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Working with Objects
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How Smart Guides work
When Smart Guides are turned on and you move the cursor over your artwork, the cursor
looks for objects, page boundaries, and intersections of construction guides to snap to
that are within the tolerance range set in Smart Guides Preferences.
looks for objects, page boundaries, and intersections of construction guides to snap to
that are within the tolerance range set in Smart Guides Preferences.
You can use Smart Guides in the following ways when you create, move, and transform
objects:
objects:
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When you create an object with the pen or shape tools, use the Smart Guides to
position the new object’s anchor points relative to the other object.
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When you move an object, use the Smart Guides to align to the point on the object that
you have selected. You can align to the anchor point at the corner of a selected object
near the bounding box. To do so, select the object just inside the bounding box handle.
If the tolerance is 5 points or greater, you can snap to the corner point from 5 points
away. (See
near the bounding box. To do so, select the object just inside the bounding box handle.
If the tolerance is 5 points or greater, you can snap to the corner point from 5 points
away. (See
.)
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When the Transform Tools option is selected in Smart Guides Preferences and you
transform an object, Smart Guides appear to assist the transformation.
Note: When Snap to Grid is turned on, you cannot use Smart Guides (even if the menu
command is selected).
command is selected).
Selecting objects
Before you can modify an object, you need to distinguish it from the objects around it.
You do that by selecting the object with a selection tool or command. Once you’ve
selected an object, or a part of an object, you can edit it by moving or copying, deleting,
or adjusting paths.
You do that by selecting the object with a selection tool or command. Once you’ve
selected an object, or a part of an object, you can edit it by moving or copying, deleting,
or adjusting paths.
Note: You can drag to move an object you have just selected with the selection, direct-
selection, and group-selection tools, but not with the lasso or direct-lasso tools.
selection, and group-selection tools, but not with the lasso or direct-lasso tools.
Using the selection tools
You select objects with the following selection tools:
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The selection tool lets you select entire paths, objects, and groups by selecting any
spot on them (or within them if the path, object, or group is filled). When the selection
tool is over an unselected path, object, or group, it changes to
tool is over an unselected path, object, or group, it changes to
. When it is over a
selected path, object, or group, the tool changes to . When it is over an anchor point,
a hollow square appears next to the arrow
a hollow square appears next to the arrow
or
, depending on whether the path,
object, or group is selected or not.
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The direct-selection tool lets you select individual anchor points or segments on a
path. All direction lines then appear on that part of the path for adjusting. When the
direct-selection tool is over an unselected path or object, it changes to
direct-selection tool is over an unselected path or object, it changes to
. When it is
over the anchor point of a selected path or object, it changes to
.
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The group-selection tool lets you select an object within a group, a single group
within multiple groups, or a set of groups within the artwork. Each additional click adds
all objects from the next group in the hierarchy. (See
all objects from the next group in the hierarchy. (See
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The lasso tool lets you select entire paths and objects by dragging around any part of
the path.