How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS
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language dictionary, 38
language settings, 125
languages, 38, 118120
Lasso tool, 14, 150151
Layer Options dialog box, 272273
layers , 267282
attributes, 269
building, 277
changing object display, 278279
as clipping masks, 178
color , 273
consolidating, 275276
contiguous, 276, 278
creating, 273
deleting, 274
described, 268
duplicating, 275
finding objects on, 279280
flattening, 277278
hidden, 115116, 269, 271
locked/unlocked, 115116, 269271
memory and, 277
merging, 277278
moving objects between, 276277
naming, 272
non-printing, 269
noncontiguous, 276
options, 270273
organizing work with, 274280
overview, 269273
properties, 269
selecting objects on, 281282
showing, 271
styles, 290291
sublayers , 273, 276277
targeting, 290291
thumbnails, 272
tracing, 4849
transparency of, 222, 280281
uses for, 268269
working with, 274280
Layers palette, 269282
leading, 123
letter spacing, 142
libraries
brush, 67, 241, 249250
graphic style, 285286
swatch, 212213, 249250
symbol, 296
Visibone 2, 317
Lighten blend mode, 223224
lighting, 191
line breaks, 114
line caps, 68
Line Graph tool, 24
Line Segment tools, 1516, 64
line segments, 68, 8689
linear fills, 214216
lines
constraining, 8788
dashed, 69
direction, 90
drawing, 6465, 8688
ending, 87
erasing, 6162
making less smooth, 61
smoothing, 6061
spacing, 142
straight, 6465, 8687
links
assigning to objects, 322323
bitmaps, 4546, 4950, 256
clipping objects, 174, 176
converting to embedded items, 46
default editor, 5152
editing, 51
files, 4546, 5051
fixing, 52
images, 4546
managing, 5051
missing, 52
opacity masks, 226
replacing linked images, 52
styles, 288
substituting, 46
symbols, 297
text boxes, 137138
updating, 51
vs. embedded items, 46, 252
vs. image maps, 322
vs. importing, 4546
Links palette, 4950
liquify tools, 198199, 205206
Locate Object command, 279280
Lock Guides command, 155
locked items
guides, 41, 155
layers, 115116, 269271
Lossy slider, 321
Luminosity blend mode, 223224