Tools
Type
Panels
Miscellaneous
Printing
100
The tool used to enlarge your artwork on the screen
What is the ZOOM tool?
100
What we select to convert type from a font to a vector image.
What is Create Outlines?
100
Includes color swatches and color books.
What is the Swatch Panel?
100
The OBJECT menu item used to scale, rotate or reflect an image.
What is TRANSFORM?
100
The extra "margin" outside the artboard to allow elements to print off the page for a clean edge when trimmed.
What is a FULL BLEED?
200
The tool we use to CHANGE or MOVE an existing single anchor point.
What is the DIRECT SELECTION tool?
200
The tool used to allow type to follow a shape or path.
What is the TYPE ON A PATH tool?
200

Keeps a project organized by putting each element of a design on one of these.

What is the LAYER Panel?

200
To lock multiple elements together into one graphic.
What is GROUP?
200
We use these to give us guides for trimming a page to size.
What are CROP or TRIM MARKS?
300
The tool used to change the direction of two combined colors.
What is the GRADIENT tool?
300
What we select to change a line of type from one case to another (example: from lower case to all caps)
What is CHANGE CASE?
300
What we call individual pages in a file.
What are ARTBOARDS?
300
We need to show these in order to add guidelines to our page.
What are RULERS?
300
The best file format for sharing files with clients and printers.
What is a PDF file?
400
The tool used to CREATE anchor points and paths.
What is the PEN tool?
400

The process of organizing type, INSIDE a text box, flush right, left, centered or justified.

What is PARAGRAPH ALIGNMENT?

400
Contains "clip art" that can be expanded and ungrouped into vector images.
What is the SYMBOLS Panel?
400
The panel used to set the attributes of a typeface (font, size, weight, kerning, tracking, etc.)
What is the CHARACTER Panel?
400
The file format which offers a transparent background.
What is a PNG file?
500
The tool used to COPY attributes of type or color from one element to another.
What is the EYEDROPPER tool?
500
What we do first, in order to place new text on a page.
What is CREATE A TEXT BOX?
500
Allows you to evenly distribute several elements in a layout.
What is the ALIGNMENT Panel?
500
The pull-down menu used to locate the panels.
What is the WINDOW menu?
500

What we can do with images to make sure they are included with our Illustrator file when sending to another computer or printer.

What is EMBEDDING?