Draw straight lines followed by curves, Draw curves followed by straight lines – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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Complete the path by doing one of the following:
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To close the path, position the Pen tool over the first (hollow) anchor point. A small circle appears next to the Pen
tool pointer
when it is positioned correctly. Click or drag to close the path.
Note: To close a path in InDesign, you can also select the object and choose Object > Paths > Close Path.
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To leave the path open, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) anywhere away from all objects.
To leave the path open, you can also select a different tool, or choose Select > Deselect in Illustrator or Edit > Deselect
All in InDesign.
For a video on using the Pen tool in Illustrator, se
Draw straight lines followed by curves
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Using the Pen tool, click corner points in two locations to create a straight segment.
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Position the Pen tool over the selected endpoint. In Illustrator and InDesign, a convert-point icon appears next to
the Pen tool when it is positioned correctly (In Photoshop, a small diagonal line, or slash, appears next to the Pen
tool). To set the slope of the curved segment you’ll create next, click the anchor point, and drag the direction line
that appears.
Drawing a straight segment followed by a curved segment (part 1)
A. Straight segment completed B. Positioning Pen tool over endpoint (the Convert Point icon appears only in Illustrator and InDesign)
C. Dragging direction point
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Position the pen where you want the next anchor point; then click (and drag, if desired) the new anchor point to
complete the curve.
Drawing a straight segment followed by a curved segment (part 2)
A. Holding Pen tool down B. Dragging direction line C. New curve segment completed
Draw curves followed by straight lines
1
Using the Pen tool, drag to create the first smooth point of the curved segment, and release the mouse button.
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Reposition the Pen tool where you want the curved segment to end, drag to complete the curve, and release the
mouse button.
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