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FreeHand

to

Illustrator

Migration

Guide

The Illustrator

Workspace

Control palette

Toolbox

As a FreeHand user, you will feel at home in the Illustrator workspace.

°e default workspace in Illustrator (Window > Workspace > [Default]) consists

of an illustration window where you draw and lay out your artwork, a toolbox

that holds the tools for drawing and editing artwork, and palettes to help you

monitor and modify your artwork.

°e status bar (at the bottom leﬅ edge of the illustration window) displays the

current zoom level as well as the following information: the current tool, the

date and time, the number of undos and redos available, the document color

profile, or the status of a managed file (Version Cue).

Illustration window

Palettes

Hyperlink that can be clicked to access the full palette

Status bar

Hidden tools called out

off the toolbox with their

tool tip

Hidden tools torn off

of the toolbox

Menus

Jump to Adobe Bridge

The Illustrator CS2 workspace

Section	Page
Introduction	5
Commonly asked questions	13
Where’s the Document panel?	16
How do I set up measurement units?	17
Where is the Guides Layer?	17
How do I access Pantone Libraries?	21
How do I insert special characters?	28
How do I format text?	28
Where are the text effects?	28
How do I place text around a circle?	29
How do I create rows and columns in a text area?	29
Where is the Output Area tool?	35
Printing	35
The Page tool	35
The Print dialog box	35
Flattening transparency	37
Flattening presets	37
Overprint Preview	38
Printing overlapping tiles	38
Keyboard Shortcuts	39
Creating objects	39
Viewing objects	39
Selecting and moving objects	40
Transforming objects	40
Painting	41
Live Paint Bucket tool	41
Live Paint Selection tool	41
Live Trace button	42
Isolation mode	42
Document control	42

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The Illustrator, Workspace

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