Chapter 25. Combine Paths
In this chapter, you’ll first learn about the Shape Mode commands, which create editable compound shapes from multiple objects. Then you’ll learn about the Pathfinder commands, which produce a flattened, closed object or compound path. And finally, you’ll learn how to join two or more objects into a compound path via the Compound Path command, then add objects to, reverse an object’s fill in, and release the compound path.
Applying Shape Mode commands
The Shape Mode commands 
on the Pathfinder 
panel produce a compound shape ...
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