tool J J Mesh tool U U Gradient tool G G Eyedropper tool I I Blend tool W W Live Paint Bucket tool K K Live Paint Selection tool Shift + L Shift + L Slice tool Shift + K Shift + K Eraser tool Shift + E Shift + E Scissors tool C C Hand tool H H Zoom tool Z Z Switch to Smooth tool while using Blob Brush tool Press Alt Press Option To the top Keys for viewing artwork This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Toggle between screen modes: Normal Screen Mode, Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar, Full Screen Mode F F Fit imageable area in window Double-click Hand tool Double-click Hand tool Magnify 100% Double-click Zoom tool Double-click Zoom tool Switch to Hand tool (when not in text-edit mode) Spacebar Spacebar Switch to Zoom tool in magnify mode Ctrl + Spacebar Spacebar + Command 488 Switch to Zoom tool in reduce mode Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar Spacebar + Command + Option Move Zoom marquee while dragging with the Zoom tool Spacebar Spacebar Hide unselected artwork Control + Alt + Shift + Command + Option + Shift + Convert between horizontal and vertical guide Alt-drag guide Option-drag guide Release guide Ctrl + Shift-double-click guide Command + Shift-double-click guide Show/Hide artboards Ctrl + Shift + H Command + Shift + H Show/Hide artboard rulers Ctrl + Alt + R Command + Option + R View all artboards in window Ctrl + Alt + (zero) Command + Option + (zero) Paste in place on the active artboard Ctrl+Shift+V Command+Shift+V Exit Artboard tool mode Esc Esc Create artboard inside another artboard Shift-drag Shift-drag Select multiple artboards in the Artboards panel Ctrl+click Command+click Navigate to next document Ctrl + F6 Command+F6 Navigate to previous document Ctrl + Shift + F6 Command+Shift+F6 Navigate to next document group Ctrl + Alt + F6 Command+Option+F6 Navigate to previous document group Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F6 Command+Option+Shift+F6 Exit Full Screen mode Esc Esc Save multiple artboards to Illustrator CS3 or earlier format Alt + v To the top Keys for drawing This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Constrain a shape’s proportions or orientation to: Shift-drag Shift-drag Move a shape while drawing it spacebar-drag spacebar-drag Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) Alt-drag Option-drag Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points, arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow Keep the inner radius of a star constant Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl Start dragging, then hold down Command equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, and grids Increments of 45° for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares 489 Keep the sides of a star straight Alt-drag Option-drag Switch between an open and closed arc Start dragging, then hold down C Start dragging, then hold down C Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant Start dragging, then hold down F Start dragging, then hold down SF Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral Start dragging, then Alt-drag Start dragging then Option-drag Change the decay rate of a spiral Start dragging then Ctrl-drag Start dragging then Command-drag Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% Start dragging, then press F Start dragging, then press F Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% Start dragging, then press V Start dragging, then press V Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% Start dragging, then press X Start dragging, then press X Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% Start dragging, then press C Start dragging, then press C Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step Alt-click Live Trace in the Control panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset Option-click Live Trace in the Control panel, or hold down Option and select a tracing preset Increase size of Blob Brush ] (right square bracket) ] (right square bracket) Decrease size of Blob Brush [ (left square bracket) [ (left square bracket) Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically Shift Shift Switch through drawing modes Shift+D Shift+D Join two or more paths Select the paths, then press Ctrl+J Select the paths, then press Command+J Create corner or smooth join Select the paths, then press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j Select the anchor point, then press Shift+Command+Option+j To the top Keys for drawing in perspective This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Results Windows Mac OS Perspective Grid Tool Shift+P Shift+P Perspective Selection Tool Shift+V Shift+V Perspective Grid Ctrl+Shift+I Command+Shift+I Moving objects perpendicularly Press the number key, then click and Press the number key, then click and 490 drag the object drag the object Switching perspective planes Use the Perspective Selection tool and then press for left grid, for horizontal grid, for right grid, or for no active grid Use the Perspective Selection tool and then press for left grid, for horizontal grid, for right grid, or for no active grid Copying objects in perspective Ctrl+Alt+drag Command+Alt+drag Repeat transforming objects in perspective Ctrl+D Command+D Switching between drawing modes Shift+D Shift+D To the top Keys for selecting This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Switch to last-used selection tool (Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, or Group Selection tool) Ctrl Command Switch between Direct Selection tool and Group Selection tool Alt Option Add to a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, Live Paint Selection tool, or Magic Wand tool Shift-click Shift-click Subtract a selection with Selection tool, Direct Selection tool, Group Selection tool, or LIve Paint Selection tool Shift-click Shift-click Subtract from selection with Magic Wand tool Alt-click Option-click Add to selection with Lasso tool Shift-drag Shift-drag Subtract from selection with Lasso tool Alt-drag Option-drag Change pointer to cross hair for Lasso tool Caps Lock Caps Lock Select artwork in active artboard Ctrl + Alt + A Command + Option + A Create crop marks around selected object Alt + c + o Select behind an object Press Ctrl+click twice Press Command+click twice Select behind in isolation mode Ctrl+click twice Command+click twice To the top Keys for moving selections This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Move selection in user-defined increments Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Move selection in 10x user-defined increments Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Shift + Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, or Down Arrow Lock all deselected artwork Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Command + Option + Shift + 491 Constrain movement to 45° angle (except when using Reflect tool) Hold down Shift Hold down Shift Set keyboard increments in General Preferences To the top Keys for editing shapes This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Switch Pen tool to Convert Anchor Point tool Alt Option Switch between Add Anchor Point tool and Delete Anchor Point tool Alt Option Switch Scissors tool to Add Anchor Point tool Alt Option Switch Pencil tool to Smooth tool Alt Option Move current anchor point while drawing with Pen tool Spacebar-drag Spacebar-drag Cut a straight line with Knife tool Alt-drag Option-drag Cut at 45° or 90° with Knife tool Shift + Alt-drag Shift + Option-drag Use shape mode buttons in Pathfinder panel to create compound paths Alt + Shape mode Option + Shape mode Erase unwanted closed regions created using Shape Builder tool Alt+click the closed region Option+click the closed region Select the Shape Builder tool Shift+M Shift+M Display rectangular marquee to easily merge multiple paths (when using Shape Builder tool) Shift+click+drag Shift+click+drag To the top Keys for painting objects This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Toggle between fill and stroke X X Set fill and stroke to default D D Swap fill and stroke Shift + X Shift + X Select gradient fill mode > > Select color fill mode < < Select no stroke/fill mode / (forward slash) / (forward slash) Sample color from an image or intermediate color from gradient Shift + Eyedropper tool Shift + Eyedropper tool Sample style and append appearance of currently selected item Alt + Shift-click + Eyedropper tool Option + Shift-click + Eyedropper tool 492 Add new fill Ctrl + / (forward slash) Command + / (forward slash) Add new stroke Ctrl + Alt + / (forward slash) Command + Option + / (forward slash) Reset gradient to black and white Ctrl-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel Command-click gradient button in Tools panel or Gradient panel Open Mosaic options for selected raster object Alt + o + j Decrease Bristle brush size [ [ Increase Bristle brush size ] ] Set Bristle brush paint opacity value Number keys - Number keys - Number key increases the value to 10% Number key increases the value to 10% Number key increases the value to 100% Number key increases the value to 100% To the top Keys for working with Live Paint groups This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke Alt-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Option-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Option + Shift-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Select opposite Live Paint Bucket tool options (if Paint Fills and Paint Strokes are currently selected, switch to Paint Fills only) Shift + Live Paint Bucket tool Shift + Live Paint Bucket tool Fill across unstroked edges into adjacent faces Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Double-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Fill all faces that have same fill and stroke all edges that have same stroke Triple-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Triple-click + Live Paint Bucket tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample fill and/or stroke Alt-click + Live Paint Selection tool Option-click + Live Paint Selection tool Switch to Eyedropper tool and sample color from an image or intermediate color from a gradient Alt + Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool Option + Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool Add to/subtract from a selection Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool Shift-click + Live Paint Selection tool Select all connected faces /edges with same fill/stroke Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool Double-click + Live Paint Selection tool Select all faces/edges with same fill/stroke Triple-click + Live Paint Selection tool Triple-click + Live Paint Selection tool To the top Keys for transforming objects This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Set origin point and open dialog box when Alt-click Option-click 493 using Rotate tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool Duplicate and transform selection when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool Alt-drag Option-drag Transform pattern (independent of object) when using Selection tool, Scale tool, Reflect tool, or Shear tool Tilde (~)-drag Tilde (~)-drag To the top Keys for creating variable width points This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Results Windows Mac OS Select multiple width points Shift+click Shift+click Create non-uniform widths Alt+drag Option+drag Create a copy of the width point Alt+drag the width point Options+drag the width point Change the position of multiple width points Shift+drag Shift+drag Delete selected width point Delete Delete Deselect a width point Esc Esc To the top Keys for working with type This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Move one character right or left Right Arrow or Left Arrow Right Arrow or Left Arrow Move up or down one line Up Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Move one word right or left Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow Command + Right Arrow or Left Arrow Move up or down one paragraph Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Command + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Select one word right or left Shift + Ctrl + Right Arrow or Left Arrow Shift + Command + Right Arrow or Left Arrow Select one paragraph before or after Shift + Ctrl + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Shift + Command + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Extend existing selection Shift-click Shift-click Align paragraph left, right, or center Ctrl + Shift + L, R, or C Command + Shift + L, R, or C Justify paragraph Ctrl + Shift + J Command + Shift + J Insert soft return Shift + Enter Shift + Return Highlight kerning Ctrl + Alt + K Command + Option + K Reset horizontal scale to 100% Ctrl + Shift + X Command + Shift + X Increase or decrease type size Ctrl + Shift + > or < Command + Shift + > or < 494 Increase or decrease leading Alt + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Option + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Reset tracking/kerning to Ctrl + Alt + Q Command + Option + Q Increase or decrease kerning and tracking Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Option + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Increase or decrease kerning and tracking by five times Ctrl + Alt + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Command + Option + Right or Left Arrow (horizontal text) or Up or Down Arrow (vertical text) Increase or decrease baseline shift Alt + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Option + Shift + Up or Down Arrow (horizontal text) or Right or Left Arrow (vertical text) Switch between Type and Vertical Type, Area Type and Vertical Area Type, and Path Type and Vertical Path Type tools Shift Shift Switch between Area Type and Path Type, Vertical Area Type and Vertical Path Type tools Alt Option To change the increment value for type shortcuts, choose Edit > Preferences >Type (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences >Type (Mac OS) Enter the values you want in the Size/Leading, Baseline Shift, and Tracking text boxes, and click OK To the top Keys for using panels This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Set options (except for Actions, Brushes, Swatches, and Symbols panels) Alt-click New button Option-click New button Delete without confirmation (except for Layers panel) Alt-click Delete button Option-click Delete button Apply value and keep text box active Shift + Enter Shift + Return Select range of actions, brushes, layers, links, styles, or swatches Shift-click Shift-click Select noncontiguous actions, brushes, layers (same level only), links, styles, or swatches Ctrl-click Command-click Show/Hide all panels Tab Tab Show/Hide all panels except the Tools panel and Control panel Shift + Tab Shift + Tab To the top Keys for the Actions panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Expand/Collapse entire hierarchy for action set Alt-click expansion triangle Option-click expansion triangle Set options for action set Double-click folder icon Double-click folder icon Play a single command Ctrl-click Play Current Selection button Command-click Play Current Selection 495 button Begin recording actions without confirmation Alt-click New Action button Option-click New Action button To the top Keys for the Brushes panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Open Brush Options dialog box Double-click brush Double-click brush Duplicate brush Drag brush to New Brush button Drag brush to New Brush button To the top Keys for the Character and Paragraph panels This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Increase/decrease the selected value by a small increment Up Arrow or Down Arrow Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decreases the selected value by a large increment Shift + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Shift + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Highlight the font name field in the Character panel Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F Command + Option + Shift + F To the top Keys for the Color panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Select the complement for the current color fill/stroke Ctrl-click color bar Command-click color bar Change the nonactive fill/stroke Alt-click color bar Option-click color bar Select the complement for the nonactive fill/stroke Ctrl + Alt-click color bar Command + Option-click color bar Select the inverse for the current fill/stroke Ctrl + Shift-click color bar Command + Shift-click color bar Select the inverse for the nonactive fill/stroke Ctrl + Shift + Alt-click color bar Command + Shift + Option-click color bar Change the color mode Shift-click color bar Shift-click color bar Move color sliders in tandem Shift-drag color slider Shift-drag color slider Switch between percentage and 0-255 values for RGB Double-click to right of a numerical field Double-click to right of a numerical field To the top Keys for the Gradient panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips 496 Result Windows Mac OS Duplicate color stops Alt-drag Option-drag Swap color stops Alt-drag color stop onto another stop Option-drag color stop onto another color stop Apply swatch color to active (or selected) color stop Alt-click swatch in the Swatches panel Option-click swatch in the Swatches panel Reset the gradient fill to default black and white linear gradient Ctrl-click Gradient Fill box in the Gradient panel Command-click Gradient Fill box in the Gradient panel Show/Hide gradient arrow Ctrl + Alt + G Command + Option + G Modify angle and end-point together Alt-drag end point of gradient annotator Option-drag end point of gradient annotator Constrain Gradient tool or Gradient annotator while dragging Shift-drag Shift-drag View Gradient annotator in selected gradient filled object G G To the top Keys for the Layers panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Select all objects on the layer Alt-click layer name Option-click layer name Show/hide all layers but the selected one Alt-click eye icon Option-click eye icon Select Outline/Preview view for the selected layer Ctrl-click eye icon Command-click eye icon Selects Outline/Preview view for all other layers Ctrl + Alt-click eye icon Command + Option-click eye icon Lock/unlock all other layers Alt-click lock icon Option-click lock icon Expand all sublayers to display entire hierarchy Alt-click expansion triangle Option-click expansion triangle Set options as you create new layer Alt-click New Layer button Option-click New Layer button Set options as you create new sublayer Alt-click New Sublayer button Option-click New Sublayer button Place new sublayer at bottom of layer list Ctrl + Alt-click New Sublayer button Command + Option-click New Sublayer button Place layer at top of layer list Ctrl-click New Layer button Command-click New Layer button Place layer below selected layer Ctrl + Alt-click New Layer button Command + Option-click New Layer button Copy the selection to a layer, sublayer, or group Alt-drag selection Option-drag selection To the top Keys for the Swatches panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips 497 Result Windows Mac OS Create new spot color Ctrl-click New Swatch button Command-click New Swatch button Create new global process color Ctrl + Shift-click New Swatch button Command + Shift-click New Swatch button Replace swatch with another Alt-drag a swatch over another Option-drag a swatch over another To the top Keys for the Transform panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Apply a value and keep focus in edit field Shift + Enter Shift + Return Apply a value and copy object Alt + Enter Option + Return Apply a value and scale option proportionately for width or height Ctrl + Enter Command + Return To the top Keys for the Transparency panel This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Change mask to grayscale image for editing Alt-click on mask thumbnail Option-click on mask thumbnail Disable opacity mask Shift-click on mask thumbnail Shift-click on mask thumbnail Re-enable opacity mask Shift-click on disabled mask thumbnail Shift-click on disabled mask thumbnail Increase/decrease opacity in 1% increments Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Increase/decrease opacity in 10% increments Shift-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow Shift-click opacity field + Up Arrow or Down Arrow To the top Function keys This is not a complete list of keyboard shortcuts This table lists only those shortcuts that are not displayed in menu commands or tool tips Result Windows Mac OS Invoke Help F1 F1 Cut F2 F2 Copy F3 F3 Paste F4 F4 Show/hide Brushes panel F5 F5 Show/hide Color panel F6 F6 Show/hide Layers panel F7 F7 Create new symbol F8 F8 498 Show/hide Info panel Ctrl + F8 Command + F8 Show/hide Gradient panel Ctrl + F9 Command + F9 Show/hide Stroke panel Ctrl + F10 Command + F10 Show/hide Attributes panel Ctrl + F11 Command + F11 Revert F12 F12 Show/hide Graphic Styles panel Shift + F5 Shift + F5 Show/hide Appearance panel Shift + F6 Shift + F6 Show/hide Align panel Shift + F7 Shift + F7 Show/hide Transform panel Shift + F8 Shift + F8 Show/hide Pathfinder panel Shift + Ctrl + F9 Shift + Command + F9 Show/hide Transparency panel 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