TOOLS PANEL OVERVIEW

The first time you start the application, the Tools panel appears at the left side of the screen. You can move the Tools panel by dragging its title bar or the Illustrator icon. You can also show or hide the Tools panel by choosing Window > Tools. You use tools in the Tools panel to create, select, and manipulate objects in Illustrator. Some tools have options that appear when you double-click a tool. These include tools that let you use type, and select, paint, draw, sample, edit, and move images. You can expand some tools to show hidden tools beneath them. A small triangle at the lower-right corner of the tool icon signals the presence of hidden tools. To see the name of a tool, position the pointer over it. If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Select a tool Do one of the following: Click a tool in the Tools panel. If there is a small triangle at a tool’s lower-right corner, hold down the mouse button to view the hidden tools, and then click the tool you want to select. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and then click a tool to cycle through and select hidden tools. Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut is displayed in its tool tip. For example, you can select the Move tool by pressing the V key. To hide tool tips, choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and deselect Show Tool Tips. Selecting a hidden tool A. Tools panel. B. Active tool. C. Tear off panel with hidden tools. D. Hidden tool triangle. E. Tool name and shortcut Change tool pointers The mouse pointer for most tools matches the tool’s icon. Each pointer has a different hotspot, where an effect or action begins. With most tools, you can switch to precise cursors, which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot, and provide for greater accuracy when working with detailed artwork. Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > General (Mac OS), and select Use Precise Cursors. Alternatively, press Caps Lock on the keyboard. Selection tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following selection tools: Drawing tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following drawing tools: Type tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following type tools: Painting tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following painting tools: Reshaping tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following tools for reshaping objects: Symbolism tool gallery The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances. You create a symbol set using the Symbol Sprayer tool. You can then use the other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size, rotation, transparency, and style of the instances in the set. If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Graph tool gallery Illustrator provides nine graph tools, each one for creating a different type of graph. The type of graph you choose depends on the information you want to communicate. If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Slicing and cutting tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following tools for slicing and cutting objects: Moving and zooming tool gallery If You Don't Clear Image You Will Click on Image Illustrator provides the following tools for moving around in and controlling the view of the artboard: TOOLS PANEL OVERVIEW ABOUT PATHS ABOUT LAYERS