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Contents
Inside Adobe Illustrator
  Vector graphics and Objects
  The Work Area
Working with Files
  Opening, Creating, Placing Files
  Viewing Artwork
The Selection Tools
Drawing With Illustrator
  Paths and Anchor Points
  Direction Lines
  Drawing Straight Lines
  Drawing Curves
  Drawing Basic Shapes
Manipulating Objects
Working with Type
  Setting Type Attributes
  Manipulating Type
  Typing Along A Path
  Using Type Containers
Working with Imported Artwork
  Rulers and Guides
  Layers
  Tracing an Image
Painting in Illustrator
Saving and Exporting Files
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Assignment
  Creating Symmetrical Drawings
Illustrator allows you to quickly create drawings that are symmetrical by "reflecting" a given line segment.
Select the portion of the artwork you wish to reflect, and then select the reflect tool from the toolbox. Like all transformation tools the reflect tool reacts in relation to some fixed point on or around an object. This fixed point is called the origin of transformation, and it is marked on the page by a bull's eye icon.
Hold the option key down as you select the origin of transformation on the page. This will open the reflect dialogue box.
In the reflect dialogue box select the direction of reflection and then choose OK to simply reflect the path, or select copy to produce two mirror images.
 
Creating Basic Shapes
   
Illustrator makes it easy to draw, edit, and combine basic shapes.
 
The shape making tools are found with toolbox.
 
To create a basic shape:
Select a shape making tool and click where you want the shape to originate on the page and then drag until the shape is the desired size.