How to Do Everything with Adobe Illustrator CS

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padding, 144

Page tool, 20

PageMaker, 7

pages. See also documents

navigating, 4142

orientation to, 163164

size , 3032

Paint Bucket tool

applying fill colors, 211

applying stroke colors, 211

assigning fill colors, 69

assigning gradients, 215

assigning stroke colors, 69

described, 1920

Paint Shop Pro, 250

Paintbrush tool, 13, 6667. See also brushes

palettes

Actions, 291295

Align, 156158

Appearance, 181, 222, 289

Attributes, 322

Brushes, 6667, 233, 240250

Character, 122126

Character Styles, 131132

closing, 1011

CMYK, 212213

Color . See Color palette

described, 8

displaying, 8

docking, 11

Glyphs, 117120

Gradient, 212218

Graphic Styles, 285286

Grayscale, 213

HSB, 213, 225

Info, 155

Layers, 269282

Links, 4950

Navigator, 42

Pantone, 213

Paragraph, 126128

Paragraph Styles, 132

Pathfinder, 7681

RGB, 212213

showing, 1011

Stroke, 68

Styles, 181

Swatches. See Swatches palette

Symbols, 296298

Tabs, 129130

Transparency, 221226, 280

Web-safe RGB, 34, 213

working with, 1011

Pantone color system, 313

Pantone palettes, 213

Pantone Process colors, 213

Paragraph palette, 126128

Paragraph Styles palette, 132

paragraph symbols, 114

paragraphs

alignment, 126128

formatting, 125130, 132

indenting, 128

justified, 126128

spacing, 128

styles, 131

passwords, PDF files, 330

Paste command, 114

pasting text, 114

Path Type tool, 2021, 144

Pathfinder commands, 8082

Pathfinder effects, 81, 185186

Pathfinder palette, 7681

paths

adding segments to, 93

aligning blends to, 163164

aligning text to, 144146

arrowheads, 187

attaching text to, 144145

averaging, 9496

blends, 163164, 168169

changing direction of, 59

closed, 67, 95

curved , 85, 88

described, 6, 56, 84

distorting, 184185

effects, 81, 180181, 184185

filling with text, 142143

fills, 6

filters and, 180

generating with Pencil tool, 5960

gradients and, 214

managing with Pen tool, 9496

open , 67

orientation along, 163164

overview, 6, 56

removing sections of, 61

resizing, 59

roughening, 184

severing , 82

pattern brushes, 246249

pattern swatches, 233239

patterns

3-D object, 189190

applying, 233234

brushes, 233, 239249

creating, 234239

editing, 235

filling objects with, 233239

organizing, 235

text as, 235236

tile, 238239

PCD format, 252

PCX format, 252

PDF (Portable Document Format), 39, 252, 306, 328330

PDF files

compression, 329

exporting to, 305

options, 329330

passwords, 330

thumbnails, 306

Pen tool, 8396

adding anchor points, 9094

adding path segments, 93

adjusting anchor points, 93

adjusting points, 93

aligning points, 9496

cleaning up stray points, 96

constraining line segments, 8788

defining anchor points, 88

deleting anchor points, 9093

described, 15, 8485

deselecting , 87

displaying as crosshair cursor, 87

drawing curves, 86, 88, 90

drawing lines, 8688

drawing wave forms, 89

editing anchor points with, 88

editing curves, 86, 9294

editing with, 9294

managing paths with, 9496

modes, 94

vs. Pencil tool, 57, 84

Pencil tool

described, 2224

drawing with, 5761

editing anchor points, 60

editing with, 6062

erasing lines, 6162

fill color, 5758

generating paths, 5960

preferences, 5859

smoothing lines, 6061

stroke color, 5758

vs. Pen tool, 57, 84

performance

3-D effects and, 182, 189

liquify tools and, 206

open files and, 9

perspective, altering, 184

perspective effects, 188193

PHOTO-PAINT, 250

photographs, 250

Photoshop

bitmaps and, 250, 256

described, 45

effects in, 196

Illustrator and, 252

vs. Illustrator, 45

Photoshop files, 252

PICT format, 253, 306

Pie Graph tool, 24

PIXAR format, 253

pixelate effects/filters, 260

pixels, 5, 253254

Place command, 47

Place dialog box, 251252

placing items

artwork in documents, 47

bitmaps, 251252

files, 252

plug-ins, 3839

PNG format, 253, 307, 318319

points. See also anchor points

averaging in paths, 9496

mesh, 202204

snapping to, 156157

vanishing, 189

Polar Grid tool, 16, 64

polar grids, 6466

Polygon tool, 2122, 74

polygons, drawing, 74

Portable Document Format. See PDF

PostScript, 85

preferences, 3440

auto tracing, 3536, 4748

clipboard, 39

display performance, 37

files, 39

general, 3435

grids, 37

guides, 3738

hyphenation, 38, 125

Pencil tool, 5859

plug-ins, 3839

scratch disks, 3839

slices, 3738

Smart Guides, 3738

text, 35

undo levels, 37

units of measurement, 3637, 74

workgroup, 39

Preferences dialog box, 34

preview mode, 96

Preview view, 158, 278279

Print dialog box, 304305

printers

commercial, 303304, 307314, 330

desktop, 303305

registration marks, 330

resolution, 305

printing, 301314

background color and, 228

bitmaps and, 229

bleeds, 308

color management options, 305

color separations, 304305, 310312

colors and, 303305

crop marks, 178, 313314

to desktop printer, 303305

illustrations with transparency, 229

options, 302303

overprinting, 305, 308310

preparing files for, 307313

previewing print colors, 302303

process color separations, 310312

registration marks, 304, 308310

service bureaus, 314

setup options, 304305

spot colors and, 312313

tips for, 307312

transparency objects, 227, 229

trap colors, 308309

trim marks, 304

vectors and, 229

process colors, 310313

process printing, 311

programs, using Illustrator with, 7

project setup, 4142

projecting caps, 68

Proof Colors command, 311

Proof Setup command, 303

proofing tools, 114115

PSD format, 252253

Pucker & Bloat effect, 183184

Pucker tool, 17, 19, 205206

punctuation, 115

Punk & Bloat effect. See Pucker & Bloat effect