User manual ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 6.0

[. . . ] List of topics Menu commands Toolbar Index How to use this guide List of topics Basic concepts Viewing and setting up documents Drawing Moving and aligning objects Modifying shapes and applying special effects Painting Creating custom colors, gradients, and patterns Using layers Using type Using graphs Importing and exporting artwork Printing documents Producing color separations Error messages and troubleshooting What's new in 6. 0 Basic Concepts Bitmap images and vector graphics Opening documents Saving documents Setting preferences Using the toolbox and the plug-ins toolbox Using the status bar Using the Shortcuts palette Correcting mistakes Reverting to an earlier version of your document Using plug-in modules Bitmap images and vector graphics Computer graphics fall into two main categories--bitmap images and vector graphics. Understanding the difference between these two types of graphics is useful when you're creating and editing digital illustrations. (For more information on using these formats with Illustrator, see About graphic file formats. ) See also Bitmap vs. Vector graphics jump to art Bitmap images Bitmap images, such as those created in Adobe Photoshop, consist of a grid, or bitmap, of small squares, known as pixels. [. . . ] The point size changes by the increment set in the Size/Leading text box in the General Preferences dialog box. The default is 2 points. 10 16 Door of the palace Door of the palace 32 Door of t Point sizes To change the leading value from the keyboard: 1 Select any type container or type path using a selection tool, or select a block of type using the type tool. 2 Choose one of the following options: · Press Option+Up Arrow to decrease the leading. The leading changes by the increment set in the Size/Leading text box in the General Preferences dialog box. To change the alignment of a selected paragraph from the keyboard: · For left alignment, press Command+Shift+L. · To justify the last line, press Command+Shift+B. Adjusting spacing using the keyboard The Keyboard Increments options of the General Preferences dialog box let you set the increments in which baseline shift and kerning/tracking values increase or decrease when you use keyboard shortcuts. The default key increment values are 2 points for size/leading, 2 points for baseline shift, and 20/1000 of an em space for kerning/tracking. The Keyboard Increments option controls the following keyboard shortcuts: · Command+Shift+> increases the point size. · Option+Left Arrow decreases the kerning/tracking. · Option+Command+Right Arrow increases the kerning/tracking five times. · Option+Command+Left Arrow decreases the kerning/tracking five times. The type units preference determines the units for point size, leading, kerning, tracking, and baseline shift. To change keyboard increments: 1 Choose File > Preferences > General. 3 In the Keyboard Increments box, enter the values you want for size/leading, baseline shift, and tracking/kerning. 4 Click OK. Painting type You can paint type, the type container, or the type path. You may want to paint the container to create a background for your type, or paint the type path as a visual base for the type. To paint type, a type container, or a type path: 1 Choose one of the following options: · To paint the type, use the selection tool to select the type. · To paint a type container or type path, use either the direct-selection tool or the group-selection tool, and click once to select the path or object. · Use a type tool to select characters, words, or paragraphs. 2 Choose Object > Paint Style. For more information, see Setting paint attributes. Transforming type The selection tool lets you select an entire type path or type container so that you can transform the type along with the path or container. You can also transform individual type containers within linked type containers. For more examples of transformed type, see the Adobe Illustrator Tutorial and Beyond the Basics. To transform type including its path: 1 Choose one of two options: · To transform all of the type, use the selection tool to select the type path or type container, or click its baseline. · To transform individual type containers in a series of linked type containers, use the direct-selection tool to select the linked type containers you want to transform. Make sure the baselines appear, indicating that the type is selected within the containers. Note: To transform a type path or type container without transforming type, use the group-selection tool to select just the path. Verify the baselines don't appear, indicating type is deselected. Select the rotate, scale, or shear tool to transform the type container and its path. In the heart of the island of Niphon and in a mountainous region, fifty the he d o ar t of am f re ou Niph the g o fro ion, nta ino n an m fi Yo fty d le us ko ha agu ma es , li es in isl an In Rotated type container Rotated type container and type In the heart of the island of Niphon and in a mountainous region, fifty leagues from Yokohama, lies the ancient city of the dead--the necropolis In the heart of the island of Niphon and in a mountainous region, fifty leagues from Scaled type container and type Scaled type container Modifying letterforms as graphic objects The Create Outlines command lets you turn type into a set of compound paths that you can edit and manipulate as you would any other graphic object. [. . . ] · To save the settings separately for use in other documents, click Save As. Locate the file in which you will save the settings or enter a new filename; then save the file. Any settings attached to the hatch also are saved. 4 Click OK. To delete an existing hatch: 1 Choose Filter > Ink Pen > Edit. 3 Click Delete. Click OK. © 1995 Adobe Systems Incorporated. [. . . ]