Operation Manual

USING ILLUSTRATOR

Drawing

Last updated 11/8/2011

2 In the Control panel, click Show Handles For Multiple Selected Anchor Points > or Hide Handles For Multiple

Selected Anchor Points .

Note: You can also set a preference to always show or always hide handles when multiple anchor points are selected.

Set direction point and direction line display preferences

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Selection &

Anchor Display (Mac

OS).

2 In the Anchor Point And Handle Display area, specify any of the following:

Handles Specifies the display of handle end points (direction points):

• Displays direction points as small solid circles.

• Displays direction points as large solid circles.

• Displays direction points as open crosses.

Show Handles When Multiple Anchors Are Selected Displays direction lines on all selected anchor points when you

use the Direct Selection tool or Group Selection tool to select an object. If you don’t select this option, direction

lines are displayed for an anchor point if it is the only anchor point selected on that path, or if the Bezier segment

for the direction line is selected and the anchor point from which the direction line extends is not selected.

Specify anchor point size preferences

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Selection & Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences > Selection &

Anchor Display (Mac

OS).

2 In the Anchor Point And Handle Display area, specify any of the following:

Anchors Specifies the display of anchor points:

• Displays both selected and unselected anchor points as small points.

• Displays selected anchor points as large points and unselected anchor points as small points.

• Displays both selected and unselected anchor points as large points.

Highlight Anchors On Mouse Over Highlights the anchor point located directly below the mouse cursor.

Drawing modes

Illustrator CS5 provides the following drawing modes:

• Draw Normal ( )

• Draw Behind ( )

• Draw Inside ( )

A dotted open rectangle like the one shown in the illustration C, is displayed when an object with Draw Inside mode is active.