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Packed with tools, the Tools panel helps you create and work with graphic and text
objects. By default, it appears docked on the far-left side of the program window. To hide
the Tools panel at any time, click Window, then Tools. You can also expand or collapse
the tools by clicking the arrows at the top of the panel.
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View Tools
Hand – use to move your view of Zoom – Magnifies your view or zooms
the objects on the Stage or in the out for a better look at Stage.
work area.
Color Tools
and Controls
Line Color controls – click to
display a palette of colors for
lines. Fill Color controls – click to display a
palette of colors for fills.
Black and White – changes the
line color to black and the fill SWAP Color – switches the line color
color to white. to the fisll color and vice versa.
Some of the drawing tools you select might offer modifiers that enable you to
set additional controls for the tool.
Line Segments
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Line Tool
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Pencil Tool
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Oval Tool
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1. Click the Paint Bucket tool. Select color from Fill Color palette.
2. Click the shape you want to fill.
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5. You can also select the object you want to distort. Click the Distort button.
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7. You can also skew an object. Click the Rotate and Skew tool.
8. Click and drag an edge of the object to skew the object shape.
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11. You can also select the object or shape you want to rotate. Click the Rotate and
Skew tool.
12. Click and drag an edit point to rotate the object.
13. You can also select the object you want to flip.
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14. Click Modify, click Transform then click Flip Vertical or Flip Horizontal.
1. Click window, click Design Panels, click Color Mixer, click the Fill Style then
select Linear or Radial.
2. Click the color marker you want to change.
3. Click a color, click a color shape then drag the left or right to adjust the color
intensity bandwidth on the gradient.
4. You can save the gradient by click the Panel Menu button then click Add Swatch.
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To bring an object to the very front of the stack, click Bring to Front
To bring an object to the very front of the stack, click Send Backward
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3. To format text, open the Properties inspector you can bold and italicize text,
change text font, change the font size, align text, kern text, set text box margins,
set text box indents.
1. On the Stage, select all the objects you want to convert into symbols.
2. Click Modify then click convert to Symbol.
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5. You can preview the symbol by open the Library panel. Click the symbol name
and the symbol appears in the top section of the Library panel.
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