Chapter 5
Selecting and Arranging Objects
IN THIS CHAPTER
Making selections with tools and menu options
Making global edits
Grouping and isolating objects
Transforming selected objects
Arranging and aligning objects
Selecting vectors is an art and a science. Why? Because the task involves dissecting a graphic, and figuring out how best to grab objects so you can group and transform them.
In this chapter, I show you how to get your money’s worth out of Illustrator’s unique selection tools and techniques. Then you discover how to group, transform, arrange, align, and globally edit selected or similar objects.
Selecting in Illustrator
You can select objects in Illustrator in two basic ways:
- Using selection tools
- Using the Select menu
Selection tools are best for interactively grabbing relatively simple sets of objects. The Select menu is best for ferreting out sets of objects that are non-contiguous (not attached to each other), such as paths or shapes with a similar appearance. ...
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