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Toolsi
The Tools palette
Click the
 icon on the
right side of the document
palette to display the Tools Z
palette. To switch between
small and large palettes,
click the zoom box in the
right side of the title bar.
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or large Tools palette for
information on that feature.
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Using the selection tools
YThe Tools palette contains two selection tools: the Smart Selection tool and the Object
ZSelection tool. You generally use the Smart Selection tool as you work. When this tool is
Ractive, the pointer changes shape as you move it in a document window, indicating
6whether you select text or an object when you click.
XTo work only with objects, use the Object Selection tool. When this tool is active, you
t select text. To keep the Object Selection tool active after you draw an object, hold
1down Shift and click the Object Selection tool.
gYou can also use the
 to force object selection. Hold down the Option key and click a
4text line or text column to select it as an object.
Creating graphics
iTo create graphics (except for
lines
, and
 lines
aClick the tool
s icon in the Tools palette. (You can also use a
keyboard
shortcut
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XTo keep a tool active so you can use it more than once without selecting it again, hold on
9down Shift and click the tool, or double-click the tool.
Select the
fill and
 pen patterns
line
width
 color
, and
 you want.
UPoint where you want a corner of the graphic and drag until it is the size you want.
XTo draw lines at 45-degree angles, circular arcs, squares, and circles, hold down Shift ct
and drag.
Creating a polyline or polygon
!To create a polyline or polygon:
NClick the Polyline or Polygon icon in the Tools palette. (You can also use a
keyboard
shortcut
Select the
fill and pen
 patterns
 width
 color
, and
 you want.
@Point where you want the first line segment to start and click.
1Click at each vertex of the polyline or polygon.
LTo draw horizontal or vertical segments, or segments at a 45-degree angle,      t
Shift-click.
(Double-click to define the final point.
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Creating a text line
To create a text line:
cClick the Text Line icon in the Tools palette. (You can also use a
keyboard
shortcut
8Point where you want the text line to start and click.
An insertion point appears.
Type the text.
YYou can press Return to create more text lines. Each text line is treated as a separate
object.
Large Tools palette
Small Tools
Fill and
 pen patterns
&Use the fill and pen patterns to fill
"and outline objects. You can also
change the pen pattern on the
borders of imported graphics.
#To change an object
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 widths
To change the line width of a
%selected object, click a line in the
#Line Width area. The palette shows
$the current line width (in points).
#To change the line width settings, cha
#click Set in the Line Width area.     ter
&In the Line Width Options dialog box,
 type the point sizes you want.
#To return to the default settings,
&click Reset in the Line Width Options
dialog box.
0For keyboard shortcuts, click
Current line width
Pop-up menu
$When gravity is on, objects attract
#the pointer when you draw, resize,
or reshape an object.
Large Tools palette&
Small Tools
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Length
 ends
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!selected line, polyline, arc, or
$freehand curve, click a line end in ls
the Line End area. The palette y
shows the current line end.
!To change the arrow and line cap
"styles, click Set in the Line End
%area. In the Line End Options dialog
box, choose one of the preset
-arrow styles or
create
your own
and choose a line cap style.
Creating an arrow
style
"To create an arrow style, specify
#the base angle, tip angle, length,
!and style. The tip angle must be
between 5 and 85 degrees; the
base angle must be 5
degrees n
larger than the tip angle.
Border
Pathes
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Spot colors
&Use spot color separations to print a
*separation for each color in a document.
0To assign a spot color to an object, select the
*object and choose a color from the pop-up
menu.
-To draw several objects with the same color,
$hold down Shift and choose a color.
0To assign a color to all objects in a document,
/hold down Shift and Option and choose a color.
#You can also assign spot color to
agraphs
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!Snap causes objects to align to
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 move, resize, or reshape them.
 Objects snap along their paths.
#To change the snap grid units, use
 the Options command on the View
menu.
An object attracts the
pointer when you draw,
resize, or reshape an
object.
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