Operation Manual

USING ILLUSTRATOR

Drawing

Last updated 11/8/2011

The Draw Normal mode is the default drawing mode. You can select drawing modes from the Tools panel, below the

Color Selector tool.

Drawing Modes panel

To switch through drawing modes, click the Drawing Modes panel in the Tools panel and select the drawing mode.

You can also use the Shift+D keyboard shortcut to cycle through the drawing modes.

Note: The options, Paste, Paste in Place, and Paste on All Artboards honor the drawing modes. However, Paste in Front

and Paste in Back commands are not affected by the drawing modes.

For a video on using the different drawing modes, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5209_ai_en.

Draw Behind mode

The Draw Behind mode allows you to draw behind all artwork on a selected layer if no artwork is selected. If an artwork

is selected, the new object is drawn directly beneath the selected object.

The draw behind mode is honored in the following cases:

• Creating new layers

• Placing symbols

• Placing files from the File menu

• Using Alt+Drag to duplicate objects

• Using Paste in Place and Paste on All Artboards options

Draw Inside mode

The Draw Inside mode allows you to draw inside the selected object. The Draw Inside mode eliminates the need to

perform multiple tasks such as drawing and altering stacking order or drawing, selecting, and creating a clipping mask.

The draw inside mode is enabled only when there is a single selected object (path, compound path, or text).

To create clipping masks using the Draw Inside mode, select the path within which you want to draw and switch to

the Draw Inside mode. Subsequent paths are clipped by the path that was selected when you switch to the Draw Inside

mode, until you switch to the Draw Normal mode (Shift+D or double-click).

Note: The clipping masks created using Draw Inside retain the appearance on the clipping path unlike the menu

command Object > Clipping Mask > Make.

Drawing simple lines and shapes

Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool

Use the Line Segment tool when you want to draw one straight line segment at a time. For a video on using the Line

Segment tool, see

www.adobe.com/go/vid0036.

1 Select the Line Segment tool .

2 Do one of the following:

• Position the pointer where you want the line to begin, and drag to where you want the line to end.