Meet the Toolbar

Hover over each tool in AI to find its name & shortcut (if available).
Remember some are nested with other tools! (triangle in corner)

Selection Tool.

Direct Selection Tool

Magic Wand Tool

Pen Tool

Curvature Tool

Type Tool

Line Segment Tool

Rectangular Grid Tool

Polar Grid Tool

Rectangle Tool

Polygon Tool

Paintbrush Tool
Blob Brush Tool

Shaper Tool

Pencil Tool

Eraser Tool

Rotate Tool

Reflect Tool

Scale Tool

Free Transformation Tool

Shape Builder Tool

Live Paint Bucket

Gradient Tool

Eyedropper Tool

Blend Tool

Artboard Tool

Hand Tool
 Zoom Tool

Identify the parts of the lower toolbar:

Fill

Stroke

Swap fill and stroke

Default fill and stroke

Color

Gradient

None

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