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What is a path?
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Any individual shape the is created in Illustrator.
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Name the two basic path types.
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Open and closed.
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What is an open path?
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A straight or curved line with endpoints.
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What is a closed path?
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A shape with no endpoints such as a circle or a square.
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What is an anchor point?
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A corner point or smooth point that joins two segments of a path.
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What is a straight segment?
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A segment between two corner points.
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What is a curved segment?
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A segment between two smooth anchor points or between a smooth and a corner point.
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What is a smooth anchor point?
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A point that joins curved segments.
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What is a corner point?
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An anchor point that join stwo straight or a curved and a straight segment.
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What is a direction line?
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Antennae that stick out from every smooth point.
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What are direction lines used for?
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To reshape a curved segment.
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How do you reshape a curved segment with direction lines?
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Rotate, lengthen or shorten a direction line.
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What does "Select" mean in Illustrator?
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Highlight an object in the document window for editing.
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What is another word for "path" in Illustrator?
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Object.
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What is a path made of?
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Smooth and/or corner anchor points and curved and/or straight line segments.
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How can you tell when an anchor point is selected?
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It is solid, not hollow.
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What is the Selection tool (V) used for?
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To select whole objects or groups.
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What is the Direct-selection tool used for?
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To select parts of objects.
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When do you use the Group selection tool?
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To select nested groups.
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What is the difference between the Selection tool and the Group-selection tool?
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The Selection tool is used to select whole objects or grouped objects. The Group-selection tool is used to select nested groups.
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What is a group?
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Two or more paths/objects that are united via the Group command so they can be modified together.
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