Adobe Illustrator

Basics	Shapes	Pen/Paintbrush Tools
New Document *	Rectangle	Pen *
Points & Lines	Rounded Rectangle	Anchor Points
Palettes *	Ellipse	Add Anchor Point
Toolbar & Flyouts	Polygon	Delete Anchor Point
Appearance Window	Star	Convert Anchor Point
Selection Arrow	Flare	Paintbrush
Layers & Paths	Basic Shapes Activity *
	Basic Shapes PLUS Activity *
Effects/Misc.	Fill & Stroke	Type Tools
Effects vs. Filters	Fill colors	Type
Blends	Stroke colors	Area Type
Styles	Stroke width	Type on a Path
	Gradient colors	Vertical Type
	Transparency	Vertical Area Type
* - denotes tutorial, the rest		Vertical Type on a Path
are more content-based		Type Palette

Here is a visual interface with the Adobe Illustrator toolbar. Roll the mouse over the tool names to see their
description. Names that appear in red have flyouts. This means there are more tools available. Click on these
names to learn about them.

Selection Tool Magic Wand Tool Pen Tool Line Segment Tool Paintbrush Tool Rotate Tool Warp Tool Symbol Sprayer Tool Mesh Tool Eyedropper Tool Slice Tool Hand Tool Fill/Stroke Color Default Fill and Stroke Color/Gradient/None Standard Screen Mode		Direct Selection Tool Lasso Tool Type Tool Rectangle Tool Pencil Tool Scale Tool Free Transform Tool Column Graph Tool Gradient Tool Blend Tool Scissors Tool Zoom Tool Swap Fill and Stroke Full Screen Mode with Menu Bar Full Screen Mode

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