How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS

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gap settings, 48

Gaussian blur, 258

general preferences, 3435

GIF format, 7, 252, 318321

glow effects, 187

glyphs, 117120, 324. See also symbols

Glyphs command, 117, 119120

Glyphs palette, 117120

GoLive, 7, 325

gradient angles, 216217

gradient meshes, 198, 202204

Gradient palette, 212218

Gradient swatch, 27

Gradient tool, 14, 217

gradient transitions, 214

gradients. See also fills

assigning, 215

banding, 214

color in, 215218

creating, 214218

custom blends, 215218

described, 214

linear, 214216

monitor resolution and, 214

multicolor, 217218

opacity masks and, 225

paths and, 214

pre-set , 214215

radial, 214215

resolution, 229

strokes and, 214

swatches, 214215, 218

text, 173, 175176

two-color, 215217

Graph tools, 2325

graphic style libraries, 285286

Graphic Styles palette, 285286

graphics. See also artwork; illustrations; images

resolution, 186

styles, 284291

vector. See vector graphics

web. See web graphics

wrapping text around, 139140

graphics tablet, 243

Gravity effect, 145

grayscale, 213

Grayscale palette, 213

grid lines, 40, 156, 203

grids

changing from lines to dots, 156

color, 156

data, 2425

described, 37

drawing, 6466

hiding, 156

preferences, 37

showing, 156

snapping to, 156

spacing, 156

swatches and, 239

units of measurement, 156

viewing, 40

warping, 6566

Group command, 99, 154

Group Selection tool, 20, 99, 150151, 154

groups

applying styles to, 286

applying transparency to, 221222

blending between, 170

clipping masks and, 173

keyboard shortcuts for, 154

multiple levels, 100, 155

objects, 81, 99, 154155

selecting, 154

selecting objects within, 99100, 151

splitting, 81

ungrouping, 81, 100, 154155

guides. See also Smart Guides

aligning with, 155156

creating, 4041

creating slices from, 326

custom, 41

deleting, 41, 155

described, 37

hiding, 41

locked, 41, 155

moving, 41, 155

nonprinting, 155

preferences, 3738

selecting, 41

unlocked, 155

gutter width, 143