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Adobe Illustrator questions and answers graded A+ 2024/2025
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Adobe Illustratordescribe two ways to change the view of a document. - ANSyou can choose commands
from the view menu to zoom in or out of a document or fit to screen. You can use the zoom
tool in the tool panel and click or drag over the document. Or you can use keyboard
shortcuts
how do you select a tool in illustrator? - ANSyou can either click the tool in the tool panel or
press the keyboard shortcut. the tool will remain active until you click a different tool.
describe three ways to navigate between art boards in illustrator. - ANSyo cuan choose the
artboard number from the artboard navigation menu agh the lower left of the document
window. or you can use the artwork navigation arrows to go between next, last, and
previous. or you can use the navigator panel to drag the proxy view area to navigate.
how do you save panel locations and visibility preferences? - ANSWindow > workspace >
new workspace to create custom work areas and to make it easier to find the controls that
you need.
describe how arranging document windows can be helpful. - ANSArranging document
windows allows you to tile windows or to cascade document groups. this can be useful if you
are working on multiple illustrator files ad you need to compare or share content between
them
how do you select an object that has no fill? - ANSyou can select an object that has no fill by
clicking the stroke or by dragging a marque across the object.
Name two ways you can select an item in a group without choosing object> ungroup. -
ANSusing the group selection tool, you can click once to select an individual item within a
group. click again to ass the next grouped items to the selection. you can also double click
the group to enter isolation mode, edit the shapes as needed, then exit isolation mode my
pressing escape or double clicking outside the group.
of the two selection tools, which allows you to edit the individual anchor points of an object? -
ANSusing the direct selection tool you can select one or more individual anchor points and
make changes to the shape of an object
what should you do after creating a selection that you are going to use repeatedly? - ANSfor
any selection you anticipate using again choose, Select> save selection. Name the selection
so you can reselect it at any time.
sometimes you are unable to select an object because it is underneath another object. name
two was you can get around this issue. - ANSChoose Object> hide> selection to hide the
blocking object. The object is hidden in the same position until you choose object> show all.
, Or you can use the selection tool, while holding command click the overlapping objects until
the one you want is selected
to align objects to the artboard, what do you need to first select in the align panel or control
panel before you choose an alignment option? - ANSto align objects to an artboard, first
select the align to artboard option.
what are the basic tools for creating shapes? - ANSthere are six basic shape tools;
rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star, and flare.
how do you select a shape with no fill? - ANSitems without fill can be selected by clicking the
stroke or by dragging a marque across the item.
how do you draw a square? - ANSselect the rectangle tool in the tools panel. While holding
down the shift key drag the square.
how do you change the number of sides on a polygon as you draw? - ANSSelect the
polygon tool in the tools panel. start dragging the shape, press the up or down buttons to
increase or decrease the amount of sides.
name two ways you can combine several shapes into one - ANSusing the shape builder tool,
you can visually and intuitively merge, delete, fill, and edit overlapping shapes and paths
directly in the artwork. Or you can use the pathfinder effects to create new shapes out of
overlapping object. You can apply the pathfinder effects by using the effects menu or the
pathfinder panel
how can you convery a raster image to editable vector shapes? - ANSby tracing it. to convert
the tracing to paths, click expand in the control panel or choose object> image> trace>
expand. (use if you want components of traced artwork as individual objects) the resulting
paths are grouped
Name two ways to change the size of an existing active artboard - ANSdouble click the
artboard too and edit the dimensions in the artboard options dialog box. Select the artboard
tool position the pointer over an edge to corner of the artboard and drag to resize. or select
the artboard tools click an artboard in the document window, and change the dimension in
the control panel.
how can you rename an artboard? - ANSselect the artboard tool and click to select an
artboard. Change the name in the name field in the control panel. or double click the name
on the artboard in the art boards panel. or click the options button in the art boards panel to
enter the name in the artboard options dialog box.
What is the ruler origin? - ANSthe point where 0 appears on teach ruler. Bu default the ruler
origin is set to be 0 at the top left corner of the active artboard
what is the difference between artoard rulers and global rulers? - ANSthere are two types of
rulers, artboard rulers and global rulers. Artboard rulers are the default rulers. set the ruler
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