2. Techniques for Selecting Artwork

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Differentiate between the various selection tools and use selection techniques.

  • Recognize Smart Guides.

  • Save selections for future use.

  • Hide, lock, and unlock items.

  • Use tools and commands to align shapes and points to each other and the artboard.

  • Group and ungroup items.

  • Work in Isolation mode.

  • Arrange objects.

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This lesson will take about 45 minutes to complete. To get the lesson files used in this chapter, download them from the web page for this book at www.adobepress.com/IllustratorCIB2021. For more information, see “Accessing the ...

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