Illustrator CS2 Killer Tips

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tabs

     aligning     angled     delete all     evenly spaced     leaders

     moving together

     ruler line up

     style change

Tabs command (Type menu)

Tabs palette

targets, circles

templates

     creating

     layers 2nd

     metadata

     opening

test pages, printer colors

text

     adding to banners     angled margins

     attribute copying

     automatic ordinals

     baseline shift amounts

     blending     box fill color     character rotation

     clean up     colors     converting to shape     converting warped to outline

     drag-and-drop from desktop     editing         imported         path         warped     flowing multiple blocks into one    fonts

         controlling recent

         default change         locating by name         previewing

     fractions

     frames, scaling

     global case change

     gradient filled     hiding highlight

     importing     indents

     insertion point     kerning 2nd     leading     legacy update     loading from other documents

     loading styles in all documents

     make mesh

     multiple columns and rows

     override clear

    paragraphs

         converting to regular text

         selecting

     photo inside type

     point calculations

     quick formatting

     removing from path

     reset horizontal scaling

     scroll view

     selecting     setting reset

     stop flipping

     styling

    tabs

         aligning         angled         delete all

         evenly spaced         leaders         moving together         ruler line up

         style change    threading         between objects         hidden         into new box         stopping         two paths

     tracking 2nd

     transforming     typing on circle     typographer quotes

     vertical

     wrapping around photo

Text Import Options dialog

Text Wrap command (Object menu) 2nd Threaded Text command (Type menu)

threading text     between objects

     hidden threads     into new box     stopping     two paths three dimensional effects, view while applying

three dimensional objects

     artwork

     banner creation

     bevels

     rotating

     styles

thumbnail views, Navigator palette

tilde (~) key

tiling pages

timing, modifier keys

tools

     cursors

     menu tear off

     preferences     setting changes

     switching quickly between

tracing images

tracking text 2nd

Transform Again command (Object menu) 2ndTransform command     Effect menu

     Window menu Transform Each command (Object menu) Transform Effect dialog Transform palette 2nd 3rd

transformations     anchor points     copying     editable     multiple     numeric     patterns

     scaling objects

     send to back     text Transparency command (Window menu)

Transparency palette 2nd

transparency, opacity masks

true center, locating

Twist command (Effect menu) Twist tool

type [See text]Type command

     Object menu     Window menu 2ndType menu commands     Change Case     Create Outlines 2nd

     Font

     Paragraph Style

     Recent Fonts

     Smart Punctuation

     Tabs

     Threaded Text

Type on a Path tool

Type tool 2nd

typographer quotes