Index
A
absolute measurement, 232
accessingColor Picker, 95
hidden tool, 19
tool with shortcut, 19
Action, creating, 355–357
Actions palette, 356
actual size, returning to, 30
Add Anchor Point tool, 127–128, BC2
Add New Fill command (Appearance palette), 210
Add New Stroke command (Appearance palette), 211
Add option (Raster Effects Settings dialog box), 206
Add to Shape Area command (Pathfinder palette), 80
adjusting path without changing type, 278–279
AdobeGoLive, 12
InDesign, 12, 332
Photoshop, 12, 13, 327–331
PostScript, 12
Reader, 66
Adobe PDF Format Options dialog box, 66
.ai extension, 24, 67
alert (Links palette), 323
aliasing and printing, 284
Align Center (Paragraph palette), 269, 274
Align Left (Paragraph palette), 269
Align palette, 251
Align Right (Paragraph palette), 269
Align to Page orientation (Blend Options dialog box), 237
Align to Path orientation (Blend Options dialog box), 237
alignment of paragraph, changing, 269
All on Same Layer command (Select menu), 123
Alspach, Jennifer, Illustrator CS Bible, 313
Alspach, TedIllustrator Bible (Versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10), 3
Illustrator CS Bible, 313
Illustrator Studio Secrets, 3
Macworld Illustrator Bible, 2
Alt key (Windows)dragging and, 233
subtracting from selection with, 121
Always Show Brush Size option (Liquify tools), BC9
anchor pointcombination-corner, 133–135, 142–143
converting, 126–127
curved-corner, 132–133, 142
description of, 47, 48, 130
placement of, 141, 142
smooth, 130–131
straight-corner, 131–132
Angle optionCalligraphic Brush Options dialog box, 182
Reflect dialog box, 230
Anti-Alias option (Raster Effects Settings dialog box), 206
anti-aliasing, 284
Appearance option (Create Gradient Mesh dialog box), 189
Appearance paletteAdd New Fill command, 210
Add New Stroke command, 211
adding fill or stroke using, 209–211
editing effects in, 213–214
groups and layers, changing, 211–212
moving item in, 209
overview of, 56, 202, 206–207
reading, 207–209
removing and changing effects, 204–205
removing appearances, 214–215
replacing style in, 218, 219
strokes and fills, applying effects to, 213
applyingbevel, BC18–BC19
effect, 202, 203–204, 213
graphic style to text, 219–220
pattern, 107–108
slices to layers, 317
style to object, 216
Arc Segment Tool Options dialog box, 159–160
Arc tool, 159–160
Area Type tool, 276
arrow keysmoving selected object with, 53
moving selected points with, 125
Polygon tool and, 74
arrow tools. See Direct Selection tool; Group Selection tool; Selection tool
Art Brush Options dialog box, 169–171
Art brushes, 164, 169–171
Artboardhiding, 344
origin point, moving, 228
overview of, 26–27
artifacting, 305
artistic ability, 1
Artistic Sample brush palette, 165
artworkcreating and editing, 13
exporting, 56, 65, 67
hiding in layer, 245
making for Pattern brushes, 176
optimizing as pixel-based image, 64
positioning in Pattern brushes, 177–180
previewing, 65
scalability of, 12, 39
separating into layers, 243–245
ascender, 265