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Chapter 1 ✦ Learning the Illustrator Interface
The Windows menu will place a checkmark to the left of all the palettes that are
currently open.
The various palettes
The content of the various palettes will be covered throughout the remainder of
the chapters, but a summary of the available palettes is presented here and the
keyboard shortcut, if available, will be listed in parentheses. They are listed as
they appear in the Window menu alphabetically.
Several of these palettes are new to Illustrator 10 including: Document Info,
Flattening Preview, Magic Wand, Symbols, Type and Variables.
✦ Actions palette: The Actions palette can record a sequence of commands that
can be replayed at any time.
✦ Align palette (Shift + F7): The Align palette provides functions for aligning
objects in your document.
✦ Appearance palette (Shift + F6): The Appearance palette shows various
attributes of the current object such as stroke weight and fill color.
✦ Attributes palette (F11): The Attributes palette contains settings such as
Overprint options and a URL.
✦ Brushes palette (F5): The Brushes palette can be used to select a unique
brush to paint with.
✦ Color palette (F6): The Color palette is used to apply color to objects.
New
Feature
ASK TOULOUSE: Moving Palettes
Kramer: When I start Illustrator, these tiny windows are everywhere.
Toulouse: Those are palettes.
Kramer: But I thought palettes are boards with daubs of paint of them.
Toulouse: Some Illustrator palettes hold colors, patterns and even styles.
Kramer: Oh, I’ve got plenty of style.
Toulouse: I’m sure you do.
Kramer: But, these palettes get in the way of my drawing space.
Toulouse: If you click and drag on the palette you can place it anywhere you want.
Kramer: Great! Now stay palette. Stay!
Toulouse: The palettes are very well behaved. They will stay where you put them even after
you close and reopen Illustrator.
Kramer: Hey, that’s okay.
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