Viewing the toolbox The toolbox contains tools for drawing, painting, creating objects, editing, and viewing. The toolbox is a floating palette. You can place it anywhere on screen by dragging its title bar, and you can dock it on the Docking bar. To display the Toolbox:  If the toolbox is hidden or closed, Choose Window > Palettes > Show Toolbox to display it. Using the tools In the Canvas toolbox, tools are represented by icons. The toolbox displays 10 tools arranged in two columns at the top of the toolbox. The tools that aren’t displayed are available on tool palettes, which are like drawers that slide out from the toolbox. A tool palette opens from each icon displayed in the toolbox. The dis- played icons are called the home icons for the tool palettes. Home icons have small arrows at their upper-right corners. The last tool selected on each tool palette appears as a home icon. To select a tool displayed in the toolbox:  Click the tool. The selected tool is shaded, like a recessed button. To select a tool from a tool palette:  Press the arrow icon to unfold the tool palette. Click the tool icon. To temporarily retain a selected basic vector tool:  After you finish drawing a basic vector object, the Selection tool is automati- cally activated. To retain the basic vector tool, select the tool in the Toolbox and then double-click on the vector tool icon. Press to select layers Drag away to display the Document Layout palette Tools Palettes Opacity slider Tip The Line, Rectangle, and Oval tools are the basic vector tools.
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