The Toolbox (window>
toolbars >toolbox)
The Toolbox can be shaped to your liking by clicking on the bottom right corner
and dragging. It can also be docked to the top or left of your screen by dragging
it there. It must be undocked (just drag it away) before it can be resized.
Lasso: use to make odd-shaped selections.
Text: use to begin a
type block.(click and type).
Polygon: Double click on icon to specify
# of sides.
Most of these tools have settings that you can access by double-clicking the
icon in the toolbox.
Freehand: Draw with the mouse. You specify
smoothing.
Bezigon: Click to place points, lines automatically
connect.
Knife: Cuts lines and
shapes. Specify closed or open cuts.
Reflect: Double-click to specify reflection
angle.
Skew: Distorts shapes.
Perspective: Turn on perspective grid, choose
object with this tool, and use arrow keys to place on grid.
Magnify: Click to enlarge, option click to
reduce, or click and drag a box around desired area.
Pointer: Click to select objects. Hold shift
for multiple objects, click and drag to select group of objects.
Eyedropper: Drag and drop color from image
to color palette
Rectangle: Click and
drag to make rectangle shapes. Hold shift to make squares.
Ellipse: Click and drag to make ellipses.
Hold shift to make circles.
Line: Click and drag to make straight lines.
Freehand: Draw with the mouse. You specify
smoothing.
Freeform: Use to push and pull outline of
existing shape
Rotate: Click on point of shape to rotate
at that point.
Scale: Easier to double
click on shape or use transform palette than to use this tool.
Trace: Traces imported
objects. Works best with graphic images.
Page tool: Use to arrange pages on pasteboard
(moves pages in relation to each other)