Illustrator CS4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 6. Geometric Objects

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Selecting and deleting objects	71
Creating rectangles and ellipses	72
Creating polygons	74
Creating stars	75
Creating line segments	77
Creating spirals	78

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Choosing Colors Quickly

Methods for choosing and applying fill and stroke colors are explained fully in Chapter 10. In the meantime, if you want to choose a fill and stroke color for the tools you will be using in this chapter, see “A quick color primer” on page 79.

In Illustrator, the paths you create consist of anchor points connected by straight and/or curved line segments. Paths can be closed, such as polygons and ovals, or ...