- Option-Drag an object to create a copy
- Grid
- Configure line separation in pixels
- Can snap to them
- Guides
- Use Rulers
- Command R
- Click-and-Drag from a ruler pulls out a guide
- They are objects that you can delete
- Shift-Options changes orientation of guide
- Are guides for lining up symbols per keycap?
- Can put them all in one layer
- Can turn objects into guides
- Strategy: Easily split objects using a guide
- Drag down a guide
- Position it
- Turn the guide into a line via
Release Guide - Keep the object selected
- Object → Path → Divide Objects Below
- Creates two new objects
- Easily cut via any guide anywhere
- Guides are more than aligning
- Cutting
- Maneuvering
- Angling
- Right click just about anything to find out what you can do with it
- Sometimes stuff in lecture isn’t there in current AI
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