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Contents Inside Adobe Illustrator   Vector graphics and Objects   The Work Area Working with Files   Opening, Creating, Placing Files   Viewing Artwork The Selection Tools Drawing With Illustrator   Paths and Anchor Points   Direction Lines   Drawing Straight Lines   Drawing Curves   Drawing Basic Shapes Manipulating Objects Working with Type   Setting Type Attributes   Manipulating Type   Typing Along A Path   Using Type Containers Working with Imported Artwork   Rulers and Guides   Layers   Tracing an Image Painting in Illustrator Saving and Exporting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assignment   Manipulating Objects: Contents: Manipulating Straight Paths, Manipulating Curves, Manipulating Shapes, Cutting Objects, The Pathfinder   Illustrator provides a wide range of tools to manipulate objects. The next portion of the tutorial will describe some of these tools and the strategies that will allow you to edit objects using them. Note: Always remember that you must first select the items you wish to manipulate.   Manipulating Straight Paths The main way to manipulate straight lines is to select and move the location of anchor points. As you do this you can immediately see the effect it has on the path. To Move an Anchor Point: Select the anchor point and drag it to a new location. Note: You know an anchor point is selected when its hollow rectangle becomes solid.   You can also drag the object around the artboard by using the select tool. Drag inside the bounding box to move the object.