Using Help | Contents | Index Back 420
Adobe Illustrator Help Index
Using Help | Contents | Index Back 420
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Path Simplify command 61
Pathfinder
commands, repeating last 141
effects 142
Layers palette and 223
Pathfinder buttons 142
Pathfinder palette 142
paths 47
anchor points in 47
artwork dropped in Photoshop as 105
closed 49, 51, 80
endpoints in 47
freeform 48
masking 149
recording 366
segments in 47
paths, drawing
closed paths with paintbrush tool 80
closed paths with pencil tool 49
closing paths 51, 53
connecting open paths 57
curved segments 52
extending paths 57
with pen tool 50
with pencil tool 48
paths, modifying
adjusting segments 56, 59
blending 135
erasing 50
with filters and effects 126
joining and splitting 61, 62, 89, 341, 342
with pencil tool 48
removing brushes from 81
with reshape tool 60
reversing 146
simplifying 61
smoothing 49
paths, using with type
changing objects to type paths 252
converting type to paths 267
deleting type paths 254
entering type on paths 253
fitting headline type across paths 280
path-type tool 7, 252, 253
pattern bounding box 206
Pattern brushes 79, 85
pattern tile 206
patterns 206, 207
creating brushes with 79
geometric 208
importing 166
irregular 209
modifying 212
moving 213
printing 344
tiling 213
transforming 213
PCX file format 329
PDF file format 323
PDF files
opening in Illustrator 33
placing 36
PDF Writer 334
Pen and Ink filters 137, 248
pen tool 6, 50
See also curves
adjusting paths with 56
measuring coordinates with 12
pencil tool 8, 48
See also freeform paths
adjusting paths with 49
setting preferences for 50
Perceptual color table 314
Perceptual palette, using with GIF 314
Perceptual rendering intent 184
performance, improving 242
Persistent command 167
Photo CD 32
Photo Crosshatch command 248
Photocopy command 246
Photoshop
compatible file formats 32
copying objects into Illustrator 102
dragging Illustrator files into 105, 106
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