Splitting paths with the Scissors tool


    You may want to split paths that you have already created or that were created using the auto trace tool. Using the Scissors tool, you can split an open path into two paths and split a closed path so that it becomes one or more open paths. You cannot split a type path.

To split a path and adjust it:

  1. Select the path to see its current anchor points.
  2. Select the Scissors tool Scissors tool .
  3. Click the path where you want to split it.
  4. When you split the path in the middle of a segment, two new endpoints are coincident (one on top of the other), and one endpoint is selected.

    When you split the path at an anchor point, a new anchor point appears on top of the original anchor point, and one anchor point is selected.

  5. Use the Direct Selection tool Direct Selection tool to adjust the new anchor point or path segment.