To organize and lay out your artwork, you use tools forselecting, positioning, and stacking objects precisely. You canmeasure and align objects; group objects so that they are treatedas a single unit; and selectively isolate, lock, or hide objects.
This is how you work with artboards in Adobe Illustrator. So, when you're in Adobe Illustrator you'll notice there is a white area in the middle of this mass of just random gray area. To create a custom artboard, select the Artboard tool, and drag in the document to define the shape, size, and location. To use a preset artboard, double-click the Artboard tool, select a preset and specify other options in the Artboard Options dialog box, and click OK. Drag the artboard to position it where you want. With the new release of Illustrator, you can create up to 1,000 artboards — a tenfold increase of your creative potential with same power and performance as before. With more artboards to keep track of, we also added a few enhancements that let you manage them better. Now you can select artboards.
Before you can modify an object, youneed to distinguish it from the objects around it. You do that by selecting theobject. Once you’ve selected an object, or a part of an object,you can edit it.
Illustrator provides the following selection methods and tools:
Letsyou quickly isolate a layer, sublayer, path, or group of objects,from all other art in your document. When in isolation mode, allnonisolated objects in the document appear dimmed and are not selectableor editable.
Letsyou quickly and precisely select individual or multiple objects.You can select a single object (even if it’s in a group), all objectswithin a layer, and entire groups.
Letsyou select objects and groups by clicking or dragging over them.You can also select groups within groups and objects within groups.
Letsyou select individual anchor points or path segments by clickingon them, or select an entire path or group by selecting any otherspot on the item. You can also select one or more objects in a groupof objects.
note: When in outline mode, the Direct Selectiontool may select imported graphics that are near the tool’s pointer.To avoid selecting unwanted graphics, lock or hide the graphicsbefore making the selection.
Letsyou select an object within a group, a single group within multiplegroups, or a set of groups within the artwork. Each additional clickadds all objects from the next group in the hierarchy.
Letsyou bring objects and text in perspective, switch active planes,move objects in perspective, and move objects in perpendicular direction.
Letsyou select objects, anchor points, or path segments by draggingaround all or part of the object.
Letsyou select objects of the same color, stroke weight, stroke color,opacity, or blending mode by clicking the object.
Letsyou select faces (areas enclosed by paths) and edges (portions ofpaths between intersections) of Live Paint groups.
(located in the Select menu) Let you quickly select or deselectall objects, and select objects based on their position relativeto other objects. You can select all objects of a specific typeor that share specific attributes, and save or load selections.You can also select all objects in the active artboard.
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To temporarily activate the last-used selectiontool (Selection tool, Direct-Selection tool, or Group Selectiontool) when using another type of tool, hold down Ctrl (Windows)or Command (Mac OS).
Selecting paths and points incomplex images can be challenging. Using the Selection and AnchorDisplay preferences, you can specify the tolerance for pixel selectionand choose other options that can make selection easier for a particular document.
Choose Edit > Preferences > Selection& Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences >Selection & Anchor Display (Mac OS).
Specifies the pixel range for selecting anchor points. Highervalues increase the width of the area around an anchor point thatyou can click to select it.
Specifies whether you can select a filled object by clickinganywhere in the object or whether you have to click a path.
Snaps objects to anchor points and guides. Specify the distancebetween the object and anchor point or guide when the snap occurs.
Isolationmode isolates objects so that you can easily select and edit particular objectsor parts of objects. You can isolate any of the following: layers,sublayers, groups, symbols, clipping masks, compound paths, gradientmeshes, and paths.
In Isolation mode, you can delete, replace, and add new art relativeto the isolated art. As soon as you exit isolation mode, replacedor new art is added at the same location as the original isolatedart. Isolation mode automatically locks all other objects so thatonly the objects in isolation mode are affected by the edits you make—you don’t need to worry about what layer an object is on, nor doyou need to manually lock or hide the objects you don’t want affectedby your edits.
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When you edit a symbol’s definition, the symbol appears inisolation mode. (See Editor redefine a symbol.)
When isolation mode is active, the isolated object appears in full color, while the rest of the artwork appears dimmed. The isolated object’s name and location (sometimes referred to as bread crumbs) appears in the isolation mode border, and the Layers panel displays only the artwork in the isolated sublayer or group. When you exit isolation mode, the other layers and groups reappear in the Layers panel.
You can view isolated objects in outline mode or preview mode.
See the video Use isolation mode to isolate artwork for editing.
Double-clickthe path or group using the Selection tool.
Select the group, object, or path and click the Isolate SelectedObject button inthe Control panel.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)the group and choose Isolate Selected Group.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)the path and choose Isolate Selected Path.
Select the group, object, or path in the Layers panel andchoose Enter Isolation Mode from the Layers panel menu or clickthe Isolate Selected Object button in the Control panel.
Select the path by using the Direct-Selection toolor by targeting it in the Layers panel.
Click the Isolate Selected Object button inthe Control panel.
Selectthe layer or sublayer in the Layers panel, and choose Enter Isolation Modefrom the Layers panel menu.
Press Esc.
Click the Exit Isolation Mode button oneor more times (if you’ve isolated a sublayer, one click takes youback a level, two clicks exits isolation mode).
Click anywhere in the isolation mode bar.
Click the Exit Isolation Mode button inthe Control panel.
Using the Selection tool, double-click outside of the isolatedgroup.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)and choose Exit Isolation Mode.
In Illustrator, you can select objects that lie underneath other objects using Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Mac OS). The pointer changes to Select Behind on the first Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Mac OS). On
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To enable or disable this option, click Edit > Preferences> Selection and Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator >Preferences > Selection and Anchor Display (Mac OS). Then selectthe Control Click to Select Object Behind (Windows) or Command Clickto Select Objects Behind (Mac OS) check box in the Selection area.
Youcan select an object above or below a selected object in the stackingorder. These commands do not work when in isolation mode.
To select the nearest objectabove or below the selected object, choose Select >Next Object Above or Select > Next Object Below.
Inthe Layers panel, locate the object you want to select. You mayhave to click a toggle arrow to expand a layer or group, or scrollup or down in the panel to locate the object.
To select individual objects, click in the object’s selection column (between the target button and the scroll bar). Shift-click to add or to remove objects from the selection.
To select all artwork in a layer or group, click in the layer’s or group’s selection column.
To select all artwork in a layer based on the currently selected artwork, choose Select > Object > All On Same Layers.
Selection color boxes appear next to each selected item in the panel.
Select an object with the Selection,Lasso, or Magic Wand tool
Click an object.
Drag a marquee around part or all of one or more objects.
To add or remove objects from the selection, hold down Shiftand click or drag around the objects you want to add or remove.
Tip: When the Selection tool is over an unselected objector group, it changes to . Whenit is over a selected object or group, the tool changesto . Whenit is over an anchor point on an unselected object, a hollowsquare appears next to the arrow .
Use the Magic Wand tool to select allobjects in a document with the same or similar fill attributes (suchas color and pattern).
You can customize the Magic Wand tool to select objects basedon stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode. You canalso change the tolerances used by the Magic Wand tool to identifysimilar objects.
Select objects based on fill colorwith the Magic Wand tool
To create a new selection,click the object containing the attributes you want to select. Allobjects with the same attributes that were clicked are selected.
To add to the current selection, press Shift and click anotherobject containing the attributes you want to add. All objects withthe same attributes that were clicked are also selected.
To subtract from the current selection, press Alt (Windows)or Option (Mac OS) and click the object containing theattributes you want to subtract. All objects with the same attributesare removed from the selection.
Do one of the following to open the Magic Wandpanel:
Double-click the Magic Wand tool in the Toolspanel.
Choose Window > Magic Wand.
To select objects according to their fill color, select FillColor, and then enter a Tolerance value between 0 and 255 pixelsfor RGB or 0 and 100 pixels for CMYK.
Low tolerance valuesselect objects that are very similar to the object you click; highertolerance values select objects with a broader range of the selected property.
Choose Show Stroke Options from the Magic Wand panel menu,and do any of the following:
To select objects accordingto their stroke color, select Stroke Color, and then enter a Tolerancevalue between 0 and 255 pixels for RGB or 0 and 100 pixels for CMYK.
To select objects according to their stroke weight, selectStroke Weight, and then enter a Tolerance value between 0 and 1000points.
Choose Show Transparency Options from the Magic Wand panelmenu and do any of the following:
To select objectsaccording to their transparency or blending mode, select Opacity,and then enter a Tolerance value between 0 and 100%.
To select objects according to their blending mode, selectBlending Mode.
TheObject Selection By Path Only preference determines whether youcan select a filled object by clicking anywhere within the object’sarea with the Selection or Direct Selection tools, or whether youmust click a path segment or anchor point with these tools. By default,this preference is off. In some cases, you may want to turn thepreference on—for example, when you work with overlapping filled objectsand you want to easily select underlying objects.
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The Object Selection By Path Only preference is not applicablewhen selecting unfilled objects or when viewing artwork as outlines.In these cases, you can never select an object by clicking insidethe object’s path. (See Viewartwork as outlines.)
Choose Edit > Preferences > Selection& Anchor Display (Windows) or Illustrator > Preferences >Selection & Anchor Display (Mac OS), and select ObjectSelection By Path Only.
Onceobjects are grouped, selecting any part of the group with the Selectiontool or the Lasso tool selects the entire group. If you are unsurewhether an object is a part of a group, select it with the Selectiontool.
The Direct-Selection tool and Lasso tool let you select a singlepath or object that is part of one group or several groups. If youhave groups of objects within other groups, you can select the nextgroup in the grouping hierarchy by using the Group-Selection tool.Each successive click adds another subset of grouped objects tothe selection.
Select one or more groups withthe Selection tool
Do one of the following to any object that’s within the group:
Click the object.
Drag around part or all of the object.
To add or remove a group to the selection, hold down Shiftwhile clicking the group to add or remove.
Select objects and groups withingroups with the Selection tool
Double-click a group. The group appears in isolation mode.
Double-click to selectfurther down into the group structure.
Tip: Double-clickingis a handy way to select objects (as opposed to faces and edges)within a Live Paint group.
Click to select an object within the selected group.
Draw to add an object to the selected group.
Double-click outside the group to deselect the group.
Select the Group Selection tool , andclick the object.
Select the Lasso tool , anddrag around or across the object’s path.
Select the Direct Selection tool , andclick within the object, or drag a marquee around part or all ofthe object’s path.
To add or remove an object or group to or from the selection(with any selection tool), hold down Shift and select the objectto add or remove.
Select objects and groups withthe Group Selection tool
Select the GroupSelection tool , andclick an object that’s within the group you want to select. Theobject is selected.
To select the object’s parent group, click the same objectagain.
Click the same object again to select additional groups thatare grouped with the selected group until you have selected everythingyou want to include in your selection.
The first click with the Group Selection tool selects an objectin a group (left); the second click selects the object’s group (right).The third click adds the next group to the selection (left);the fourth click adds the third group (right).
You select faces and edges of a Live Paint tool using theLive Paint Selection tool. If you want to select the entire LivePaint group, simply click it with the Selection tool.
Move the tool over the Live Paintgroup until the face or edge you want to select is highlighted.(When the Live Paint Selection tool is over an edge, the tool changesto .)
Click to select thehighlighted face or edge.
Drag a marquee around multiple faces or edges. Any face oredge that is fully or partially enclosed by the marquee is includedin the selection.
Double-click a face or edge to select all connected faces/edgesof the same color (flood select).
Triple-click a face or edge to select all faces/edges ofthe same color (select same).
Tip: If you havedifficulty selecting a small face or edge, magnify the view or set theLive Paint Selection tool options to select only fills or strokes.
To add or remove faces and edges from the selection, holddown Shift and click the faces/edges you want to add or remove.
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To switch to the Eyedropper tool and sample fillsand strokes, Alt‑click (Windows) or Option‑click (Mac OS)the fill and stroke you want.
You access the Live Paint selection tool options by double-clickingthe tool in the Tools panel.
Selects the faces (the area within edges) of Live Paint groups.
Selects the edges of Live Paint groups.
Outlines the face or edge the cursor is currently over.
Sets the color for the highlight. You can choose a colorfrom the menu or click the paint swatch to specify a custom color.
Specifies how thick to make the selection highlight.
You can select objects based on variousgroupings, including by formatting attribute, by layer, or by kind,such as brush strokes or clipping masks.
To select all objects in a file, choose Select >All. (To deselect all objects, choose Select > Deselect.)
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Usingany selection tool, you can also deselect all objects by clickingor dragging at least 2 pixels away from any object.
To select all objects with the same attributes, select onewith the attribute you want, choose Select > Same, andthen choose an attribute from the list: Blending Mode, Fill &Stroke, Fill Color, Opacity, Stroke Color, Stroke Weight, Style,Symbol Instance, or Link Block Series.
Link Block Series automaticallyselects threaded text boxes. You can select one of the text boxesand then use this command to select all the other text boxes linkedto that one. For more information see Threadingtext between objects.
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You can alsouse the Magic Wand tool to select all objects with the same color, strokeweight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode.
Toselect all objects of a certain kind, deselect all artwork, chooseSelect > Object, and then choose an object type (BrushStrokes, Clipping Masks, Stray Points, or Text Objects).
To repeat the last selection command used,choose Select > Reselect.
To select all unselected objects, and deselect all selectedobjects, choose Select > Inverse.
Select one or more objects, and chooseSelect > Save Selection.
In the Save Selection dialog box, type a name in the Nametext box, and click OK.
You can reload a saved selectionby choosing the selection name from the bottom of the Select menu.You can also delete or rename a selection by choosing Select >Edit Selection.
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