Operation Manual

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Drawing and painting
Last updated 11/30/2015
Save a custom stroke style
1 In the Stroke panel menu, choose Stroke Styles.
2 Select a custom stroke style and click Save.
Note: You cannot save or edit the default stroke styles (enclosed in square brackets).
3 Specify a name and location for the stroke style (.inst) file, and click OK.
To load a custom stroke style
1 In the Stroke panel menu, choose Stroke Styles.
2 Click Load.
3 Select the stroke style (.inst) file that contains the custom stroke style you want to import, and click OK.
To apply a custom stroke style
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With a path or frame selected, choose a custom stroke style from the Type menu in the Stroke panel.
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Drawing with lines and shapes
Draw basic lines and shapes
1 In the toolbox, do one of the following:
• To draw a line or shape, select the Line tool , the Ellipse tool , the Rectangle tool , or the Polygon tool
. (Click and hold the Rectangle tool to select either the Ellipse or Polygon tool.)
• To draw a placeholder (empty) graphics frame, select the Ellipse Frame tool , the Rectangle Frame tool ,
or the Polygon Frame tool .
2 Drag in the document window to create the path or frame.
• To draw from the center out, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS).
• To constrain a line to 45° angles, or to constrain the width and height of a path or frame to the same proportions,
hold down Shift as you drag.
• To create multiple shapes in a grid, press the arrow keys while holding down the mouse button. See Draw
multiple objects as a grid.
• To change the number of sides of a polygon, begin dragging, press the Spacebar, and then press the Up and Down
arrow keys. Press the Left and Right arrow keys to change the star inset. Press the Spacebar again to return to grid
mode.