Document Outline

• Contents
• Chapter 1: Getting started
  • Installation
    • Requirements
    • Install the software
    • Activate the software
    • Register
    • Read Me
  • Adobe Help
    • Adobe Help resources
    • Using Help in the product
  • Resources
    • Adobe Video Workshop
    • Illustrator CS3 videos
    • Extras
    • Bridge Home
    • Adobe Design Center
    • Adobe Developer Center
    • Customer support
    • Downloads
    • Adobe Labs
    • User communities
  • What’s new
    • Superior design features
    • Better integration
    • Enhanced workplace efficiency
    • Advanced drawing tools and controls
• Chapter 2: Work area
  • Work area basics
    • Workspace overview
    • About screen modes
    • Using the status bar
    • Enter values in panels and dialog boxes
    • Control panel overview
  • Customizing the workspace
    • Customize the workspace
    • Rename or duplicate a workspace
    • Save, delete, and switch between workspaces
  • Tools
    • Tools panel overview
    • Select a tool
    • Change tool pointers
    • Selection tool gallery
    • Drawing tool gallery
    • Type tool gallery
    • Painting tool gallery
    • Reshaping tool gallery
    • Symbolism tool gallery
    • Graph tool gallery
    • Slicing and cutting tool gallery
    • Moving and zooming tool gallery
  • Files and templates
    • About new document profiles
    • Create new documents
    • About templates
    • Create a new template
    • Open a file
    • Browse for files using Adobe Bridge
    • Adobe Version Cue
  • Cropping artwork
    • Create, edit, and delete crop areas
    • Use crop area rulers
    • Crop area options
    • Specify how to crop artwork for printing
    • Specify crop marks for trimming or aligning
  • Viewing artwork
    • Artboard overview
    • Change the size and color of the artboard
    • About page tiling
    • Zoom in or out
    • Move the view area
    • Navigator panel overview
    • View artwork as outlines
    • Use multiple windows and views
    • Previewing artwork in its final output medium
  • Rulers, grids, and guides
    • Use rulers
    • Change the unit of measurement
    • Use the grid
    • Use guides
    • About Smart Guides
    • Measure the distance between objects
    • Info panel overview
  • Setting preferences
    • About preferences
    • About plug-in modules
  • Recovery, undo, and automation
    • Undo and redo changes
    • Revert to the last saved version
    • Automating tasks
• Chapter 3: Drawing
  • Drawing basics
    • About vector graphics
    • About paths
    • About direction lines and direction points
    • Specify direction line and direction point appearance
    • Specify anchor point size preferences
  • Drawing simple lines and shapes
    • Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool
    • Draw rectangles and squares
    • Change the corner radius of a rounded rectangle
    • Draw ellipses
    • Draw polygons
    • Draw stars
    • Draw arcs
    • Draw spirals
    • Draw grids
  • Drawing flares
    • Create a flare
    • Edit a flare
  • Drawing with the Pencil tool
    • Draw with the Pencil tool
    • Edit paths with the Pencil tool
    • Pencil tool options
  • Drawing with the Pen tool
    • Draw straight line segments with the Pen tool
    • Draw curves with the Pen tool
    • Draw straight lines followed by curves
    • Draw curves followed by straight lines
    • Draw two curved segments connected by a corner
    • Reposition anchor points as you draw
    • Finish drawing a path
  • Editing paths
    • Select paths, segments, and anchor points
    • Adjust path segments
    • Adding and deleting anchor points
    • Smooth and simplify paths
    • Convert between smooth points and corner points
    • Erase artwork
    • Split a path
  • Tracing artwork
    • Trace artwork
    • Tracing options
    • Change the display of a tracing object
    • Adjust the results of a tracing
    • Specify the colors used for tracing
    • Use a tracing preset
    • Convert a tracing object to a Live Paint object
    • Release a tracing object
  • Symbols
    • About symbols
    • Symbols panel overview
    • Place a symbol
    • Create a symbol
    • Use 9-slice scaling
    • Work with symbol instances
    • Edit or redefine a symbol
    • Symbol libraries
  • Symbolism tools and symbol sets
    • About symbol sets
    • Create symbol sets
    • Modify symbol instances in a symbol set
    • Symbolism tool options
• Chapter 4: Color
  • About color
    • About colors in digital graphics
    • RGB
    • CMYK
    • Change the color mode of a document
    • HSB
    • Lab
    • Grayscale
    • Color spaces and gamuts
    • About spot and process colors
    • About spot colors
    • About process colors
    • Using spot and process colors together
    • Comparing colors in InDesign and Illustrator
  • Selecting colors
    • About selecting colors
    • Color Picker overview
    • Select colors using the Color Picker
    • Color panel overview
    • Select colors using the Color panel
  • Using and creating swatches
    • About swatches
    • About swatch libraries
    • Swatches panel overview
    • Add colors from artwork to Swatches panel
    • Share swatches between applications
    • Create a process-color swatch
    • Create spot-color swatches
    • Display and output spot colors using Lab values
    • Swatch options
    • Change the tint of a color
    • Create gradient swatches
  • Managing swatches
    • Duplicate swatches
    • Group swatches
    • Replace, merge, or delete swatches
    • Move swatches from a swatch library to the Swatches panel
    • Import swatches from another document
    • Create swatch libraries
  • Working with color groups
    • About color groups
    • Color Guide overview
    • Create a color harmony using the Color Guide
    • Color artwork with colors from the Color Guide
    • Save Color Guide colors to the Swatches panel
    • Live Color overview
    • Create a color group in Live Color
    • Edit colors in the Live Color dialog box
    • Assign colors to your artwork
    • Reduce colors in your artwork
  • Adjusting colors
    • Shift an out-of-gamut color to a printable color
    • Shift a color to a web-safe color
    • Blend colors
    • Change a color to its inverse or complement
    • Invert multiple colors
    • Adjust color balance of one or more colors
    • Convert colors to grayscale
    • Convert grayscale images to RGB or CMYK
    • Colorize grayscale or 1-bit images
    • Adjust the saturation of multiple colors
    • Mix overlapping colors
• Chapter 5: Color management
  • Understanding color management
    • Why colors sometimes don’t match
    • What is a color management system?
    • Do you need color management?
    • Creating a viewing environment for color management
  • Keeping colors consistent
    • About color management in Adobe applications
    • Basic steps for producing consistent color
    • Synchronize color settings across Adobe applications
    • Set up color management
    • Change the appearance of CMYK black (Illustrator, InDesign)
    • Managing process and spot colors
  • Color-managing imported images
    • Color-managing imported images (Illustrator, InDesign)
    • Using a safe CMYK workflow
    • Preparing imported graphics for color management
    • View or change profiles for imported bitmap images (InDesign)
  • Color-managing documents for online viewing
    • Color-managing documents for online viewing
    • Color-managing PDFs for online viewing
    • Color-managing HTML documents for online viewing
  • Proofing colors
    • Soft-proofing colors
    • Soft-proof colors
    • Save or load a custom proof setup
    • Soft-proof colors (Acrobat)
  • Color-managing documents when printing
    • Printing with color management
    • Letting the printer determine colors when printing
    • Letting the application determine colors when printing
    • Obtaining custom profiles for desktop printers
    • Color-managing PDFs for printing
  • Working with color profiles
    • About color profiles
    • About monitor calibration and characterization
    • Calibrate and profile your monitor
    • Install a color profile
    • Embed a color profile
    • Embed a color profile (Acrobat)
    • Changing the color profile for a document
    • Assign or remove a color profile (Illustrator, Photoshop)
    • Assign or remove a color profile (InDesign)
    • Convert document colors to another profile (Photoshop)
    • Convert document colors to another profile
  • Color settings
    • Customize color settings
    • About color working spaces
    • Working Space options
    • About missing and mismatched color profiles
    • Color management policy options
    • Color conversion options
    • About rendering intents
    • Advanced controls in Photoshop
• Chapter 6: Painting
  • Painting with fills and strokes
    • Painting methods
    • About fills and strokes
    • Fill and Stroke controls
    • Apply a fill color to an object
    • Stroke an object
    • Convert strokes to compound paths
    • Add arrowheads to lines
    • Remove the fill or stroke from an object
    • Select objects with the same fill and stroke
    • Create multiple fills and strokes
  • Live Paint groups
    • About Live Paint
    • Live Paint limitations
    • Create Live Paint groups
    • Expand or release a Live Paint group
    • Select items in Live Paint groups
    • Modify Live Paint groups
    • Paint with the Live Paint Bucket tool
    • Close gaps in Live Paint groups
  • Brushes
    • About brushes
    • Brushes panel overview
    • Work with brush libraries
    • Apply brush strokes
    • Draw lines and apply brush strokes simultaneously
    • Paintbrush tool options
    • Remove brush strokes
    • Convert brush strokes to outlines
    • Create or modify brushes
    • Brush options
  • Transparency and blending modes
    • About transparency
    • Transparency panel overview
    • View transparency in artwork
    • Change the opacity of artwork
    • Create a transparency knockout group
    • Use opacity masks to create transparency
    • Use transparency to shape a knockout
    • About blending modes
    • Change the blending mode of artwork
  • Gradients, meshes, and color blends
    • About gradients and meshes
    • Gradient panel overview
    • Create or modify gradients
    • Apply an existing gradient to an object
    • Change gradient direction or apply across multiple objects
    • About mesh objects
    • Create mesh objects
    • Edit mesh objects
  • Patterns
    • About patterns
    • Guidelines for constructing pattern tiles
    • Create pattern swatches
    • Create seamless geometric patterns
    • Construct irregularly textured patterns
    • Create corner tiles for brush patterns
    • Modify patterns
• Chapter 7: Selecting and arranging objects
  • Selecting objects
    • Options for selecting objects
    • Specify selection preferences
    • Isolate groups and sublayers
    • Select objects using the Layers panel
    • Select objects with the Selection tool
    • Select objects with the Lasso tool
    • Select objects with the Magic Wand tool
    • Select filled objects
    • Select groups and objects in a group
    • Select faces and edges in a Live Paint group
    • Live Paint Selection tool options
    • Select the next object in the stacking order
    • Select objects by characteristic
    • Repeat or invert a selection
    • Save a selection
  • Grouping and expanding objects
    • Group or ungroup objects
    • Expand objects
  • Moving, aligning, and distributing objects
    • Move objects
    • Paste an object relative to other objects
    • Pasting objects between layers
    • Align and distribute objects
  • Rotating and reflecting objects
    • Rotate objects
    • Rotate the x and y axes of a document
    • Reflect objects
  • Using layers
    • About layers
    • Layers panel overview
    • Create a new layer
    • Move an object to a different layer
    • Release items to separate layers
    • Consolidate layers and groups
    • Locate an item in the Layers panel
  • Locking, hiding, and deleting objects
    • Lock or unlock objects or layers
    • Hide or show objects or layers
    • Delete objects
  • Stacking objects
    • Specify where to add new objects in the stacking order
    • Change the stacking order using the Layers panel
    • Change the stacking order using commands
  • Duplicating objects
    • Duplicate objects by dragging
    • Duplicate objects by using the Layers panel
    • Duplicate selections using drag and drop
    • Offset duplicate objects
• Chapter 8: Reshaping objects
  • Transforming objects
    • Transforming
    • Transform panel overview
    • Transform an object’s patterns
    • Transform using the bounding box
  • Scaling, shearing, and distorting objects
    • Scale objects
    • Shear objects
    • Distort objects
  • Reshape using envelopes
    • About envelopes
    • Distort objects using an envelope
    • Edit the contents of an envelope
    • Reset an envelope
    • Remove an envelope
    • Envelope options
  • Combining objects
    • Methods of combining objects
    • Pathfinder panel overview
    • Pathfinder options
    • Apply Pathfinder effects
    • About compound shapes
    • Work with compound shapes
    • About compound paths
    • Cut a hole in an object using a compound path
    • Apply fill rules to compound paths
    • Return a compound path to its original components
  • Cutting and dividing objects
    • Methods for cutting, dividing, and trimming objects
    • Cut objects with the Divide Objects Below command
    • Cut objects with the Knife tool
    • Divide an object into a grid
  • Clipping masks
    • About clipping masks
    • Hide parts of objects with a clipping mask
    • Create a clipping mask for a group or layer
    • Edit a clipping mask
    • Add or remove an object from masked artwork
    • Release objects from a clipping mask
  • Blending objects
    • About blended objects
    • Create blends
    • Blend options
    • Change the spine of a blended object
    • Reverse the stacking order in a blended object
    • Release or expand a blended object
  • Reshaping objects with effects
    • Reshaping objects with effects
    • Round the corners of objects
  • Creating 3D objects
    • Create 3D objects
    • Set 3D rotation position options
    • Extrude & Bevel options
    • Revolve options
    • Surface shading options
    • Lighting options
    • Add a custom bevel path
    • Rotate an object in three dimensions
    • Map artwork to a 3D object
• Chapter 9: Importing, exporting, and saving
  • Importing files
    • About linked and embedded artwork
    • Place (import) files
    • Links panel overview
    • View and save metadata via the Links panel
    • View file information about linked or embedded artwork
    • Update modified links
    • Restore a single missing link or replace link with a different source file
    • Set placement options for linked artwork
    • Embed a linked file
    • Unembed a linked file
    • Relink an embedded file
    • Edit original artwork
  • Importing bitmap images
    • About bitmap images
    • Image resolution guidelines for final output
  • Importing Adobe PDF files
    • Importing Adobe PDF files
    • Adobe PDF placement options
    • Importing monotone, duotone, and tritone images from Adobe PDF files
  • Importing EPS, DCS, and AutoCAD files
    • Importing EPS files
    • Importing DCS files
    • Importing AutoCAD files
  • Importing artwork from Photoshop
    • Importing artwork from Photoshop
    • Photoshop import options
    • Move part of an image from Photoshop to Illustrator
    • Move paths from Photoshop to Illustrator
  • Saving artwork
    • About saving and exporting artwork
    • Save in Illustrator format
    • Save in EPS format
    • Save in SVG format
    • Save artwork for Microsoft Office
  • Exporting artwork
    • Export artwork
    • File formats for exporting artwork
    • AutoCAD export options
    • Flash export options
    • JPEG export options
    • Photoshop export options
    • PNG export options
    • TIFF export options
  • Creating Adobe PDF files
    • About Adobe PDF
    • Create Adobe PDF files
    • Adobe PDF presets
    • Customize PDF presets
    • Load PDF presets
  • Adobe PDF options
    • Setting Adobe PDF options
    • About PDF/X standards
    • PDF compatibility levels
    • General options for PDF
    • Compression and downsampling options for PDF
    • Mark and bleed options for PDF
    • Color management and PDF/X options for PDF
    • Font and flattening options for PDF
    • Adding security to PDF files
    • Security options
  • File information and metadata
    • About metadata
    • Document Info panel overview
• Chapter 10: Type
  • Creating and importing type
    • Entering text
    • Import text files into artwork
    • Delete empty type objects from your artwork
  • Working with area type
    • Resize a text area
    • Change the margin around a text area
    • Raise or lower the first baseline in a text area
    • Create rows and columns of text
    • Fit a headline across the full width of a type area
    • Threading text between objects
    • Wrap text around an object
  • Working with type on a path
    • Move or flip text along a path
    • Apply path type effects
    • Adjust the vertical alignment of type on a path
    • Adjust character spacing around sharp turns
  • Scaling and rotating type
    • Selecting type for transformations
    • Adjust the scale of type
    • Rotate type
  • Spelling and language dictionaries
    • Check spelling
    • Edit the spelling dictionary
    • Assign languages to text
    • About Unicode
  • Fonts
    • About fonts
    • OpenType fonts
    • Previewing fonts
    • Select a font family and style
    • Specify a typeface size
    • Find and replace fonts
    • Work with missing fonts
  • Formatting type
    • Selecting type
    • Find and replace text
    • Change the color and appearance of characters
    • Character panel overview
    • Underline or strike through text
    • Apply all caps and small caps
    • Change capitalization styles
    • Specify curly or straight quotes
    • Set anti-aliasing options for type
    • Creating superscripts or subscripts
    • Convert type to outlines
    • Choose a number style in OpenType fonts
    • Format fractions and ordinals in OpenType fonts
    • Use smart punctuation
  • Line and character spacing
    • Set the leading
    • Shift the baseline
    • Kern and track
    • Turn fractional character widths off or on
  • Special characters
    • About character sets and alternate glyphs
    • Glyphs panel overview
    • OpenType panel overview
    • Insert or replace a character using the Glyphs panel
    • Highlight alternate glyphs in the text
    • Ligatures and contextual alternates
    • Use ligatures and contextual alternates
    • Use swashes, titling alternates, or stylistic alternates
    • Show or hide nonprinting characters
  • Formatting paragraphs
    • Paragraph panel overview
    • Align text
    • Justify text
    • Adjust word and letterspacing in justified text
    • Indent text
    • Adjust paragraph spacing
    • Hanging punctuation
  • Hyphenation and line breaks
    • Adjust hyphenation automatically
    • Use the hyphenation dictionary
    • Prevent words from breaking
    • Composition methods
  • Tabs
    • Tabs panel overview
    • Set tabs
    • Repeat tabs
    • Move tabs
    • Remove tabs
    • Specify characters for decimal tabs
    • Add tab leaders
  • Character and paragraph styles
    • About character and paragraph styles
    • Create character or paragraph styles
    • Edit character or paragraph styles
    • Remove style overrides
    • Delete character or paragraph styles
    • Load character and paragraph styles from another Illustrator document
  • Exporting text
    • Export text to a text file
    • Tag text for export to Flash
  • Formatting Asian characters
    • Display Asian type options
    • Set Asian OpenType font attributes
    • Replace Asian characters with a different glyph form
    • Specify how leading is measured in Asian type
    • Rotate half-width characters in vertical text
    • Use tate-chu-yoko
    • Use aki
    • Use warichu
    • Use mojisoroe to align Asian characters
    • Use mojikumi
    • Use kinsoku
    • Specify a burasagari option
    • Use kurikaeshi moji shori
  • Creating composite fonts
    • Create a composite font
    • Customize characters in a composite font
    • Delete a composite font
    • Export a composite font
  • Updating text from Illustrator 10
    • Updating type created in Illustrator 10
    • Update all legacy text in a document
    • Update selected legacy text
• Chapter 11: Creating special effects
  • Appearance attributes
    • About appearance attributes
    • Appearance panel overview
    • Specify how appearance attributes are applied to new objects
    • Targeting items for appearance attributes
    • Duplicate an appearance attribute
    • Change the stacking order of appearance attributes
    • Remove appearance attributes
    • Copy appearance attributes between objects
  • Working with effects and filters
    • About effects and filters
    • Apply an effect or filter
    • Unavailable effect and filter commands
    • About raster effects
    • Rasterization options
    • Applying filters and effects to bitmap images
    • Improving performance for filters and effects
    • Modify or delete an effect
  • Summary of effects and filters
    • Effects and filters quick reference
    • Artistic filters and effects
    • Blur filters and effects
    • Brush Strokes filters and effects
    • Distort filters and effects (bottom of menu)
    • Pixelate filters and effects
    • Sharpen filter and effect
    • Sketch filters and effects
    • Stylize filter and effect (bottom of menu)
    • Texture filters and effects
    • Video filters and effects
    • Use texture and glass surface controls
  • Drop shadows, glows, and feathering
    • Create a drop shadow
    • Apply an inner or outer glow
    • Feather the edges of an object
  • Creating sketches and mosaics
    • Create a sketch using the Scribble effect
    • Create a mosaic
  • Changing vector graphics to bitmap images
    • About rasterization
    • Rasterize a vector object
  • Graphic styles
    • About graphic styles
    • Graphic Styles panel overview
    • Create graphic styles
    • Apply a graphic style
    • Work with graphic styles
    • Use graphic style libraries
    • Import all graphic styles from another document
• Chapter 12: Web graphics
  • Best practices for creating web graphics
    • About web graphics
    • About pixel preview mode
  • Slices and image maps
    • About slices
    • Create slices
    • Select slices
    • Set slice options
    • Lock slices
    • Adjust slice boundaries
    • Remove slices
    • Show or hide slices
    • Create image maps
  • SVG
    • About SVG
    • Apply SVG effects
    • Import effects from an SVG file
    • SVG Interactivity panel overview
    • Add SVG interactivity to artwork
    • SVG events
  • Creating animations
    • About Flash graphics
    • Create Flash animations
    • Working with Illustrator and Flash
  • Optimizing images
    • Save For Web & Devices overview
    • Optimize an image for the web
    • Save or delete optimization presets
    • Work with slices in the Save For Web & Devices dialog box
    • Compress a web graphic to a specific file size
    • Resize artwork while optimizing
    • Generate CSS layers for web graphics
    • Preview optimized images in a web browser
  • Web graphics optimization options
    • Web graphic formats
    • JPEG optimization options
    • GIF and PNG-8 optimization options
    • Optimize transparency in GIF and PNG images
    • View the color table for an optimized slice
    • Customize the color table for GIF and PNG-8 images
    • PNG-24 optimization options
    • WBMP optimization options
    • SWF optimization options (Illustrator)
    • SVG optimization options (Illustrator)
  • Output settings for web graphics
    • Set output options
    • HTML output options
    • Slice output options
    • Image Maps output settings
    • Background output settings
    • Saving Files output settings
• Chapter 13: Printing
  • Basic printing tasks
    • Print a composite of artwork
    • Make artwork nonprintable
    • Print dialog box options
    • Printer resolution and screen frequency
    • Change the printer resolution and screen frequency
  • Printing color separations
    • About color separations
    • Preparing artwork for color separating
    • Print color separations
    • Print an object on all plates
  • Setting up pages for printing
    • Reposition artwork on the page
    • Print artwork on multiple pages
    • Change the page size and orientation
    • Scale a document for printing
  • Printer’s marks and bleed
    • About printer’s marks
    • Add printer’s marks
    • About bleed
    • Add a bleed
  • PostScript printing
    • About PPD files
    • Change the PPD file
    • Select a PPD file
    • Printing long, complex paths
    • Control how fonts are downloaded to a printer
    • Change the PostScript level for printing
  • Printing with color management
    • Let your application manage colors when printing
    • Let your printer manage colors when printing
  • Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends
    • Printing gradients, meshes, and color blends
    • Rasterize gradients and meshes during printing
    • Setting the proper screen frequency for printing gradients, meshes, and blends
    • Calculate the maximum blend length for gradients
  • Printing and saving transparent artwork
    • About flattening
    • File formats that retain transparency
    • Set transparency flattening options for printing
    • Transparency Flattener options
    • Preview which areas of artwork will be flattened
    • Flattener Preview panel overview
    • About transparency flattener presets
    • Create or edit a transparency flattener preset
    • Export and import a custom transparency flattener preset
    • Rename or delete a custom transparency flattener preset
    • Flatten transparency for individual objects
    • Rasterize all artwork during printing
  • Overprinting
    • About overprinting
    • Set up overprinting
    • Overprint black
    • Simulate or discard overprinting
  • Trapping
    • About trapping
    • Create a trap
    • Create a spread or choke
    • Trap a line
    • Trap a portion of an object
  • Print presets
    • Create print presets
    • Apply print presets
    • Edit print presets
    • Delete print presets
    • Export or import print presets
    • View a summary of print settings/presets
• Chapter 14: Automating tasks
  • Actions
    • About actions
    • Actions palette overview
    • Play an action on a file
    • Record an action
    • Insert nonrecordable tasks into actions
    • Insert a stop
    • Change settings when playing an action
    • Exclude commands from an action
    • Specify playback speed
    • Edit and rerecord actions
    • Manage action sets
    • Play an action on a batch of files
  • Scripts
    • Use a script
  • Data-driven graphics
    • About data-driven graphics
    • Variables panel overview
    • Create variables
    • Edit variables
    • Delete variables
    • Edit dynamic objects
    • Identifying dynamic objects using XML IDs
    • Use data sets
    • About variable libraries
    • Save a template for data-driven graphics
• Chapter 15: Graphs
  • Creating graphs
    • Create a graph
    • Adjust column width or decimal precision
    • Enter graph data
    • Use graph labels and data sets
  • Formatting graphs
    • Formatting and customizing graphs
    • Change the graph type
    • Format a graph’s axes
    • Assign different scales to the value axes
    • Format columns, bars, and lines
    • General graph options
    • Add drop shadows
    • Change the position of a legend
    • Format pie graphs
    • Combine different graph types
    • Select parts of a graph
    • Format the text in a graph
  • Adding pictures and symbols to graphs
    • About graph designs
    • Import a column or marker design
    • Create a column design
    • Create a sliding column design
    • Add totals to a column design
    • Create a marker design
    • Apply a column design to a graph
    • Apply a marker design to a line or scatter graph
    • Reuse a graph design
• Chapter 16: Keyboard shortcuts
  • Customizing keyboard shortcuts
    • Customize keyboard shortcuts
  • Default keyboard shortcuts
    • Keys for selecting tools
    • Keys for viewing artwork
    • Keys for drawing
    • Keys for selecting
    • Keys for moving selections
    • Keys for editing shapes
    • Keys for painting objects
    • Keys for working with Live Paint groups
    • Keys for transforming objects
    • Keys for working with type
    • Keys for using panels
    • Keys for the Actions panel
    • Keys for the Brushes panel
    • Keys for the Character and Paragraph panels
    • Keys for the Color panel
    • Keys for the Gradient panel
    • Keys for the Layers panel
    • Keys for the Swatches panel
    • Keys for the Transform panel
    • Keys for the Transparency panel
    • Function keys
• Index
  • Numerics
    • 3D objects
      • about 244
      • custom bevels for 250
      • extruding 245
      • lighting 246
      • mapping images to surface 251
      • revolving 246
      • rotating 246, 250
      • surface shading 245, 246, 250
    • 9-slice scaling, symbols 84
  • A
    • Accented Edges command 358
    • accessibility
      • of Help 4
    • Acrobat. See Adobe Acrobat
    • action playback speed 437
    • action sets 439
    • actions 51
      • about 433
      • batch-processing files 439, 440
      • changing recorded values in 436
      • excluding tasks from 437
      • inserting stops in 436
      • loading 439
      • nonrecordable tasks 435
      • playing 434
      • recording 434
      • recording again 438
      • selecting 434
      • undoing 434
    • Actions palette
      • about 433
    • activation of software 1
    • Actual Size command 43
    • Add (Pathfinder) effect 231
    • Add Anchor Point tool 26
    • Add New Fill command 157
    • Add New Stroke command 157
    • additive colors 93
    • Adjust Colors filter 125
    • Adobe Acrobat
      • comparing versions 281
      • layered PDF files in 277
      • presets for exporting to 278
    • Adobe Bridge
      • about 37
      • Creative Suite color settings 130, 132
      • metadata in 288
      • showing current file in 16
    • Adobe Design Center 9
    • Adobe Flash
      • integration with Illustrator 380
      • symbols 82, 84
    • Adobe Flash, exporting text to 331
    • Adobe GoLive
      • creating dynamic data for 446
      • exporting Illustrator files for 218
    • Adobe Graphics Server 442, 446
    • Adobe Help 2
    • Adobe Illustrator
      • file format, saving to 264
      • integration with Flash 380
      • metadata in 287
      • performance, improving 353
      • Prefs file 50
    • Adobe Illustrator files
      • importing into Flash 380
    • Adobe InDesign
      • exporting artwork to 218
      • metadata in 287
      • placing Illustrator files in 418
    • Adobe PDF conversion settings 278
    • Adobe PDF. See PDF files
    • Adobe Photoshop
      • compounds paths from 234
      • copying objects to or from 218
      • embedded artwork 353
      • exporting Illustrator files for 218, 269, 274
      • importing files from 262
      • metadata in 287
      • moving part of image to Illustrator 263
      • moving paths to Illustrator 263
      • using Photoshop effects in Illustrator 353
    • Adobe RGB color space 147
    • Adobe Version Cue
      • about 37
      • accessing commands in status bar 16
    • Adobe Video Workshop 5
    • AI file format. See Adobe Illustrator
    • AI files. See Adobe Illustrator files
    • AIPrefs file 50
    • AIT files 36
    • aki 335
    • Align panel 205
    • alignment guides 48
    • All Artwork Above (Hide) command 215
    • All Artwork Above (Lock) command 215
    • all caps, in type 309
    • All On Same Layers command 196
    • ALT text 373
    • AlterCast. See Adobe Graphics Server
    • alternate glyphs
      • about 316
      • Asian 333
      • fractions and ordinals 313
      • Glyphs panel 317
      • highlighting 318
      • inserting 318
      • ligatures and contextual alternates 318
      • numbers 312
      • OpenType fonts 303, 317
      • swashes 319
    • anchor points
      • about 52
      • adding 71
      • converting smooth and corner 74
      • joining endpoints 70
      • moving 73
      • moving and nudging 69, 71
      • preferences 55
      • removing 71, 73
      • selecting 68
      • showing and hiding 54
      • snapping objects to 48
      • stray points, finding 72
      • types of 54
    • angle of rotation 207, 208
    • Angled Strokes command 358
    • animations
      • creating 378, 379
      • releasing objects to layers 213
      • saving, with Export command 271
    • annotations
      • playing in actions 437
      • viewing in Save For Web dialog box 383
    • anti-aliasing
      • in envelopes 229
      • for images generated by effects 352
      • in type 310
      • preferences for artwork 46
      • previewing 370
      • in web graphics 385
      • when saving artwork 273, 274, 275
    • appearance attributes
      • See also targeting
      • about 346
      • Appearance panel 346
      • copying between objects 349, 350
      • duplicating 348
      • for new objects 347
      • multiple fills and strokes 157
      • of new objects 347
      • removing from objects 348
      • stacking order 348
      • targeting items for 347
    • AppleScript 441
    • Apply SVG Filter command 376
    • arcs
      • Arc tool 26
      • drawing 58
    • area graphs
      • See also graph designs, graphs
      • about 31
      • entering data for 450
    • area type
      • about 289
      • creating 290
      • first baseline offset 293
      • inset spacing 293
      • resizing 292
      • rows and columns 294
    • Area Type tool 28
    • Arrange (Object) commands 217
    • arrowheads, adding to lines 156
    • art brushes 166, 172
    • artboard
      • about 41
      • adding gridlines to 47
      • adding guides to 48
      • changing the size and color 42
      • scrolling 44
      • tiling 42
      • zooming 43
    • Artistic effects and filters
      • about 357
    • artwork
      • copying from Photoshop 263
      • previewing in output medium 46
      • viewing as outlines 45
    • ASCII file format 291
    • Asian type. See type, Asian
    • Assign Profile command 144, 145
    • auto slices 372
    • AutoCAD file formats 269
    • automation. See actions
    • Average command 73
    • axes
      • adjusting axis of reflection 210
      • rotating 208
  • B
    • background color
      • document window 42
      • slices 373
      • web pages 400
    • background images 400
    • banding, in blends and gradients 416
    • bar graphs
      • See also graph designs, graphs
      • about 31
      • entering data for 450
    • Bas Relief command 360
    • base (nonemulsion side) 405
    • base color, setting for color group 110
    • baseline offset 293
    • baseline shift 314
    • Basic CMYK new document profile 33
    • Basic RGB new document profile 33
    • batch processing 439, 440
    • bevel joins, for strokes 155
    • bevels, for 3D objects 250
    • bitmap images
      • about 258
      • applying effects to 351, 353
      • colorizing 126
      • copying from Photoshop 263
      • created by effects 352
      • created from vector 365
      • dimming 212
      • publishing online 259
      • texturizing 362
      • tracing 77, 78
    • black point compensation 149
    • black-and-white artwork 96
    • bleeds
      • about 409
      • adding 409
      • clipping imported PDF to 260
      • crop marks and 38
      • saving in PDF files 284
    • Blend tool 29, 240
    • Blending Mode (Select Same) command 201
    • Blending Mode command 181
    • blending modes
      • about 179
      • changing 181
      • isolating to groups or layers 181
      • mixing overlapping colors 127
      • selecting objects with same 197
    • blends
      • about 240
      • changing spine of 242
      • creating 240, 241
      • expanding 243
      • options for 241
      • printing issues 414, 416
      • releasing 243
      • reversing 242
    • Bloat tool 29
    • Blur effects and filters 358
    • BMP file format 269
      • See also exporting artwork
    • Bottom-to-bottom leading 334
    • bounding boxes
      • in patterns 187
      • about 221
      • rotating objects with 207
    • Bridge Home 8
    • Bridge. See Adobe Bridge
    • brightness
      • adjusting in Illustrator 15
      • in HSB color model 95
    • Bring Forward command 217
    • Bring To Front command 217
    • brochure templates 36
    • browser dithering 388
    • browser-safe colors. See web-safe colors
    • brush strokes
      • applying 167
      • converting to outlines 169
      • effects and filters 358
      • removing 168
    • brushes
      • applying brush strokes 168
      • Brushes panel 167
      • colorization options 170
      • creating 169
      • expanding 169
      • libraries of 167
      • modifying 169
      • options for 76, 170, 171, 172
      • types of 166
    • bunri-kinshi 340
    • burasagari 323, 340
    • business card templates 36
    • Button Mode command 434
  • C
    • calligraphic brushes 76, 166, 170
    • capitalization, changing 309
    • caps, for strokes 155
    • Cascade command 45
    • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
      • Generate CSS slice output option 399
    • category axis, for graphs 451
    • center point 53
    • certificate templates 36
    • Chalk & Charcoal command 360
    • Change Case commands 309
    • character spacing 321
    • character styles
      • about 329
      • deleting 330
      • removing 330
    • characters
      • See also type, formatting
      • Character panel 308
      • scaling 300
      • selecting 306
      • space between 315
      • special 316
      • styles for 329, 330
      • Unicode 302
    • Charcoal command 360
    • Check Spelling command 301
    • choke trap 426
    • chroma 95
    • Chrome command 360
    • circular grids 59
    • Clean Up (Path) command 292
    • Clear command 216
    • Clear Guides command 48
    • Clip To Artboard command 374
    • clipboard, importing and exporting artwork with 218
    • clipping masks
      • about 237
      • creating 238
      • modifying 238, 239
    • Close Path command in InDesign 64, 66, 68
    • closed paths
      • about 52
      • creating with Pen tool 68
      • creating, with Pencil tool 62
    • CMS. See color matching systems
    • CMYK
      • about 94
      • changing to RGB 95
      • process colors 102
      • spot colors 102, 106
      • tints 102, 107
    • CMYK spot colors 97
    • color bars 408
    • Color blending mode 180
    • color blends, printing 414
    • Color Burn blending mode 180
    • Color Dodge blending mode 180
    • color gamuts 128
    • color groups
      • about 109
      • adding or removing colors 119
      • creating 110
      • creating in Live Color 114
      • deleting 119
      • editing colors and color groups 115
      • limiting to swatch library 114
      • Live Color dialog box 112
      • presets 123
      • reducing colors 122
      • setting base color 110
      • Swatches panel 102, 104
    • Color Guide panel
      • about 110
      • coloring artwork 112
      • selecting colors 99
    • Color Halftone command 359
    • color management
      • See also color profiles, color settings
      • about 128, 129, 130
      • color settings reference 146
      • considerations for importing images 134, 135
      • considerations for printing documents 139
      • considerations for process and spot colors 133
      • creating a viewing environment 130
      • for online graphics 136
      • for PDFs 136, 140
      • setting up 131
      • soft-proofing colors 137, 138
      • synchronizing color settings 132
    • color model working space 144
    • color models
      • about 93, 96
      • changing 95
      • CMYK 94
      • grayscale 96
      • HSB 95
      • for images generated by effects 352
      • Lab 96
      • RGB 93
    • Color panel
      • about 101
      • selecting colors 99, 101
    • Color Picker 100
      • about 99
      • editing color group 117
      • selecting colors 99, 100
    • color profiles
      • about 141
      • assigning and removing 144
      • assigning and removing from documents 144
      • converting 145
      • for desktop printers 139
      • for imported images 134, 135
      • for monitors 142, 143
      • installing 143
      • warning messages for 147
    • color reduction options 123
    • color separations
      • about 403
      • creating 404
      • host-based vs. in-RIP 405
      • preparing artwork for 404
      • problems with spot colors and transparent artwork 97
    • color settings
      • See also color management
      • color conversions 149
      • color management policies 147
      • customizing 146
      • for Adobe applications 132
      • presets for 146
      • rendering intents 149
      • synchronizing with other applications 132
      • working spaces 146
    • color spaces 93, 96
    • Color Table palette 391
    • color tables
      • sorting 391
    • color variations
      • in Color Guide panel 111
      • options 111
    • Colored Pencil command 357
    • colorizing
      • grayscale images 126
      • symbols 90
    • colors
      • See also color management, color model
      • adjusting multiple colors 125
      • applying to objects 151, 152
      • applying to type 307
      • blending 125, 127, 182
      • changing to complement 125
      • color-matching libraries 102, 106
      • comparing in InDesign and Illustrator 98
      • converting to grayscale 126
      • deleting 393
      • editing in Live Color 112, 116
      • gradients 182
      • in blending modes 179
      • in digital graphics 93
      • inverting 125
      • locking in Color Table palette 393
      • mapping to transparency 393
      • mixing 127
      • mixing spot and process inks 98
      • out-of-gamut 124
      • printable 124
      • process 102, 105
      • range of 96
      • reducing for output 122
      • removing 156
      • saturating 126
      • selecting 99, 100, 101
      • shifting to Web palette 392
      • spot 97, 102, 105
      • Swatches panel 102, 103
      • tints 102, 107
      • web-safe 124, 370
    • column and marker designs. See graph designs
    • Column command (graphs) 459
    • column graphs
      • See also graph designs, graphs
      • about 31
      • entering data for 450
    • columns of text, creating 294
    • Combine Slices command 374
    • combining objects
      • about 229
      • with clipping masks 237
      • with compound paths 234
      • with compound shapes 232
      • with Pathfinder effects 230
    • complementary colors, changing to 125
    • composite fonts
      • creating 341
      • customizing 343
      • deleting 344
      • exporting 344
      • previewing in Font menu 304
    • composites
      • printing 401
    • composition methods 325
    • compound paths
      • about 229, 234
      • adjusting 234
      • creating 234
      • creating from strokes 156
      • fill rules 235
      • releasing 235
    • compound shapes
      • about 229, 232
      • sharing with Photoshop 234, 274
      • working with 233
    • compression
      • Illustrator format 265
      • PDF 282
    • conserving paper and film 407
    • consolidating layers 214
    • constraining movements 203
    • Conté Crayon command 360
    • content, protecting 287
    • contextual alternates 318
    • continuous-tone images, printing 403
    • Control panel 17
    • conversion settings
      • presets 278
    • Convert Anchor Point tool 26, 74
    • Convert To Grayscale filter 126
    • Convert To Profile command 145
    • Convert To Shape effect 243
    • converting smooth points to corner points 67
    • copying objects
      • about the clipboard 218
      • commands for 203
      • by dragging 217
      • into layers 205
      • pasting in front or in back 205
    • corner radius, changing 56
    • corners, rounding 244
    • correcting mistakes 51
    • Craquelure command 361
    • Create (Threaded Text) command 295
    • Create From Guides command 372, 373, 374
    • Create From Selection command 372, 373, 374
    • Create Outlines command 312
    • Crop (Pathfinder) effect 232
    • Crop Marks command 41
    • cropping artwork
      • crop area, defining and editing 38, 39, 40
      • crop marks 40
      • crop marks, Japanese-style 41
      • for printing 40
      • rulers 39
    • Crosshatch command 358
    • Crystallize command 359
    • Crystallize tool 29
    • CSS layers, generating 385
    • curves
      • drawing 58
      • drawing, with Pen tool 64, 66
      • printing 411
      • reshaping 52, 69
    • Cutout command 357
    • cutting objects 235
  • D
    • Dark Strokes command 358
    • Darken blending mode 180
    • dashed lines 155
    • dashes, en and em 313
    • data sets, creating 444
    • data-driven graphics
      • See also variables
      • about 51, 441
      • creating variables 442
      • editing dynamic objects 444
      • editing variables 443
      • saving templates for 446
      • using data sets 444
      • using variable libraries 445
    • date and time, displayed in status bar 16
    • DCS file format, importing 261
    • Default Fill And Stroke button 152
    • default workspace
      • restoring 14
    • De-Interlace command 362
    • Delete All command 374
    • Delete Anchor Point tool 26
    • Delete Color command 394
    • Delete Workspace command 22
    • deleting
      • empty type objects 292
      • objects 216
      • slices 374
    • Deselect All Colors command 392
    • Deselect command 201
    • Design Center 9
    • designs, graph. See graph designs
    • desktop printers, color profiles for 139
    • devices, color gamut of 96
    • dialog boxes
      • calculating values in 17
      • entering values 16
    • DIC color system 102
    • dictionaries
      • assigning to text 302
      • editing 301
    • Difference blending mode 180
    • Diffuse Glow command 359
    • diffusion dither 389
    • digital cameras, color gamut of 96
    • digital masters 276
    • Direct Selection tool 68
      • about 25, 193
      • selecting with 68
      • using 199
    • direction lines and points
      • about 52, 54
      • moving 69
      • showing and hiding 54
    • direction points and lines
      • preferences 55
      • specifying 55
    • Distort & Transform effect 243
    • distorting objects
      • effects 243
      • envelopes 226
      • Free Distort effect 243
      • Free Transform tool 225
      • liquify tools 226
    • distributing objects 205, 206
    • dithering
      • browser 388
      • No Dither setting 394
      • shifting to web-safe colors 392
      • transparency, in Optimize palette 389
    • Divide (Pathfinder) effect 231
    • Divide Objects Below command 236
    • Divide Slices command 374
    • dividing objects 235
    • document clipping path, in Photoshop files 263
    • Document Info command 288
    • document profiles. See color profiles
    • document raster effects settings 352
    • documents
      • adding multiple pages 42
      • in Bridge 37
      • creating 34
      • creating templates 36
      • managing with Version Cue 37
      • new document profiles 33
      • opening 36
      • scaling 408
      • setting up 42, 45, 47
      • types 33
      • units of measurement for 47
      • Welcome screen 34
    • downloading fonts 412
    • downloads 10
      • updates, plug-ins, and tryouts 10
    • downsampling, in PDF files 282
    • dpi (dots per inch) 402
    • drawing
      • See also brushes, symbols
      • arcs 58
      • changing anchor points 74
      • ellipses 57
      • grids 59
      • lines 56
      • paths, with Pen tool 63, 64, 66
      • paths, with Pencil tool 61, 62
      • polygons 57
      • rectangles and squares 56
      • spirals 58
      • stars 57
    • drop shadows
      • creating 362
      • in graphs 453
      • options for 362
    • Dry Brush command 357
    • duotones
      • imported from PDF files 260
    • Duplicate Swatch command 107
    • duplicating objects 203
      • by dragging 217
      • in Layers panel 217
      • offsetting 219
      • by pasting 203
    • DXF/DWG file format 269
    • dynamic objects 444
    • Dynamic text 331
  • E
    • Edit Custom Dictionary command 301
    • Edit Original command 257
    • Edit Selection command 201
    • Edit Views command 45
    • effects
      • See also individual effect names
      • about 350
      • applying 351
      • applying to bitmap images 353
      • as appearance attributes 346
      • editing and deleting 353
      • raster 352
      • scaling 222
      • for SVG files 376, 377
      • why some are unavailable 351
    • Ellipse tool 26, 57
    • embedded files
      • See also linked files
      • adding to a document 253
      • applying effects and filters to 353
      • compared to linked files 253
      • converting from linked files 257
    • EMF file format 269
      • See also exporting artwork
    • EMF files
      • flattening 417
    • empty cells 398
    • emulsion options 405
    • en and em dashes, smart punctuation option 313
    • endpoints
      • connecting 70
      • of paths 52
    • envelope templates 36
    • envelopes 226, 227, 228, 229
    • EPS file format
      • compared to other formats 264
      • options for saving 265
      • printing embedded files 261
      • saving 265
    • EPS files
      • problems with spot colors and transparent artwork 97
    • EPS format
      • importing files 260
    • erasing artwork 26, 75
    • Every-line Composer 325
    • Exclude (Pathfinder) effect 231
    • Exclusion blending mode 180
    • Expand (Blend) command 243
    • Expand (Envelope) command 228
    • Expand Appearance command 169, 202
    • Expand command 202
    • Expand Compound Shape command 233
    • expanding
      • brushed paths 169
      • flares 61
      • objects 202
      • symbol instances 85
      • tracing objects 81
    • exporting artwork
      • See also saving artwork
      • compared to saving artwork 264
      • Microsoft-compatible format 269
      • PostScript format 266
      • procedure for 269
      • supported file formats 269
    • exporting text 331
    • Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) 287
    • extra spaces, eliminating 313
    • Extras 7
    • extruding objects 245
    • Eyedropper tool
      • about 28, 99
      • copying attributes with 349
  • F
    • Feather effect 363
    • file formats
      • AIT 36
      • ASCII 291
      • AutoCAD 269
      • BMP 269
      • DWG and DXF 269
      • EMF 269
      • EPS 265
      • Illustrator (AI) 264
      • JPEG 270
      • Photoshop 270
      • PICT 270
      • PNG 270
      • RTF 291
      • SVG and SVGZ 266, 375
      • SWF (Flash) 378
      • Targa 270
      • text 291
      • TIFF 270
      • WMF 270
    • File Handling & Clipboard preferences 256, 261, 418
    • File Info command 255
    • files
      • See also documents, file formats
      • batch-processing 439, 440
      • linked vs. embedded 253
      • opening in Illustrator 36
      • placing 253
      • restoring 51
      • saving 264
      • sizes of web graphics 370
    • fills
      • See also colors, gradients, patterns
      • about 151, 152
      • applying to objects 153
      • as appearance attributes 346
      • controls for 152
      • converting to objects 202
      • creating multiple 157
      • Fill & Stroke (Select Same) command 157, 201
      • Fill button 152
      • Fill Color (Select Same) command 157, 201
      • hiding 45
      • removing 156
    • film
      • base 405
      • conserving 407
    • Film Grain command 357
    • filters
      • See also individual filter names
      • about 350
      • applying 351
      • applying to bitmap images 353
      • why some are unavailable 351
    • Find And Replace command 307
    • Find Next command 307
    • first baseline offset 293
    • First Column In Front option, for graphs 453
    • first line indents 321
    • First Object Above (Select) command 201
    • First Row In Front option, for graphs 453
    • Fit Headline command 295
    • Fit In Window command 43
    • Flare tool 26
    • Flash
      • See Adobe Flash
    • Flash graphics
      • about 378
      • creating animations 379
      • saving, with Export command 271
    • Flash. See Adobe Flash
    • Flatten Transparency command 424
    • Flattener Preview panel 46, 422
    • flattening
      • about 417
      • during printing 418
      • individual objects 424
      • layers 214
      • presets for 422
      • presets, creating and editing 423
      • presets, exporting and importing 423
      • presets, working with 423
      • previewing 421
      • transparency in PDF files 285
    • flexographic printing 408
    • floating boxes. See CSS layers
    • FOCOLTONE color system 102
    • font installation 2
    • fonts
      • choosing 304
      • composite 341, 343, 344
      • downloading 412
      • embedding 266, 412
      • finding and replacing 304
      • font families 303
      • missing 305
      • OpenType 303
      • previewing 304
      • printer-resident 412
    • form fields, securing 287
    • four-color process printing 94
    • fractional character widths 316
    • fractions
      • OpenType fonts 313
      • Smart Punctuation command 313
    • frames, splitting 77
    • Free Distort effect 243
    • Free Transform tool
      • about 29
      • distorting objects with 225
      • reflecting objects with 209
      • rotating objects with 207
      • shearing objects with 225
    • Fresco command 357, 362
    • Full Screen mode 16
    • function keys 471
  • G
    • gamut, of colors 96, 124
    • gamuts 128
    • Gaussian Blur command 358
    • General preferences
      • Anti-aliased Artwork 46
      • Append Converted Upon Opening Legacy Files 344
      • Corner Radius 56
      • Keyboard Increment 204, 464
      • Scale Strokes & Effects 222
      • Select Same Tint % 157
      • Show Tool Tips 25
      • Transform Pattern Tiles 221
      • Use Japanese Crop Marks 41
      • Use Precise Cursors 25
      • Use Preview Bounds 50
    • GIF file format
      • compared to other web graphics formats 375
      • optimization options for 387
      • saving to 310, 365, 370
      • web optimization 371
      • web optimization settings 387
    • Glass command 359, 362
    • global colors
      • process 102
      • using Live Color instead 115
    • Glowing Edges command 361
    • glows, creating 363
    • glyphs
      • about 316
      • Asian 333
      • fractions and ordinals 313
      • Glyphs panel 317
      • highlighting 318
      • in OpenType fonts 303
      • inserting 318
      • ligatures and contextual alternates 318
      • numbers 312
      • OpenType fonts 317
      • spacing of 321
      • swashes 319
    • GoLive. See Adobe GoLive
    • gradients
      • about 182
      • applying last-selected 152
      • applying to objects 153, 182, 184
      • calculating maximum blend length 416
      • changing direction of 184
      • creating and modifying 182
      • creating new 183
      • Gradient panel 182
      • Gradient panel shortcuts 469
      • Gradient tool 28, 50
      • in graphs 451
      • in SWF (Flash) files 379
      • printing 183, 414
      • proper screen frequency for printing 415
      • spot colors 183
      • swatches for 102, 107
    • Grain command 361, 362
    • graph designs
      • about 456
      • applying 459
      • creating 457, 458
      • importing 457
      • reusing 459
    • Graphic Pen command 360
    • graphic styles
      • about 366
      • applying 368
      • applying to symbols 90, 91
      • breaking the link to 368
      • creating 367
      • deleting 368
      • duplicating 368
      • Graphic Styles panel 366
      • importing from another document 369
      • libraries 369
      • Override Character Color option 368
      • replacing 368
    • graphics
      • embedding 257
    • graphs
      • assigning scales to axes 452
      • changing type of 451
      • combining types 454
      • creating 447
      • entering data for 448, 449, 450
      • gradients in 451
      • labels 448
      • legends 453
      • types of 31
      • variables in 442, 444
    • graphs, formatting
      • about 451
      • adding drop shadows 453
      • axes 451
      • columns, bars, and lines 452
      • pie graphs 454
      • selecting parts of 455
      • text 455
    • gray levels, for printing 415
    • grayscale images
      • about 96
      • colorizing 126
      • converting color to 126
    • greeting card templates 36
    • grids
      • creating 235, 236
      • drawing 59
      • preferences 47
      • rectangular 59
      • using with artwork 47
    • Group command 202
    • Group Selection tool 25, 193, 199
    • groups
      • about 201
      • creating 202
      • isolation mode 194
      • nested 201
      • selecting 196, 198, 199
      • selecting objects within 199
      • viewing as outlines 45
    • guides
      • aligning text and graphics 48
      • showing and hiding 48
      • Smart Guides 48
    • Guides & Grid preferences 48
    • GyoumatsuYakumonoHankaku mojikumi set 338
    • GyoumatsuYakumonoZenkaku mojikumi set 338
  • H
    • Halftone Pattern command 360
    • halftoning, resolution for 402
    • Hand tool 33, 44
    • hanging indents 322
    • hanging punctuation 323
    • Hard Light blending mode 180
    • Hard Mix effect 127
    • harmony rules
      • choosing in Live Color 110, 114
    • headlines, fitting across text 295
    • Help
      • about 2
    • High Quality Print, PDF preset 278
    • hiragana fonts 333
    • HKS color system 102
    • horizontal (landscape) page orientation 407
    • horizontal type, converting to vertical 301
    • host-based separations 405
    • hotspots, in web graphics 375
    • HSB color model 95
    • HTML
      • output settings 398
    • hue 95
    • Hue blending mode 180
    • hyphenation 302, 324
      • automatic 324
      • composition methods and 325
      • options 324
      • preventing breaks 325
  • I
    • ICC profiles
      • See also color profiles
      • displayed in status bar 16
      • embedding in files 265, 274, 275, 387
    • icons
      • panels as 21
    • Illustrator. See Adobe Illustrator
    • image exposure 405
    • image maps
      • creating 375
      • output settings for 399
    • images
      • reszing in Save For Web dialog box 385
    • imagesetting
      • bitmap graphics and 258
    • Import SVG Filter command 377
    • importing
      • DCS files 261
      • EPS files 260
      • monotone, duotone, and tritone images 260
      • PDF files 259
      • Photoshop files 262, 263
      • swatches from another document 108
      • text files 218, 291
    • in ports 295
    • indenting text 321
    • indents, hanging 322
    • InDesign. See Adobe InDesign
    • Info panel 50
    • Ink Outlines command 358
    • ink preview 46
    • Inner Glow effect 363
    • input device profiles 141, 143
    • Input text 331
    • in-RIP separations 405
    • Insert Stop command 436
    • inset spacing for type 293
    • instances, symbol 82
    • interactivity
      • adding to SVG files 377
      • creating with CSS layers 385
    • International Color Consortium (ICC) 130
    • Intersect (Pathfinder) effect 231
    • intersecting shapes
      • See compound shapes, pathfinder effects
    • Inverse (Select) command 201
    • inverting colors 125
    • ISO standards 281
    • isolation mode
      • about 193, 194
      • symbols 86
  • J
    • Japanese type. See type, Asian
    • JavaScript 377, 441
    • Join command 70
    • joins, for strokes 155
    • JPEG files, export options for 273
    • JPEG format
      • optimization options 386
    • justified text, adjusting spacing 321
  • K
    • kerning 315
    • keyboard shortcuts
      • customizing 460
      • in Help 4
    • kinsoku 339
    • Knife tool 32, 235, 236
    • knockouts
      • creating transparency knockouts 175
      • preventing using overprinting 424
      • varying transparency knockouts 178
    • kurikaeshi moji shori 341
  • L
    • Lab color model 96
    • label templates 36
    • landscape (horizontal) page orientation 407
    • language
      • assigning to text 302
      • Unicode support 302
    • Lasso tool 193, 196
      • selecting anchor points with 68
      • selecting with 68
    • Last Object Below (Select) command 201
    • layer comps, in Photoshop files 262
    • layers
      • about 211
      • adding objects to 216
      • consolidating 214
      • converting to CSS layers 385
      • creating 213
      • duplicating objects in 217
      • exporting to Adobe Photoshop 274
      • groups within 201
      • hiding 215
      • Layers panel 211, 347
      • locating items in 214
      • locking and unlocking 215
      • making nonprintable 401
      • moving objects between 213
      • pasting objects into 205
      • preserving in Adobe Acrobat 282
      • releasing objects to 213
      • selecting objects in 193, 196
      • stacking order 217
      • sublayers, isolation mode 195
      • template 78
      • viewing as outlines 45
    • Layers panel 348
    • leading
      • in Asian type 334
      • setting 314
    • legacy text 344, 345
    • legends, for graphs 453
    • letter spacing 315, 321
    • letterhead templates 36
    • libraries
      • brush 167
      • graph design 457
      • graphic style 369
      • swatch 102, 106
      • symbol 87
    • ligatures 318
      • inserting with Smart Punctuation command 313
      • using in OpenType fonts 318
    • Lighten blending mode 180
    • lighting 3D objects 245, 246
    • limit-check error 403, 411
    • line breaks, showing 319
    • line graphs
      • See also graph designs, graphs
      • about 31
      • entering data for 450
    • Line Segment tool 26, 56
    • lines
      • See also paths, strokes
      • adding arrowheads 156
      • adding to, with Pencil tool 62
      • adjusting angle and length 69
      • changing width of 154
      • connecting, with Pencil tool 62
      • dashed 155
      • drawing, with Line Segment tool 56
      • drawing, with Pen tool 63, 64, 66
      • drawing, with Pencil tool 61
      • moving 69
      • reshaping 52, 62
      • trapping 429
    • lining numbers 312
    • Linked File variables 442, 444
    • linked files
      • adding to a document 253
      • applying effects to 353
      • color management considerations 134
      • compared to embedded files 253
      • editing original file 257
      • embedding 257, 264
      • placement options for 256
      • previews for EPS files 261
      • relinking 256
      • showing in Outline mode 45
      • updating 255
      • viewing information for 255
    • linking
      • Links panel 254
      • type objects 295
    • links
      • viewing metadata 255
    • liquify tools 226
    • Live Color dialog box
      • about 112
      • assigning colors 117
      • creating color 114
      • creating color groups 110
      • editing colors 115
      • opening 114
      • reducing colors 122
      • selecting colors 99
      • unlinking colors 117
      • using Color Picker 117
    • live effects. See effects
    • Live Paint
      • about 151, 158
      • adding to group 163
      • converting objects to 81, 160
      • creating groups 160
      • expanding and releasing groups 160
      • limitations 159
      • Live Paint Bucket tool 28
      • Live Paint Selection tool 25, 28, 193, 200
      • painting with 163, 164
      • selecting faces and edges 200
    • LiveDocs 2
    • Load Actions command 439
    • loading
      • color tables 394
      • output settings 397
    • Lock All Layers command 215
    • Lock Guides command 48
    • Lock/Unlock Selected Colors command 393
    • locking objects 215
    • lpi (lines per inch) 402
    • Luminosity blending mode 181
  • M
    • Macromedia FreeHand, importing paths from 234
    • Magic Wand tool 25, 193, 197
    • magnifying artwork 43
    • Make (Blend) command 241
    • Make (Clipping Mask) command 238
    • Make (Compound Path) command 234
    • Make (Envelope) commands 227
    • Make (Slice) command 372
    • Make Guides command 48
    • Make Text Wrap command 297
    • Manage Workspaces command 22
    • mapping 3D objects 251
    • mapping colors to transparency 393
    • Marker command (graphs) 459
    • marker designs. See graph designs
    • masks
      • clipping 237
      • opacity 175, 177
      • splitting 411
    • mathematical operations in text boxes 16
    • Maximized Screen mode 16
    • Measure tool 28, 49
    • Merge (Pathfinder) effect 232
    • merging
      • layers 214
      • shapes. See compound shapes
      • swatches 108
    • mesh grid envelopes 226
    • meshes
      • about 182, 184
      • creating 185
      • editing 185
      • Mesh tool 185
      • in SWF (Flash) files 379
    • metadata
      • about 287
      • viewing 255
    • Mezzotint command 359
    • Microsoft
      • importing text from 291
      • saving files for 269
      • Visual Basic 441
    • Minus Back (Pathfinder) effect 231
    • misregistration of inks 426
    • mistakes, undoing 51
    • miter options 155
    • Mobile new document profile 33
    • modal controls, in actions 436
    • Mojikumi 339
    • mojikumi 337, 338
    • monitor profiles 141, 142, 143
    • monitors, color gamut of 96
    • monotones, imported from PDF files 260
    • Move command 204
    • moving objects
      • aligning and distributing 205
      • methods for 203
      • Smart Guides 48
      • to a different layer 213
    • multinational language features 291
    • Multiple Master fonts 304
    • multiple pages, creating PDF with 277
    • Multiply blending mode 180
  • N
    • navigation shortcuts 4
    • Navigator panel 44
    • negative film 405
    • Neon Glow command 357
    • nested groups 201
    • New Action command 434
    • New Color command 391
    • new document profiles 33
    • New View command 45
    • Next Object (Select) commands 201
    • No Break command 325
    • noise
      • dither 389
    • None button, for fills and strokes 152
    • None swatch, for fills and strokes 102
    • non-native art 260
    • nonprintable area 41
    • nonprinting characters 319
    • nonrecordable tasks, in actions 435
    • Normal blending mode 180
    • Note Paper command 360
    • NTSC Colors command 362
    • nudging anchor points and path segments 71
    • numbers, formatting 312
  • O
    • Object (Select) commands 201
    • objects
      • 3D. See 3D objects
      • aligning and distributing 205, 206
      • combining 229, 234
      • creating layers from 213
      • cutting or dividing 235
      • default attributes 347
      • deleting 216
      • duplicating 217
      • expanding 202
      • hiding 215
      • locking and unlocking 215
      • masking 237
      • moving 47, 48, 203, 205
      • offsetting 355
      • organizing with layers 211
      • rasterizing 365
      • reflecting 209
      • reshaping 226, 243
      • rotating 206
      • scaling 222
      • selecting 193
      • shearing 224
      • Smart Guides 48
      • stacking order of 216
      • viewing 211
      • warping 243
    • Ocean Ripple command 359
    • offset objects, creating 355
    • Offset Path command 219
    • oldstyle figures 312
    • online resources 7
    • line graphs
      • See also transparency
    • opacity
      • Opacity (Select Same) command 174, 201
      • opacity masks 175
    • Open command
      • Adobe Photoshop files 262
      • DCS files 261
      • EPS files 260
      • PDF files 259
    • open passwords, in PDFs 286
    • open paths
      • about 52
      • creating, with Pen tool 68
      • creating, with Pencil tool 61
    • OpenType fonts
      • about 303
      • Asian type options 333
      • fractions and ordinals 313
      • ligatures and contextual alternates 318
      • number styles 312
      • OpenType panel 317
      • previewing 304
      • swashes 319
    • optical margin alignment 323
    • Optimize palette
      • specifying transparency dithering in 389
    • optimizing
      • GIF and PNG-8 files 387
      • JPEG files 386
      • SWF (Flash) files 395
    • optimizing web graphics
      • basic procedure for 383
      • compressing to specific file size 384
      • file formats for 386
      • generating CSS layers 385
      • previewing results 386
      • saving presets 384
      • SVG options 396
      • using Color Table panel for slices 391
    • ordinals 313
    • Other Layers (Hide) command 215
    • Other Layers (Lock) command 215
    • Other Library command 109
    • out ports 295
    • Outer Glow effect 363
    • Outline (Pathfinder) effect 232
    • Outline Object effect 312
    • Outline Stroke command 156
    • outlines, viewing 45
    • outlining shapes
      • Outline mode 45
      • paths 230
      • reshaping tools 29
    • out-of-gamut colors
      • about 96
      • shifting 124
    • output device profiles 139, 141, 143
    • Output Settings dialog box
      • HTML output options in 398
      • setting options in 397
    • overflow text 289, 295
    • Overlay blending mode 180
    • Overprint Preview command 425
    • overprinting
      • black 424, 425
      • discarding 425
      • fills 425
      • in PDF files 285
      • previewing 46, 425
      • simulating 425
      • trapping by 429, 430
    • oversized documents, printing 408
    • Oversized Pages, PDF preset 278
  • P
    • page information, printing and 408
    • Page tool 33, 406
    • pages
      • adding 42
      • size 407
      • viewing edges of 41
    • Paint Daubs command 357
    • Paintbrush tool 28, 168
    • painting
      • See also colors, fills, Live Paint, strokes
      • about 151
      • tools for 28
    • painting order. See stacking order
    • Palette Knife command 357
    • palettes
      • See also panels
      • about 14
    • panel menu, displaying 15
    • panels
      • See also palettes
      • about 14
      • calculating values in 17
      • collapsing to icons 21
      • docking 18
      • entering values
      • grouping 19
      • moving 19
      • showing and hiding 15
      • stacking 20
    • PANTONE color system 102
    • paper stretch, during printing 427
    • paragraph styles 329, 330
    • Paragraph Styles panel
      • about 329
    • paragraphs
      • hyphenation 324, 325
      • indenting 321
      • Paragraph panel 319
      • spacing between 322
      • styles for 329, 330
      • word and letter spacing 321
    • passwords, in PDFs 286
    • Patchwork command 361
    • Path Eraser tool 75
    • path segments
      • nudging 71
    • Path Type tool 28
    • Pathfinder effects
      • about 230
      • applying 231
      • options for 230
      • Pathfinder panel 229
      • summary of 231
    • paths
      • See also anchor points, lines, shapes, clipping paths
      • about 52
      • adding to 62
      • adjusting angle and length 69
      • adjusting segments 69
      • brushed 168
      • closing 64, 66, 68
      • combining 70
      • compound 229, 234
      • connecting 62, 70
      • copying 68
      • copying segment of 68
      • copying to and from Photoshop 218, 263
      • curved segments 53, 66
      • deleting 70
      • direction lines and points on 54
      • drawing, with Pen tool 63, 64, 66
      • drawing, with Pencil tool 61, 62
      • joining and splitting 77, 411
      • leaving open 68
      • moving 69
      • reshaping 52, 62, 69
      • selecting 68
      • self-intersecting 235
      • smoothing and simplifying 72
      • splitting 77
      • straight segments 53, 66
      • SVG file format and 376
      • viewing without fills and strokes 45
      • wavy and Zig Zag 243
    • pattern dither 389
    • patterns
      • about 187
      • and blended objects 240
      • applying to objects 153
      • bounding box for 187
      • brushes 166, 172
      • corner tiles 191
      • creating 187, 188
      • expanding 202
      • irregular 189
      • modifying 192
      • preferences 221
      • rotating 204, 207
      • scaling 223
      • seamless 188
      • shearing 225
      • swatches for 102
      • SWF (Flash) files and 379
      • tiling 187
      • transforming 221
    • PDF conversion settings 278
    • PDF files
      • bleed 284
      • compared to other formats 264
      • compliance with PDF/X standard 281
      • compression 282
      • downsampling 282
      • flattening transparency 285
      • importing 259
      • non-native art in 260
      • overprinting 285
      • placement options 259
      • presets 279
      • saving, general 277
      • saving, with layers 277
      • saving, with multiple pages 277
      • transparency in 418
    • PDF presets
      • about 278
      • creating 278
    • PDF version capabilities 281
    • PDF/X-compliant files
      • color management considerations 140
      • creating 278
      • options 284
      • standards 281
    • PDFs
      • color management considerations 136, 140
      • compatibility levels 281
      • exporting 276
      • security 286
      • transparency in 417
    • Pen tool
      • about 26
      • drawing curves 64, 67
      • drawing curves and lines 66
      • drawing straight lines 63
      • measuring coordinates with 50
      • switching to Add or Delete Anchor Point tool 72
    • Pencil tool
      • about 61
      • adding to paths 62
      • connecting paths 62
      • drawing with 61, 62
      • options for 63
      • reshaping paths 62
    • performance, improving 353
    • permissions passwords
      • in PDFs 286
    • Persistent command 103
    • Photocopy command 360
    • Photoshop. See Adobe Photoshop
    • picas 47
    • PICT file format 270
      • See also exporting artwork
    • PICT files
      • flattening 417
    • picture clippings, dragging to desktop 218
    • pie graphs
      • See also graph designs, graphs
      • about 31
      • entering data for 450
      • formatting 454
    • Pixel Preview mode 46, 370
    • Pixelate effects and filters 359
    • pixels
      • about 258
    • Place command
      • about 253
      • Adobe Photoshop files 262
      • DCS files 261
      • EPS files 260
      • PDF files 259
    • Plaster command 360
    • Plastic Wrap command 357
    • Playback Options command 437
    • plug-ins 7, 50
      • in Adobe Store 10
    • PNG file formats 275
      • See also Illustrator Help
    • PNG-24 file format
      • optimization options 394
    • PNG-8 file format
      • optimization options 387
    • point size 304
    • point type 289, 290
    • pointer 25
    • Pointillize command 359
    • points
      • measuring distance between 49
      • as a unit of measurement 47
    • points on a path
      • types of 53
    • Polar Grid tool 26, 59
    • Polygon tool 26, 57
    • Portable Document Format (PDF). See PDF files
    • portrait (vertical) page orientation 407
    • positive film 405
    • postcard templates 36
    • Poster Edges command 357
    • PostScript file format 266
    • PPD files
      • about 410
      • for imagesetters 403
      • and page size 407
      • selecting in Mac OS 411
    • preferences
      • See also specific preferences categories
      • about 50
      • anchor point 55
      • direction points and lines 55
      • restoring 50
      • selection 194, 198
    • presets
      • See also libraries
      • for converting files 278
      • flattening 422
      • PDF 279
      • PDF export 278
      • printer 430
      • tracing 81
      • transparency flattener 420
    • press bleed 409
    • Press Quality, PDF presets 279
    • previewing
      • artwork in output medium 46
      • colors. See soft-proofing
      • EPS files 261
      • Preview command 45
    • print bounding box 38
    • Print command 401
    • Print new document profile 33
    • printable area 41
    • printable colors 124
    • printer resolution 402, 403
    • printer styles 430
    • printer’s marks 408
    • printer-resident fonts 412
    • printing
      • See also color separations
      • as bitmap 424
      • bleed 409
      • color blends 414
      • color management considerations 139
      • composites 401
      • continuous-tone images 403
      • curves 411
      • effects and filters 353
      • embedded EPS images 261
      • file and error information 288
      • gradients 183, 414
      • limit-check error 411
      • making artwork nonprintable 401
      • multiple pages 42
      • objects on all plates 406
      • on multiple pages 406
      • oversized documents 408
      • PostScript level 412
      • transparent artwork 417
    • process colors
      • See also color matching systems
      • about 97, 98, 403
      • and blended objects 240
      • color management considerations 133
      • creating swatches for 102, 105
      • global 102
      • tints 107
      • tips for using 98
      • using with spot colors 98
    • Proof Setup command 137
    • Proximity language dictionaries 302
    • proxy view area 44
    • Pucker & Bloat effect 243
    • Pucker tool 29
    • punctuation
      • hanging 323
      • smart 313
  • Q
    • Q (unit) 47
    • quotation marks
      • curly or straight 310
      • smart 313
  • R
    • radar graphs
      • See also graph designs, graphs
      • about 31
      • entering data for 450
    • Radial Blur command 358
    • raster images. See bitmap images
    • rasterization
      • improving performance 353
      • of artwork during printing 424
      • of type 310
      • of vector graphics 365
      • previewing 370
      • raster effects 352
    • read me file 2
    • recent files, opening 36
    • Recolor Artwork command 121
    • Recolor Artwork With Preset command 122, 123
    • recording
      • inserting stops in 436
    • rectangles, drawing 56
    • rectangular grids 59
    • reducing colors in artwork 122
    • reference point, for rotating 206
    • reflecting
      • objects 29, 209
      • type 300
    • registration
      • color 102, 406
      • marks 408
    • registration of software 1
    • Release (Blend) command 243
    • Release (Clipping Mask) command 239
    • Release (Compound Path) command 235
    • Release (Crop Area) command 39
    • Release (Envelope) command 228
    • Release (Slice) command 374
    • Release Compound Shape command 233
    • Release Guides command 48
    • Release Selection (Threaded Text) command 296
    • Release Text Wrap command 297
    • Release To Layers command 213
    • relinking files 256
    • Remove Threading (Threaded Text) command 296
    • rendering intents 149
    • Replace Actions command 439
    • Replace Spine command 242
    • requirements, system 1
    • Reselect command 157, 201
    • Reset Actions command 439
    • Reset Bounding Box command 221
    • Reshape tool 29, 71
    • reshaping objects. See distorting objects, transforming
    • resizing objects. See scaling objects
    • resolution
      • of images generated by effects 352
      • of printer 402
      • of web graphics 370
    • Reticulation command 360
    • Reverse Spine command 242
    • reversing paths 235
    • Revert command 51
    • revolving objects 246
    • RGB
      • about 93
      • changing to CMYK 95
    • RGB color space, Adobe 146
    • Rich Content PDF setting 279
    • right reading. See emulsion
    • RIP (raster image processor) 405
    • roman hanging punctuation 323
    • rotating
      • patterns 204, 207
      • symbols 90
      • type 300, 301
    • rotating objects
      • 3D 246
      • about 206
      • with bounding box 207
      • Free Transform tool 207
      • Rotate command 207
      • Rotate tool 29, 207
      • by specific angle 207
      • three-dimensional 250
      • Transform Each command 208
      • Transform panel 208
    • rotating x and y axes of documents 208
    • Rough Pastels command 358, 362
    • Roughen effect 243
    • Round Corners effect 244
    • round joins 155
    • Rounded Rectangle tool 26, 56
    • rows of text, creating 294
    • RTF file format 291
    • rulers 46, 47
  • S
    • saturation
      • about 95
      • blending mode 180
      • Saturate filter 126
    • Save Actions command 438
    • Save Current command 22
    • Save For Microsoft Office command 269
    • Save For Web dialog box
      • about 381
      • Color Table panel in 391
      • Image Size panel in 385
      • resizing images in 385
      • viewing annotations in 383
      • working with slices in 384
    • Save Selection command 201
    • Save Workspace command 22
    • saving
      • color tables 394
      • transparent artwork 417
    • saving artwork
      • See also exporting artwork
      • about 264
      • EPS format 265
      • Illustrator (AI) format 264
      • SVG and SVGZ format 266
    • scaling
      • documents when printing 408
      • objects 29, 222
      • symbols 89
      • type 300
    • Scallop tool 29
    • scanners, color gamut of 96
    • scatter brushes 166, 171
    • scatter graphs 449
    • Scissors tool 32, 77
    • scratch area 41
    • screen blending mode 180
    • screen frequency
      • about 402
      • changing 403
      • for gradients, meshes, and blends 415
    • screen modes 16
    • Scribble effect 364
    • scripts
      • about 51, 441
      • in SVG files 377
      • using 441
    • security, PDF files 286
    • segments, path 52
    • Select Again command 157
    • Select All command 201
    • Select Same command 201
    • selecting
      • anchor points 68
      • colors 99
      • paths 68
    • selecting objects
      • about 193
      • by characteristic 201
      • by face or edge 200
      • by fill or path 198
      • in groups 198, 199, 200
      • Lasso tool 196
      • Layers panel 196
      • Magic Wand tool 197
      • next in stacking order 201
      • by opacity 174
      • preferences 194
      • Selection tool 25, 193, 196, 198, 199
      • by tint 157
    • selections, saving 201
    • Send Backward command 217
    • Send To Back command 217
    • Send To Current Layer command 213
    • separations. See color separations
    • shading 3D objects 245, 246, 250
    • shapes
      • arcs 58
      • blending 182
      • compound 229, 232
      • drawing, with Pen tool 63
      • drawing, with Pencil tool 62
      • ellipses 57
      • grids 59
      • polygons 57
      • rectangles 56
      • spirals 58
      • stars 57
    • Sharpen effects and filters 356, 360
    • shearing objects
      • methods for 224
      • repeating 220
      • Shear tool 29, 224
      • Transform panel 225
    • shearing type 300
    • Show All command 216
    • showing and hiding
      • artboard 41
      • artwork 215
      • bounding box 221
      • gridlines 47
      • hidden characters 319
      • layers 215
      • objects 215, 442, 444
      • objects, using variables 442
      • rulers 46
      • slices 375
      • Smart Guides 49
      • tool tips 25
      • unselected artwork 462
    • sidecar files 287
    • Simplify command 73
    • Simulate Ink Black option 138
    • Simulate Paper White option 138
    • simulating colored paper 42
    • Single-line Composer 325
    • Sketch effects and filters 356, 360
    • skewing. See shearing objects
    • slanting. See shearing objects
    • slices
      • about 371
      • compared to image maps 375
      • deleting and releasing 374
      • options for 373
      • saving in SVG format 268
      • showing and hiding 375
      • Slice Selection tool 32
      • Slice tool 32, 372
      • viewing 372
      • working with in Save For Web 384
    • small caps 309
    • Smallest File Size PDF setting 279
    • Smart Guides 48, 49
    • Smart Guides & Slices preferences 49
    • Smart Punctuation command 313
    • Smooth tool 26, 72
    • Smudge Stick command 358
    • Snap To Pixel command 371
    • Snap To Point command 203
    • snapping 47, 48, 49
    • Soft Light blending mode 180
    • Soft Mix effect 127
    • soft return 467
    • soft-proofing 46
      • about 137
      • in Acrobat 138
      • in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign 137
    • software
      • activation 1
      • registration 1
    • software downloads 10
    • Sort By Hue command 391
    • Sort By Luminance command 391
    • Sort By Popularity command 391
    • spacer cells 399
    • spacing
      • between objects 219, 355
      • between words and letters 321
      • type around curves 299
    • Spatter command 359
    • special characters
      • about 316
      • Asian 333
      • highlighting 318
      • in OpenType fonts 303
      • inserting using Glyphs panel 318
      • ligatures and contextual alternates 318
      • numbers 312, 313
      • OpenType panel 317
      • swashes 319
    • spell-checking
      • about 301
    • spine, in blended objects 242
    • spinning. See Twist effect
    • spirals, drawing 58
    • Split Into Grid command 235, 236
    • splitting paths
      • to print complex shapes 411
      • with the Scissors tool 77
    • Sponge command 358
    • spot colors
      • about 97, 403
      • in blended objects 240
      • color management considerations 133
      • creating swatches for 105
      • displaying Lab values 106
      • in gradients 183
      • problems exporting 97
      • in Swatches panel 102
      • tints 107
      • using with process colors 98
    • Sprayed Strokes command 359
    • spread trap 426
    • sRGB color space 136, 147
    • stacking order
      • adding objects to 216
      • changing 217
      • layers and 211
    • Stained Glass command 361
    • Stamp command 361
    • Standard Screen mode 16
    • Star tool 26, 57
    • static text 331
    • status bar 16
    • stops, inserting in recordings 436
    • straight quotes 310, 313
    • Stray Points command 72
    • strokes
      • about 151, 152
      • applying 155, 157
      • as appearance attributes 346
      • color, selecting objects by 197, 201
      • controls for 152
      • converting to objects 202
      • converting to outlines 156
      • hiding 45
      • removing 156
      • scaling 222
      • Stroke Color (Select Same) command 157
      • Stroke command 428
      • Stroke panel 154
      • Stroke Weight (Select Same) command 157, 201
      • switching with fill color 152
      • unit of measurement for 47
    • Style (Select Same) command 201
    • styles. See graphic styles, paragraphs, characters
    • Stylize effects and filters 356, 361
    • sublayers. See layers
    • subscript type 311
    • Subtract (Pathfinder) effect 231
    • subtractive colors 94
    • Sumi-e command 359
    • superscript type 311
    • SVG (scalable vector graphics)
      • about 375
      • compared to other formats 264
      • effects 376, 377
      • events 377
      • Save As command 266
      • Save For Web command 396
      • scripting 377
      • variables in 444, 446
    • swashes, in type 319
    • swatches
      • about 102
      • color groups 102, 104, 108
      • deleting 108
      • display and output of spot colors 106
      • duplicating 107
      • gradient 107
      • importing 108, 109
      • libraries 102, 109, 110
      • merging 108
      • options for 106
      • process 105
      • replacing 108
      • saving from Color Guide panel 112
      • spot 105
      • Swatches panel 99, 103
    • SWF files
      • exporting from Illustrator 380
    • SWF files. See Flash graphics
    • SWF format
      • about 395
    • Symbol Instance (Select Same) command 201
    • Symbol Shifter tool 89
    • Symbol Sizer tool 90
    • Symbol Sprayer tool 88, 89
    • Symbol Styler tool 91
    • symbol workflow 381
    • symbols
      • 9-slice scaling 84
      • about 82
      • and blended objects 240
      • applying graphic styles to 91
      • as 3D object surface 251
      • changing color of 90
      • creating 84
      • editing 86
      • expanding 85, 202
      • importing from another document 87
      • in Flash animations 378
      • isolation mode 86, 194
      • libraries 87
      • placing 83, 88
      • sets 88
      • sets of 88, 89
      • SVG file format and 376
      • symbolism tools 91
      • Symbols panel 83, 87
      • using with Flash 82
      • working with symbol instances 85
    • system requirements 1
  • T
    • tabs
      • adding leaders 328
      • decimal 328
      • moving tab stops 327
      • setting tab stops 327
      • showing and hiding 319
      • Tabs panel 326
      • using tab stops 327, 328
    • Targa file format 270
      • See also exporting artwork
    • targeting 348
    • tate-chu-yoko 335
    • template layers 78
    • templates
      • about 36
      • creating 36
      • for data-driven graphics 441, 446
    • text
      • importing from Illustrator into Flash 381
    • text boxes, units of measurement 47
    • text formatting
      • See also fonts, character styles, paragraph styles
      • Roman or plain 303
    • Text String variables 442, 444
    • text threads, showing and hiding 295
    • text, in slices 373
    • Texture effects and filters 361
    • Texturizer command 361
    • threaded text frames 295
    • three-dimensional objects. See 3D objects
    • thumbnails
      • in EPS files 266
      • in PDF files 282
    • tick values and marks, for graphs 452
    • TIFF file format 270
      • See also exporting artwork
    • tiling 42, 45, 406
    • Tint Reduction value 428
    • tints 102, 107
    • titling characters, in type 319
    • tools
      • changing pointers 25
      • selecting 25
      • tool tips 25
      • Tools panel 23
    • Tools panel, configuring 16
    • Top-to-top leading 334
    • Torn Edges command 361
    • TOYO color system 102
    • tracing artwork
      • adjusting tracing results 80
      • converting tracing objects 81
      • displaying tracing objects 80
      • methods 77
      • options 78, 79
      • presets 80
      • releasing tracing objects 82
      • specifying colors 80
      • tracing object, about 80
    • tracking 315, 316
    • transforming objects
      • about 220
      • distorting 225
      • moving 203, 204
      • patterns 221
      • reflecting 210
      • rotating 207
      • scaling 222
      • shearing 224
      • Transform effect 243
      • Transform panel 220
      • with Smart Guides 48
    • transparency
      • See also flattening
      • about 173
      • adding to symbols 90
      • applying 174
      • as appearance attributes 346
      • creating knockout groups 175
      • dithering 389
      • file formats that preserve 418
      • flattener presets 420
      • flattening for output 417
      • masks 175, 177
      • saving 265, 266
      • selecting objects with same 174, 197
      • Transparency panel 173
      • using to shape a knockout 178
      • in web graphics 390
    • Transparency Flattener Presets command 423
    • trapping
      • about 426
      • creating traps 428
      • lines 429
    • Trim (Pathfinder) effect 232
    • trim marks 408
    • trimming objects 235
    • tritones, imported from PDF files 260
    • TrueType fonts 304
    • Trumatch color system 102
    • tryouts 10
    • Tweak effect 243
    • Twirl tool 29
    • Twist effect 243
    • type
      • Dynamic text 331
      • importing and exporting 331
      • strikethrough 309
      • style of 303
      • tagging for Flash 331
      • threading between objects 295
      • units of measurement for 47
    • Type 1 fonts 304
    • type blocks. See area type
    • type on paths
      • about 289
      • creating 291
      • effects for 298
      • flipping and moving text on 297
      • spacing around curves 299
      • vertical alignment 299
    • Type preferences
      • Baseline Shift 467
      • Number Of Recent Fonts 304
      • Show Asian Options 333
      • Size/Leading 467
      • Tracking 467
      • Type Object Selection By Path Only 306
    • Type tool 28, 290, 291
    • type, Asian
      • aki 335
      • aligning characters 337
      • burasagari 340
      • composite fonts 341, 343, 344
      • glyphs 333
      • kinsoku sets 339, 340
      • kurikaeshi moji shori 341
      • leading 334
      • line-breaking options 340
      • mojikumi sets 337, 338, 339
      • mojisoroe 337
      • OpenType fonts 333
      • rotating half-width characters 334
      • showing options for 333
      • tate-chu-yoko 335
      • Unicode support 302
      • warichu 336
    • type, creating 28, 290, 291
    • type, editing
      • anti-aliasing options 310
      • assigning a language 302
      • changing capitalization 309
      • converting to outlines 312
      • finding and replacing text 307
      • flipping text across paths 297
      • hyphenation 324, 325
      • punctuation 310, 313, 324
      • resizing a text area 292
      • showing hidden characters 319
      • spell-checking 301
      • transforming type 300
      • Unicode support 302
      • updating type from AI 10 and earlier 344, 345
    • type, formatting
      • See also character styles, paragraph styles, tabs
      • all caps and small caps 309
      • area type options 293, 294
      • baseline shift 314
      • Character panel 308
      • color 307
      • composition methods 325
      • fonts 304
      • fractional character widths 316
      • fractions and ordinals 313
      • graphic styles 307, 368
      • hanging punctuation 323
      • indenting 321
      • kerning and tracking 315, 316
      • leading 314
      • ligatures and contextual alternates 318
      • missing fonts 305
      • numbers 312
      • OpenType fonts 303
      • OpenType panel 317
      • Paragraph panel 319
      • paragraph spacing 322
      • scaling 300
      • size 304
      • spacing between words 321
      • special characters 316
      • strikethrough 309
      • superscript and subscript 311
      • swashes 319
      • transforming 300, 301
      • type on a path options 298, 299
      • underlining 309
      • wrapping around objects 296
    • type, importing and exporting 274, 291, 379
    • type, selecting 306
    • typeface. See fonts
    • typographer’s quotes 310
  • U
    • underlining type 309
    • Underpainting command 358
    • undoing and redoing changes 16, 51
    • Ungroup command 202
    • Unicode 291, 302
    • Units & Display Performance preferences 44, 47, 444
    • units of measurement 47
    • unlocking objects 215
    • Unsharp Mask command 360
    • Unshift All Colors command 393
    • unwrapping text from around objects 297
    • Update Legacy Text commands 344
    • updates 10
    • URLs, assigning to object 375
    • Use Adobe Dialog option 37
  • V
    • value axis, for graphs 451
    • variables
      • about 441
      • changing associated data 444
      • creating 442
      • creating data sets 444
      • deleting 443
      • editing 443
      • importing and exporting 445
      • saving in SVG format 268
      • Variables panel 442
      • viewing XML IDs 444
    • vector graphics
      • about 52
      • converting to bitmap 365
      • previewing rasterization of 370
      • SWF (Flash) file format 395
    • Version Cue. See Adobe Version Cue
    • vertical (portrait) page orientation 407
    • Vertical Area Type tool 28, 290
    • Vertical Path Type tool 28
    • Vertical Type On A Path tool 291
    • Vertical Type tool 28, 290, 291
    • vertical type, converting to horizontal 301
    • Video And Film new document profile 33
    • Video effects and filters 362
    • Video Workshop 5
    • views
      • creating 45
      • view area, moving 44
    • Visibility variables 442, 444
  • W
    • warichu 336
    • warping objects
      • envelopes 227
      • Warp effect 243
      • Warp tool 226
    • Water Paper command 361
    • Watercolor command 358
    • wavy lines, creating 243
    • WBMP file format
      • See web graphics
    • web documents, presets for 33
    • web file formats
      • GIF and PNG-8 387
      • JPEG 386
      • PNG-24 394
    • web graphics
      • See also specific file formats
      • color management considerations 136
      • colors in 124
      • designing 370
      • file formats, compared 386
      • generating CSS layers 385
      • image maps 375
      • output settings 399, 400
      • previewing 386
      • previewing rasterization 370
      • slices 371
    • web graphics, color management considerations 136
    • Web Shift/Unshift Selected Colors command 392
    • web tables. See slices
    • web-safe colors
      • about 370, 388
      • alert triangle 106
      • color groups 116
      • shifting to 124
      • Web Safe RGB mode 94
    • website templates 36
    • Welcome screen, using 34
    • windows, creating multiple 45
    • WMF file format 270
      • See also exporting artwork
    • WMF files
      • flattening 417
    • WMMP optimization options 394
    • word breaks, preventing 325
    • word spacing 321
    • work area
      • about 14
    • workflows, cross-product 218
    • working spaces, color 146
    • workspaces
      • customizing 22
      • duplicating 22
      • renaming 22
    • wrapping text around objects 296, 297
    • Wrinkle tool 29
  • X
    • x and y axes, rotating 208
    • x and y coordinates 50
    • XHTML-compliant web pages 398
    • XML
      • about 375
      • importing and exporting variables 445
      • SVG effects and 376
      • XML ID preference 444
    • XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) 287
    • XMP Software Development Kit 288
  • Y
    • YakumonoHankaku mojikumi set 338
    • YakumonoZenkaku mojikumi set 338
  • Z
    • zero origin (rulers) 46
    • Zig Zag effect 243
    • zoom level, displayed in status bar 16
    • Zoom tool 33, 43