Illustrator CS2 Killer Tips

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calculations

Calligraphic Brush Options dialog 2ndcentering     guides     locating true center     objects

     points, showing or hiding

Change Case command (Type menu)

Character command (Type menu)

Character Rotation field (Character palette)

Character Styles command (Window menu)

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circles

     blending shapes

     targets

     typing text on

Clean Up command (Object menu)

Clipping Mask command (Object menu) 2nd

clipping, saving EPS file

cloning, scaling object CMYK mode, switching to RGB mode

collapsed palettes

Collect in New Layer command

collections, artists

Color palette 2nd 3rd 4th Color Picker Color Settings command (Edit menu)

Color Settings dialogcolors     apply sampled     boxes

     changing opposite of active     complementary     customizing     defaults, fill and stroke     dragging from computer     fading     fills

     global

     grabbing 2nd     gradients         brushes

         expanding

         global color

         one-color

         stops     grayscale

     inverse     Live Paint Bucket tool

     loading settings in Photoshop     mode changes in Color palette     none     pantone     paper simulation

     Preview Bounds

     printer test page

     same again

     selecting from swatches

     slider adjustment

     spots

     strokes

         changes

         multiple

     swapping fills and strokes

    swatches

         replacement

         saving libraries

     text     View Box

Colors command (Filter menu)

Column command (Object menu)

commands

    Edit menu         Color Settings         Copy

         Keyboard Shortcuts         Paste    Effect menu         3D

         Artistic         Brush Strokes         Convert to Shape         Distort & Transform 2nd         Effect Gallery         Stylize         Transform

    File menu

         Export 2nd         File Info         New From Template

         Place 2nd 3rd

         Print

         Save As Template

         Save for Web    Filter menu

         Colors         Distort

         Stylize     Help menu, About Illustrator     Illustrator menu, Preferences     Image menu, Adjustments    Object menu

         Arrange

         Blend

         Clipping Mask 2nd

         Crop Area

         Envelope Distort 2nd

         Expand 2nd 3rd

         Flatten Transparency

         Graph

         Live Trace

         Path 2nd 3rd 4th

         Rasterize

         Text Wrap 2nd

    Select menu

         All         Deselect

         Next Object Above

         Next Object Below

         Same

         Save Selection     Show menu, Number of Undos    Type menu

         Change Case         Create Outlines 2nd         Font         Paragraph Style

         Recent Fonts         Smart Punctuation         Tabs         Threaded Text    View menu         Guides 2nd         Hide Artboard

         Hide Page Tiling

         New View         Show Grid         Show Page Tiling

         Show Rulers

         Show Transparency Grid

         Simulate Colored Paper

         Snap to Point    Window menu

         Actions 2nd         Align 2nd 3rd

         Appearance         Attributes         Brushes         Document Info         Gradient

         Graphic Styles

         Layers 2nd

         Navigator

         Stroke 2nd

         Swatch Libraries

         Swatches 2nd

         Symbols 2nd

         Transform

         Transparency

         Type 2nd

         Workspace

complementary colors

content

Control palette Convert to Grayscale command (Filter menu)

Convert to Shape command (Effect menu)

converted PSD files

Copy command (Edit menu)

corners, round joins Creamer, David Create New Action icon 2nd

Create New Layer icon 2nd Create Outlines command (Type menu) 2nd Credits Crop Area command (Object menu)

crop marks, creating Current Tool cursors, tools curves, drawing custom brushes