Tables of Contents for Illustrator 7 for Macintosh and Windows

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Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

The Basics

Hardware

The Illustrator screen

The Toolbox

Mini-glossary

Units of measure

Menus

Dialog boxes

Palettes

Color palette

Stroke palette

Swatches palette

Gradient palette

Character palette

Multiple Masters Design palette

Paragraph palette

Tabs palette

Layers palette

Info palette

Attributes palette

Align palette

Transform palette

Context-sensitive menus

On-screen help

On-screen shortcuts

How Illustrator Works

274

Startup

Launch Illustrator

Create a new document

Change the artboard dimensions

Create a landscape page

Create a landscape artboard

Divide the artboard into multiple pages

Save a new illustration in the native Illustrator format

Save an existing file

Save an illustration as an EPS

Revert to the last saved version

Save a file as an Acrobat PDF

Acquiring images in Illustrator

Open an illustration from within Illustrator

Open an illustration from the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer

Place a file from another application into an Illustrator document

Replace one placed image with another of the same format

Place a TIFF image

RGB warning

Display a placed EPS in Artwork view

Save a copy of a linked placed image file with an illustration

Locate the actual placed image file

Close an illustration

Quit/Exit Illustrator

Display

Choose a preset display size

Change the view size using the Zoom tool

Change the view size using the keyboard

Change the view

Define a custom view setting

Choose a custom view setting

Rename or delete a custom view setting

Move an illustration in its window

Change the screen display mode

Display an illustration in two windows

Create Objects

Create a rectangle or oval by dragging

Create a rectangle or oval by specifying dimensions

Create a rounded rectangle

Round the corners of an existing object

Delete an object

Use the Paintbrush tool

Create a calligraphic brush stroke

Draw a line using the Pencil tool

Erase part of a line as you draw with the Pencil tool

Increase or decrease the number of anchor points the Pencil tool produces

Add to a line

Create a polygon by clicking

Create a polygon by dragging

Create a spiral by clicking

Create a spiral by dragging

Create a star by clicking

Create a star by dragging

Convert a path object into a pixel image

Select/Move

The three Selection tools

Select an object or objects

Select anchor points or segments

Select all the objects in an illustration

Select using a command

Deselect an object or objects

Hide the anchor points and segments of an object or objects

Hide an object

Lock an object

Move an object by dragging

Drag-copy an object

Move an object or group from one document to another

Drag-and-drop a copy of an object (Illustrator-to-Illustrator or between Photoshop and Illustrator)

Offset a copy of a path

Reshape Paths

What is a Bezier?

Move an anchor point or a segment

Reshape a curve segment

Convert a corner anchor point into a curve anchor point

Convert a curve anchor point into a corner anchor point

Pinch a curve inward

Add anchor points to a path manually

Add anchor points to a path using the Add Anchor Points command

Delete anchor points from a path

Split a path

Average anchor points

Join two endpoints

Combine two or more objects into one using the Unite command

Exercise: Change a square into a star (or a clover)

Exercise: Change the star (or clover) back into a square

Exercise: Create a flag

Use the Reshape tool

Draw a paintbrush using the Reshape tool

Use the Auto Trace tool

Trace letters manually

Manually trace over a placed image

Cut an object into separate shapes

Cut objects using the Slice comand

Create a zigzag or wavy line

The Pathfinders

Combining commands

Dividing commands

Color mixing commands

100

Turn a stroke or an open path into a closed, filled object

101

Exercise: Create a light bulb

102

Pen Tool

Create a straight-sided object using the Pen tool

104

Create continuous curves using the Pen tool

105

Create non-continuous curves (Pen tool method)

107

Create non-continuous curves (Convert-direction-point tool method)

108

Exercise: Convert a circle into a heart

109

Coloring

QuickStart drag-color

112

Apply a fill or stroke of black or white

112

Remember these basic coloring steps

113

The difference between a spot and a process color

114

Color an object while or after you draw it

115

Mix a process color

116

Save the current fill or stroke color as a new swatch

117

Copy swatches from another library

118

Convert a process color into a spot color or vice versa

119

Colorize a 1-bit TIFF image

119

Color editing shortcuts

120

The Color, Gradient, and None buttons

120

Choose swatch display options

121

Globally replace a spot color

122

Delete a swatch or swatches

123

Move a swatch or swatches

123

Duplicate a swatch

123

Load swatches from another Illustrator document

124

Restore the default swatch palette

124

Change a stroke's thickness

125

Create a dashed stroke

126

Modify Stroke caps and/or joins

127

Create arrowheads

127

Use the Paint Bucket tool

128

Choose paint attributes the Paint Bucket applies or the Eyedropper picks up

128

Use the Eyedropper tool

129

Invert colors

129

Adjust colors

130

Saturate/desaturate colors

131

Blend fill colors between objects

131

Select objects with the same paint attributes for recoloring

132

Gradients

Fill an object with a gradient

134

Create and save a two-color gradient

135

Create a multicolor gradient fill

137

Use the Gradient tool

138

Spread a gradient across multiple objects

139

Convert gradient shades into separate objects

140

Patterns

Fill with a pattern

142

Create a pattern

143

Create a pattern defined by a rectangle

143

Create a geometric pattern

144

Modify a pattern

145

Place a pattern along the edge of a path

146

Manually resize individual path pattern tiles

148

Create path pattern tiles

148

Divide a pattern fill into individual objects

149

Transforming fill patterns

150

Layers

Group objects

152

Ungroup objects

152

Select grouped objects

153

Place an object on the bottom of its stack

154

Place an object on the top of its stack

154

Move an object forward or backward within its stack

154

Restack an object in front of or behind another object

155

Create a new layer

156

Reorder layers

157

Select more than one layer to work on

157

Duplicate a layer

158

Merge layers

158

Move an object to a different layer (method 1)

159

Move an object to a different layer (method 2)

159

Choose layer options

160

Make a layer uneditable (lock)

161

Hide a layer

161

Hide or lock multiple layers

162

Delete a layer

162

Create Type

The three type tools

163

Create point type

164

Create a type rectangle

165

Import type into an object using the Place command

166

Link overflow type from one rectangular type object to another rectangle

167

Link overflow type to a copy of an existing non-rectangular object

168

Enter type inside an object

169

Place type on an object's path

170

Reposition path type

170

Copy a type and its object between Illustrator documents or between Illustrator and Photoshop

171

Move type from one type object to another

171

Create type outlines

172

Style and Edit Type

Select type and its object

174

Select a type object and not the type

174

Select type but not its object

175

The Character, Paragraph, and MM Design palettes

176

Choose a font

177

Resize type

178

Change leading

179

Kern or track type

180

Baseline shift type

181

Horizontally/vertically scale type

181

Change paragraph alignment

182

Change paragraph indentation

183

Adjust inter-paragraph spacing

184

Check spelling

185

Export text

187

Find and replace a font

187

Find and replace text

189

Create linked text rows and columns

190

Create smart punctuation

191

Turn on auto hyphenation

192

Insert tabs into text

193

Set custom tab stops

193

Change case

194

Play with Type

Slant a block of type

196

Create type with a shadow

197

Exercise: Create a logo---type on a circle

199

Wrap type around an object

202

Transform

How to use the transformation tools

204

Rotate an object (dialog box method)

205

Rotate an object by dragging

205

Scale an object (dialog box method)

206

Scale an object by dragging

207

Reflect (flip) an object (dialog box method)

208

Reflect an object by dragging

208

Shear (slant) an object (dialog box method)

209

Shear an object by dragging

209

Blend (transform) one object into another

210

Make the edge of an object look three-dimensional

212

Apply several transformation commands at once

213

Compounds

Create a compound path

216

Release a compound path

217

Reverse an object's fill in a compound path

218

Create a compound path using the Minus Front command

219

Apply the Divide command

220

Masks

Create a mask

222

Position the objects to be masked on one layer

223

Restack a masked object

223

Select mask objects

224

Add an object to a mask

224

Unmask an object

225

Release a mask

225

Fill and/or stroke a mask

226

Filters

Apply the Object Mosaic filter

228

Apply the Free Distort Filter

229

Scribble or tweak

230

Rough up a shape

231

Twirl path points around an object's center (dialog box method)

231

Twirl path points around an object's center (mouse method)

232

Create calligraphic edges

233

Create a drop shadow

234

Punk or bloat an object

235

Apply the Ink Pen filter

236

Create a new hatch style pattern

238

Modify an existing hatch style pattern

238

Using a raster filter dialog box

239

The raster filters illustrated

240

Graphs

The basic graph-making steps

249

Define the graph area

250

Enter graph data

250

Style the graph

251

Recolor the columns/legend

252

Change the type in a graph

253

Combine different styles in one graph

253

Create a custom graph design

254

Precision Tools

The ruler origin

255

Change ruler units for the current document only

256

Create a ruler guide

256

Turn an object into a guide

256

Unlock guides

257

Turn a guide back into an object

257

View the default or current grid

257

Force objects to snap to the grid

257

Place guides around an object or create evenly spaced guides

258

Move an object a specified distance

259

Measure a distance using the Measure tool

260

Reposition, resize, rotate, or shear an object using the Transform palette

261

Align or distribute objects

262

Preferences

Create a custom startup file

263

General Preferences

264

Keyboard Increments Preferences

265

Units & Undo Preferences

266

Hyphenation Options Preferences

266

Plug-ins & Scratch Disk Preferences

267

Guides & Grid Preferences

268

Output

Print on a black-and-white or color PostScript printer

270

Create crop marks

271

Remove crop marks created with the Cropmarks command

271

Create trim marks

272

Print (tile) an illustration that is larger than the paper size

272

How to solve printing problems

273

Lower an object's output resolution to facilitate printing

275

Selection Info and Document Info

276

Printing smooth color blends and a wide range of gray levels

276

The blend or gradient length

277

Save (export) a file in a different format

278

Secondary export dialog boxes

279

Illustrator to the World Wide Web

283

Separations/Trapping

What are color separations?

287

Calibrate your color monitor with color management software installed

288

Calibrate your color monitor with no color management software installed

289

Prepare a file for Separation Setup

290

Using Separation Setup

290

Choose colors to print and/or convert to process

292

Create crop marks for separations

293

Re-crop the illustration in the bounding box

294

Choose which layers in the illustration to separate

294

What is trapping?

295

Create a spread trap

295

Create a choke trap

296

Trap a line

296

Overprint a specified percentage of black

297

Create traps automatically

298

Create a trap on top of a fill and a stroke (a workaround)

298

Appendix A Keyboard Shortcuts

299

Appendix B The Artists

305

Index

307