Adobe 26001648 - Illustrator CS3 User Manual page 11

The basic workspace in Illustrator (Window > Workspace > [Basic]) consists of
an illustration window where you draw and lay out your artwork, a Tools panel
that holds the tools for drawing and editing artwork, and panels to help you
monitor and modify your artwork.
The status bar (at the bottom left edge of the illustration window) displays
the current zoom level as well as the current tool, date and time, number of
undos and redos available, document color profile, or status of a managed file
(Version Cue).
The Tools panel
You use the tools in the Tools panel to create, select, and manipulate objects
in Illustrator. You can configure the Tools in double or single rows, or set as a
double- or single-row layout by clicking on the double arrows at the top of the
panel. Some tools have additional tools beneath them (hidden tools). A small
triangle at the lower right corner of the tool indicates that there are hidden tools.
You can tear off hidden tools into separate panels to have them readily avail-
able. To tear off a panel, click and hold the tool, and then drag your cursor to
Illustrator tools
Selection tools
The first time you start Illustrator, the Tools panel appears at the left side
Type tools
of the screen. You can move the Tools panel by dragging its title bar. You
Drawing tools
can also show or hide the Tools panel by choosing Window > Tools.
Brush tool
Reshaping tools
Symbolism / graph tools
Advanced painting tools
Blend tool
Crop Area and Eraser tools
Move and zoom tools
Color
Screen modes
About the Selection tools
In FreeHand, you use the Pointer tool to select both
objects and single points; with the Subselect tool, you
can modify curves and objects in groups. In Illustrator,
the Selection tool lets you select objects or groups;
the Direct Selection tool
groups and select multiple single points on a path. Use
the Lasso tool to select multiple points by making a
free-form selection.
lets you modify objects or
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