Ai3: illustrator 3

Question 1

Ai3: illustrator 3!!!

Answer 1

illustrator 3!!!

Question 2

Ai3: PEN TOOL - to create perfect angles - 90’ and 45’ ?

Answer 2

hold [SHIFT] when you click

Question 3

Ai3: to change the size of an artboard?

Answer 3

click on the artboard tool and then hit [ENTER] (it will then give you options for sizing)

NOTE: hitting enter after hitting any of the TOOLs will give you the options .. sometimes you have to mouse click

Question 4

Ai3: to join shapes into one shape?

Answer 4

TITLE > Window > Pathfinder

Question 5

Ai3: to lock selection ?

Answer 5

[CTRL:com] [2]

Question 6

Ai3: to create a group ?

to uncreate a group ?

Answer 6

[CTRL:com] [G]

[SHIFT] [CTRL:com] (G)

Question 7

Ai3: to repeat a shape movement?

Answer 7

[CTRL:com] [D]

Question 8

Ai3: in order to get the strokes and effects to scale with proportionally ?

Answer 8

TITLE > Illustrator > Preferences > General > Scale Strokes and Effects

Question 9

Ai3: to fit to screen ?

Answer 9

[ALT:opt] / [CTRL:com] / 0 (ZERO)

Question 10

Ai3: to break bezier handles ?

Answer 10

with PEN TOOL press [ALT:opt] when you click on ONE of the handles

Question 11

Ai3: to deselect a path - in order to start working on a new path with the pen tool ?

Answer 11

[CTRL:com] [SHIFT] [A]

or go to TITLE BAR> Select>Deselect

Question 12

Ai3: to crop a picture ?

Answer 12

create a shape over the picture

then

TITLE > Object > Clipping Mask