Index

A

absolute measurement, 232

accessing

Color 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

Adobe

GoLive, 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, Ted

Illustrator 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 point

combination-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 option

Calligraphic 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 palette

Add 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

applying

bevel, 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 keys

moving 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

Artboard

hiding, 344

origin point, moving, 228

overview of, 26–27

artifacting, 305

artistic ability, 1

Artistic Sample brush palette, 165

artwork

creating 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