Customizing the Workspace • Tools panel overview
• About templates
• Gradient panel and Gradient tool
overview
• Use workspaces
• Use multiple artboards
Drawing & Colouring I • Draw regular and irregular shapes
• Rulers, grids, guides, and crop
marks
• Change the unit of measurement
• Use guides/Smart Guides
• Measure the distance between
objects
• Edit paths
• Add and delete anchor points
• Smooth and simplify paths
• Convert between smooth points
and corner points
• Erase artwork
• Select and arrange objects
• Select objects with the Selection tool
• Group or ungroup objects
• Transform
• Transform panel overview
• Move objects
• Align and distribute objects
• Rotate/Reflect objects
• Duplicate objects by dragging
• Offset duplicate objects
• Reshape objects with effects
Drawing & Colouring II • Methods of combining objects
• Pathfinder panel overview
• Summary of Pathfinder effects
• Clipping masks
• About Live Paint
• Trace artwork
Saving and Exporting • Save AI file format
• Save an illustration with layers
• Save a layered PDF
• Integration with other applications
• Saving as EPS
• Save for Web