InDesign CS5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

7. Points and Paths

In This Chapter:

Pen Points 190

Drawing Lines 191

Drawing Curves 192

Changing Curves and Corner Points 193

Modifying Paths 194

Modifying Points 196

Using the Pencil Tool 198

Using the Smooth Tool 200

Using the Erase Tool 201

Adding or Deleting Points on Paths 202

I remember the first time I tried to use the Pen tool in a computer graphics program. I clicked the tool and dragged across the screen in the way I thought would create a simple curve. Instead, I got a wild series of lines that shot out in different directions. When I tried to change the shape of the curves, things got even worse. I was so startled I immediately closed up the program and didn’t use the Pen tool for a long, long time.

However, I really wanted to ...