Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 587)

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Connect two open paths
1. Using the Pen tool, position the pointer over the endpoint of the open path that you want to connect to another path. The pointer changes
when it’s precisely positioned over the endpoint.
2. Click the endpoint.
3. Do one of the following:
To connect the path to another open path, click an endpoint on the other path. When you precisely position the Pen tool over the other
path’s endpoint, a small merge symbol appears next to the pointer.
To connect a new path to an existing path, draw the new path near the existing path, and then move the Pen tool to the existing path’s
(unselected) endpoint. Click that endpoint when you see the small merge symbol that appears next to the pointer.
In InDesign, you can also use the Pathfinder panel to join paths. To close the path of an open path, use the Selection tool to select the path
and click Close Path in the Pathfinder panel. To close the end points between two paths, select the paths and click Join Path. You may want to
click Join Path a second time to join the second endpoint.
Move or nudge anchor points or segments using the keyboard
1. Select the anchor point or path segment.
In Photoshop, you can move only anchor points in this manner.
2. Click or hold down any of the arrow keys on the keyboard to move 1 pixel at a time in the direction of the arrow.
Hold down the Shift key in addition to the arrow key to move 10 pixels at a time.
In Illustrator and InDesign, you can change the distance of a nudge by changing the Keyboard Increment preference. When you change the
default increment, holding down Shift nudges 10 times the specified distance.
Add or delete anchor points
Adding anchor points can give you more control over a path or it can extend an open path. However, it’s a good idea not to add more points than
necessary. A path with fewer points is easier to edit, display, and print. You can reduce the complexity of a path by deleting unnecessary points.
The toolbox contains three tools for adding or deleting points: the Pen tool , the Add Anchor Point tool , and the Delete Anchor Point tool .
By default, the Pen tool changes to the Add Anchor Point tool as you position it over a selected path, or to the Delete Anchor Point tool as you
position it over an anchor point. (In Photoshop, you must select Auto Add/Delete in the options bar to enable the Pen tool to automatically change
to the Add Anchor Point or Delete Anchor Point tool.)
You can select and edit multiple paths simultaneously in Photoshop and InDesign; however, you can add or delete points to only one path at a
time in Illustrator. In Photoshop and InDesign, you can reshape a path while adding anchor points by clicking and dragging as you add.
Don’t use the Delete, Backspace, and Clear keys or the Edit > Cut or Edit > Clear commands to delete anchor points: these keys and
commands delete the point and the line segments that connect to that point.
Add or delete anchor points
1. Select the path you want to modify.
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