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Type
Workspace
Window Palettes/Misc
100
Saving your work
What is Cmd + S
100
This tool allows you to select and move items on a document and resizes frames using anchor points? (Hint: Blue border around frame NOT brown)
What is selection tool?
100
Reduces or increases the space between two letters.
What is kerning?
100
Where is the toolbar on the screen?
On the left hand side (usually)
100
Adds weighted lines (a border) around a photo, text, or graphic.
What is stroke
200
Creating a new document
What is Cmd + N
200
This tool creates a shape for a picture area so you can place an image.
What is rectangle frame tool?
200
Reduces or increases the space between a series of letters, words, or sentences.
What is tracking?
200
Where is the stroke palette? How do you get a border around an image?
What is stroke palette?
200
The solid filled box (not the outline box) is also known as the...
What is fill?
300
Undo
What is Cmd + Z
300
This tool adds or edits text.
What is type tool?
300
Increases or decreases HEIGHT of letters or words
What is vertical scale?
300
Where is the menu bar?
(across the top of the screen)
300
You just added an image to your document, but it is way too large for the frame. How do you get it so you can see the full image before you start resizing?
What is fitting --> frame to content
400
Placing an object into a rectangular frame
What is Cmd + D
400
This tool helps you select ONLY the contents within a frame. You can also use it to reshape frames.
What is direct selection tool?
400
Increases or decreases the WIDTH of letters/words
What is horizontal scale?
400
This panel creates options for the currently selected tool (i.e. will show text editing options for type tool, dimensions for rectangle tool, etc)
What is control panel?
400
What does it mean to constrain proportions? How do you do it?
Resize the photo's dimensions without changing the proportions (i.e. NOT widening but changing height); make sure its constrained by making sure the chain next to the width/height option is selected.
500
To scale an image proportionally, you hold down...
What is Shift + Cmd
500
This tool samples color from a photo or graphic and copies/duplicates attributes form one element to another
What is eyedropper tool?
500
Shortcut to get the Character palette so you can edit text.
What is Cmd + T
500
Where is the color palette?
Color palette (different from stroke)...windows > color
500
You already placed all the images and text you want in your new document. However, you wanted to add a background. When you add a green rectangle to the page, it covers up all your elements. How do you fix this?
What is Arrange --> Send to back
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