Adobe AI Cheatsheet for Toolbar and Windows

pen tool ( p ) - used for creating custom shapes/outlines similiar to Photoshop type tool ( t )- used for creating text line tool - creates straight lines (lines can be adjusted for thickness and style - ie: dotted or dashed) shape tool - creates shapes similiar to Photoshop (rectangle tool - M ) (elipse tool - L ) brush tool ( b ) pencil tool ( n ) rotate/reflect tool ( r ) - used to rotate or reflect (mirror) an element or image scale tool ( s ) - used to scale an element or image (like PS, use SHIFT to maintain proportion) warp tool (SHIFT - r ) free transform tool ( e ) eye dropper tool ( i ) - copies attributes of one object and applies it to another - ie: color, fill/stroke, font hand tool (h or hold down space bar) - allows you to move around the canvas zoom tool ( z ) - allows you to zoom in and out like in PS fill/stroke color - fill is the solid color, stroke is the outline or border color of a shape ULTIMATE ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CHEAT SHEET vector graphic : image created with software that uses geometrical formulas to represent images..