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Part I ✦ Illustrator Basics
✦ Document Info palette: The Document Info palette shows information about
the current document such as its name, Color Profile and dimensions.
✦ Gradient palette (F9): The Gradient palette is used to modify gradient color
and spacing. The Gradient palette also appears automatically when the
Gradient tool is double-clicked.
✦ Info palette (F8): The Info palette shows information about the current selec-
tion. The Info palette appears automatically when the Measure tool is used.
✦ Layers palette (F7): The Layers palette can be used to organize artwork into
independent layers.
✦ Links palette: The Links palette shows the embedded images that are linked
to the current file.
✦ Magic Wand palette: The Magic Wand palette includes options for the Magic
Wand tool.
✦ Navigator palette: The Navigator palette assists you in moving around your
document.
✦ Pathfinder palette (Shift + F9): Pathfinder functions are used to control how
paths interact with each other.
✦ Stroke palette (F10): The Strokes palette is used to apply and change strokes
that are applied to paths.
✦ Styles palette (Shift + F5): The Styles palette organizes and applies styles to
objects.
✦ SVG Interactivity palette: The SVG Interactivity palette lets you define
interactive events that can be used with the Scalable Vector Graphics
(SVG) format.
✦ Swatches palette: The Swatches palette contains preformatted gradients,
colors, and patterns.
✦ Symbols palette (Shift + F11): The Symbols palette holds and organizes
symbols.
✦ Tools palette: This is the toolbox that holds all the tools.
✦ Transform palette (Shift + F8): The Transform palette is used to make
transformations (including move, scale, and rotate) to selected objects.
✦ Transparency palette (Shift + F10): The Transparency palette lets you set
the opacity of the current object.
✦ Type ➪ Character palette (Ctrl + T): The Type ➪ Character palette sets the
font and format for the selected characters.
✦ Type ➪ MM Design palette: The Type ➪ MM Design palette includes the
setting for any Multi Master fonts installed on your system.
✦ Type ➪ Paragraph palette (Ctrl + M): The Type ➪ Paragraph palette sets the
format for the selected paragraph.
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