The Toolbox

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Gallery of selection tools

Selection tool lets Direct Selection tool Page tool lets you Gap tool lets you
you select entire lets you select points create multiple adjust the space
objects. on a path or contents page sizes within a between objects.
within a frame. document.

Gallery of drawing and type tools

Pen tool lets you draw Add Anchor Point Delete Anchor Point Convert Direction
straight and curved tool lets you add tool lets you remove Point tool lets
paths. anchor points to a path. anchor points from a you convert corner
path. points and smooth
points.

Type tool lets you Type on a Path tool Pencil tool lets you Smooth tool lets
create text frames and lets you create and edit draw a freeform path. you remove excess
select text. type on paths. angles from a path.
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Erase tool lets you Line tool lets you draw Rectangle Frame Ellipse Frame tool
delete points on a line segment. tool lets you create a lets you create
a path. square or rectangle a circle or oval
placeholder. placeholder.

Polygon Frame tool Rectangle tool lets you Ellipse tool lets you Polygon tool lets
lets you create a create a square create a circle or oval. you create multi-
multi-sided shape or rectangle. sided shape.
placeholder.
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Gallery of transformation tools

Free Transform tool Rotate tool lets Scale tool lets Shear tool lets
lets you rotate, scale, you rotate objects you resize objects you skew objects
or shear an object. around a fixed point. around a fixed around a fixed
point. point.

Gallery of modification and navigation tools

Eyedropper tool lets you
sample color or type
attributes from objects
and apply them to other
objects.
Measure tool Gradient Swatch tool Gradient Feather
measures the lets you adjust the tool lets you fade
distance between two beginning and ending an object into the
points. points and angle background.
of gradients within
objects.

Scissors tool cuts paths