Selection and Drawing Tools in Illustrator

Selection Tools .

• The Selection tool (V) , selects entire objects. 
• The Direct Selection tool (A) ,selects points or path segments within objects .
• The Group Selection tool ,selects objects and groups within groups.
• The Magic Wand tool (Y) , selects objects with similar attributes. 
• The Lasso tool (Q) , selects points or path segments within objects. 
• The Artboard tool . creates separate artboards for printing or export .

Drawing. Using the drawing tools.

       Drawing simple lines and shapes.

1. Draw straight lines with the Line Segment tool ,with the Line Segment tool /.
2. Draw rectangles and squares, with the rectangles and rounded rectangles tools 
3. Draw ellipses, with the Ellipse tool .
4. Draw polygons, with the  Polygon tool . 
5. Draw stars with the Star tool .
6. Draw arcs with  the Arc tool.
7. Draw spirals with the Spiral tool .
8. Draw grids with the use the grid tools to quickly draw rectangular and polar grids.
9. Draw rectangular grids with the Rectangular Grid tool.
10. Draw circular (polar) grids the Polar Grid tool .
11. Drawing with the Pencil tool.
12. Drawing with the Pen tool. 

 Entering values in panels and dialog boxes.

       Do one of the following.

            •Type a value in the box, and press Enter or Return.

            •Drag the slider.
            •Select a value from the menu associated with the box.

Thanks 
Manal Raafat