Tools panel
The selection tool that you would normally use the select your illustration.
What is the selection tool (or black arrow)?
When your pallets disappear, this is where you go to get them back.
What is the word Window at the top of the Illustrator window?
Choose File > Document Setup. The Document Setup dialog box opens. Then choose the unit of measure you want to use from the Units menu, and click OK to close the Document Setup dialog box.
What is, how to set the general unit of measurement?
• When you move an object or artboard, use the Smart Guides to align the selected object or artboard to other objects or artboards. The alignment is based on the geometry of objects and artboards. Guides appear as the object approaches the edge or center point of other objects (Figure 29). • When you transform an object, Smart Guides automatically appear to assist the transformation. You can change when and how Smart Guides appear by setting Smart Guide preferences. Choose Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Smart Guides (Mac OS).
Select one or more layers in the Layers panel. Click the Trash Can icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Illustrator notifies you that the layer contains artwork and asks you to confirm. Click OK.
What is, how to delete a layer?
Select a color by using the Color Picker or Color panel, or select an object with the color you want. In the Swatches panel, click the New Swatch button or select New Swatch from the panel menu.
What is, how to create a color swatch?
The tool you would use to draw an oval.
What is the ellipse tool?
The tool you can use to grab and drag the artboard around your viewing area.
What is the Hand Tool?
Choose View > Rulers > Show Rulers.
What is, how to show rulers?
Hold the command and 3 keys down together, with an object selected.
What is, how to hide a selected object?
Open the Gradient panel, or select an object with the gradient you want. In the Swatches panel, click the New Swatch button or select New Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.
What is, how to create gradient swatches?
The tool you would use normally to create text.
What is the type tool?
This happens when you click the New Artboard icon at the bottom of the Artboards panel.
What is, you create a new artboard?
Choose View > Show Grid. To hide the grid, choose View > Hide Grid.
What is, how to turn the gridlines on and off?
Create the shape you want to use as a mask. Move the shape above the objects you want to mask in the stacking order. Choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make.
What is, how to hide parts of objects with a clipping mask? Or How to make a clipping mask?
Choose View > Show Bounding Box.
What is, how to show the bounding box?
The tool you would use to select a color from another area of your illustration.
What is the eye dropper tool?
At the lower-left part of the document window, you can move from one artboard to another by using the arrow controls. This is the name of the panel that allows you to do so.
What is the navigator panel?
Click the Create New Layer button in the Layers panel.
What is, how to create a layer?
Choose View > Snap To Grid, select the object you want to move, and drag it to the desired location. When the object’s boundaries come within 2 pixels of a gridline, it snaps to the point.
What is, how to snap objects to gridlines?
The tool you would use to turn a piece of your illustration to another angle.
What is the rotate tool?
With a document open, choose the Selection tool from the Tools panel, and then select an object in your document. Notice that the Control panel information reflects such things as the path color, stroke, and brush options.
What is, how to select an object?
Select one or more layers in the Layers panel. Then, choose "Duplicate" in the Layers panel menu.
What is, how to duplicate a layer?
Choose View > Smart Guides. When you create an object, use this tool to position a new object's position relative to an existing object.
What is, how to turn Smart Guides on or off?