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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
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Assignment
  Working with Files
Contents
Opening Files,Creating Files, Placing Artwork,Viewing Artwork
 
Creating Files
Creating a new files in Illustrator is easy: just go to File>New. After opening a new document the first thing you will want to do is set up your work area.

To change the size of the artboard choose File>Document Setup. The Document Setup dialogue box will appear.You can use the dialogue box to choose a preset artboard size from the Size pop up menu. Or you can create a custom size artboard as large as 227 inches by 227 inches.

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Opening Saved Files

You can also open up saved documents into Illustrator. When you do this the Open command opens the document as a new Adobe Illustrator Document. (The file extension for Illustrator documents is document_name.ai)

To open a document: Choose File>Open

Note: If you want to change the units in the document choose File>Preferences>Units and Undo dialogue box