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User Guide version Adobe Illustrator ® 9.0 2000 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe® Illustrator® 9.0 User Guide for Windows® and Macintosh This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change with- out notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Systems Incorporated assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book. Except as permitted by such license, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmit- ted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 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Part number: 90020039 (M/W) iii Contents Introduction Registration . 1 Installing Adobe Illustrator . 1 Learning Adobe Illustrator . 1 Using Web resources . 3 Other learning resources . 5 Customer support . 6 An Overview of Adobe Using tools and palettes . 10 Illustrator Looking at the artwork window . 11 Drawing basic paths and shapes . 15 Using the pen tool . 17 Selecting objects for editing . 19 Applying changes to objects . 20 Grouping objects . 22 Painting stylized strokes . 24 Applying fills and strokes . 25 Applying advanced fills and strokes . 27 What’s New in Enhanced Web workflow . 34 Illustrator 9.0 Optimized Web bitmap export . 37 Flexible Web vector export . 38 Versatile transparency . 40 Blending modes . 41 Masks . 42 Layers palette enhancements . 44 Effects . 45 Graphic styles . 45 Integration with Photoshop . 47 Integration with other Adobe programs . 48 Integration with Web-design programs . 49 Other new and enhanced features . 49 iv CONTENTS Looking at the Work Area Chapter 1 Using the tools . 55 Using palettes . 55 Using context menus . 57 Viewing artwork . 57 Using the Navigator palette . 60 Using the status bar . 61 Previewing placed EPS images . 61 Using plug-in modules . 61 Customizing shortcuts . 62 Setting preferences . 63 Setting Up Artwork in Chapter 2 Illustrator About vector graphics and bitmap images . 67 About resolution in bitmap images . 68 About the work area . 70 Setting up the work area . 70 Tiling artwork and adjusting page boundaries . 72 About imported artwork . 72 Opening and placing artwork . 73 Managing linked and embedded images . 76 Drawing Chapter 3 About paths . 83 Changing a tool pointer . 84 Drawing and editing freeform paths . 84 Drawing with the pen tool . 87 Adjusting path segments . 92 Drawing shapes . 97 Drawing graphs . 100 Drawing and editing brushed paths . 101 Managing brushes . 103 Creating brushes . 104 Using the brush libraries . 110 Tips for using brushes . 111 Tracing artwork . 111 v Working with Objects Chapter 4 Correcting mistakes . 115 Using rulers . 115 Using the measure tool . 117 Using guides and grids . 118 Using Smart Guides . 120 Selecting objects . 121 Moving, copying, and deleting objects . 125 Rotating the x and y axes . 130 Stacking objects . 131 Grouping and ungrouping objects . 133 Locking and hiding objects . 134 Transforming and Chapter 5 Distorting Shapes Transforming selected objects . 139 Using the Transform palette . 147 Modifying shapes with filters and effects . 148 Creating line effects . 153 Blending shapes . 155 Using the Pen and Ink filters . 160 Using the Pathfinder palette and Effect menu to modify shapes . 163 Converting strokes to filled objects . 165 Cutting objects . ..