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Drawing Adobe Illustrator CS3 |
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Shft-drag | Constrain a shape's proportions or orientation to: equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles,ellipses, and grids Increments of 45º for line and arc segments Original orientation for polygons, stars, and flares | + – |
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spacebar-drag | Move a shape while drawing it | + – |
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Alt-drag | Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and flares) | + – |
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Start dragging, then press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow | Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points,arc angle, spiral winds, or flare rays | + – |
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Start dragging, then hold down Ctrl | Keep the inner radius of a star constant | + – |
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Alt-drag | Keep the sides of a star straight | + – |
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Start dragging, then hold down C | Switch between an open and closed arc | + – |
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Start dragging, then hold down F | Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant | + – |
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Alt-drag | Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral | + – |
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Ctrl-drag | Change the decay rate of a spiral | + – |
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Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset. | Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid | + – |
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Start dragging, then press the Right Arrow or Left Arrow | Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid | + – |
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Start dragging, then press F | Decrease the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – |
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Start dragging, then press V | Increase the skew value for horizontal dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – |
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Start dragging, then press X | Decrease the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – |
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Start dragging, then press C | Increase the skew value for vertical dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10% | + – |
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Alt-click Live Trace in the Ctrl panel, or hold down Alt and select a tracing preset. | Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step | + – |
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