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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
  The Color Pallet:
You use the colors pallet to apply color to objects, but it is also used to edit and mix color.

To edit the fill or stroke of an object:

Select the object you want to manipulate.

Choose Window> Show Color. (If you do not see the pallet.)
Position the pointer over the colored bar at the bottom of the pallet, (it turns into the eyedropper tool,) and click.
Or choose a color mode (e.g. RGB), from the pop up menu and use the sliders as a way to change color values.
 
Painting by Dragging and Dropping
An easy way to apply new paint attributes to objects is to drag and drop
them. You can drag and drop a color from the Fill Box, Stroke Box, Color Pallet, Gradient pallet, and from other objects.
One advantage to the drag and drop method is that you do not have to select the object you wish to manipulate before you drag a new color onto it.
When you drag a color or gradient its attribute is applied to an object's stroke or fill depending on which one is active at the time.