Specify anchor point size preferences, Drawing simple lines and shapes, Draw straight lines with the line segment tool – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Drawing
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In the Control panel, click Show Handles For Multiple Selected Anchor Points
> or Hide Handles For Multiple
Selected Anchor Points
.
Note: You can also set a preference to always show or always hide handles when multiple anchor points are selected.
Set direction point and direction line display preferences
1
Choose Edit > Preferences
> Selection & Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences
> Selection &
Anchor Display (Mac
OS).
2
In the Anchor Point And Handle Display area, specify any of the following:
Handles
Specifies the display of handle end points (direction points):
•
Displays direction points as small solid circles.
•
Displays direction points as large solid circles.
•
Displays direction points as open crosses.
Show Handles When Multiple Anchors Are Selected
Displays direction lines on all selected anchor points when you
use the Direct Selection tool or Group Selection tool to select an object. If you don’t select this option, direction
lines are displayed for an anchor point if it is the only anchor point selected on that path, or if the Bezier segment
for the direction line is selected and the anchor point from which the direction line extends is not selected.
Specify anchor point size preferences
1
Choose Edit > Preferences
> Selection & Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences
> Selection &
Anchor Display (Mac
OS).
2
In the Anchor Point And Handle Display area, specify any of the following:
Anchors
Specifies the display of anchor points:
•
Displays both selected and unselected anchor points as small points.
•
Displays selected anchor points as large points and unselected anchor points as small points.
•
Displays both selected and unselected anchor points as large points.
Highlight Anchors On Mouse Over
Highlights the anchor point located directly below the mouse cursor.
Drawing simple lines and shapes
Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool
Use the Line Segment tool when you want to draw one straight line segment at a time. For a video on using the Line
.
1
Select the Line Segment tool
.
2
Do one of the following:
•
Position the pointer where you want the line to begin, and drag to where you want the line to end.
•
Click where you want the line to begin, and specify the length and angle of the line. If you want to fill the line
with the current fill color, select Fill Line. Then click
OK.