Getting to Know Illustrator Review

_________________ (at the very top) shows the File, Edit, and other menus that give you access to a variety of commands, adjustments, settings, and panels.

• Menu Bar

• Tools Panel

• Panels

• Tabs

__________________

(on the left) contains tools for creating and editing artwork. Similar

tools are grouped together. You can access them by clicking and holding a

tool in the Tools panel.

• Tabs

• Panels

• Tools Panel

• Menu Bar

_________________ (on the right) include Properties, Layers, and other panels that contain a variety of controls for working with artwork. You can find a full list of panels under the Window menu.

• Menu Bar

• Tools Panel

• Panels

• Tabs

Document window (in the middle) displays the file you’re currently working on. Multiple open documents appear as _______ in the Document window.

• Menu Bar

• Tabs

• Panels

• Tools Panel

The __________ tool, located in the Tools panel, can be used to show you more detail of a document. To change from Zoom In to Zoom Out, press Alt (Windows).

• Hand

• Shape

• Zoom

• Line

The __________ tool, found by clicking and holding the Zoom tool in the Tools panel, allows you to pan across a document.

• Hand

• Zoom

• Line

• Shape

Saving in Illustrator _______ format retains layers, type, and other editable Illustrator properties. It’s best to save your document in the .AI format while you’re still working on it.

• PDF

• Excel

• Ai

• .com

Shape tools are located in the ____________ panel.

• Menu

• Properties

• Window

• Tools

To show other _________ tools, click and hold the Rectangle tool in the Tools panel.

• Shape

• Drawing

• Selection

• Color

When you draw shapes, __________________ help by showing the shape size in a measurement label, snapping to other objects, and indicating when an ellipse is a perfect circle or when a rectangle is a perfect square.

• Perspective Grid

• Margins

• Smart Guides

• Smart Keys