[Ai] Examples of common coach marks

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Select a tool

• Select the Selection Tool
• Select the Direct Selection Tool
• Select the Pen Tool
• Select the Curvature Tool
  
• Select the Rectangle Tool
• Select the Paintbrush Tool
• Select the Type Tool
• Select the Rotate Tool
• Select the Eraser Tool
• Select the Shape Builder Tool
• Select the Gradient Tool
• Select the Eyedropper Tool
• Select the Width Tool
• Select the Blend Tool
• Select the Artboard Tool
• Select the Zoom Tool
• Select Swap and Fill Stroke
• Select Fill Tool
• Select Drawing Modes
• Select Change Screen Mode
• Select Edit Toolbar

Explain a tool’s function

The Selection Tool allows you to move, resize, reshape, and more. 

Add a Note after a Step to provide users with an explanation for a tool’s function. 

Select a tool that’s not the default tool in the fly-out menu

• Record the Step to select a tool. 
• Add a Note to explain: Press and hold on the Rectangle Tool to see more tools in the menu. 

Use the Selection Tool to select a group of objects

Select the Selection Tool. To select the entire _____, drag across the entire thing. 

Select Direct Selection tool

• Click the shape you created. 
• Shapes are made of anchor points and paths. Points control the shape of a path. Selecting a shape with the Direct Selection tool lets you manipulate the shapes point.

Arrange content

• Select the Selection Tool.
• Select an object. 
• In the Quick Actions section of the Properties panel, click the Arrange button and choose ____.

Bring to Front

Bring Forward

Send Backward

Send to Back

Combining shapes

• With one shape selected, press the Shift key and click other shapes to select them all. 
• Select the Shape Builder Tool. 
• Drag through the shapes to merge them into one. 

Use Zoom Tool

Select the Zoom Tool and click in the area of a shape to enlarge your view. 

View entire Artboard

Choose View > Fit Artboard in Window to see everything again. 

Select a layer in the Layers panel

• Select a layer in the Layers panel by clicking the circle to the right of the layer you wish to highlight. 
• A blue boundary box shows which layer you have selected. 

Toggle lock to blank to edit

To edit a layer, click the lock icon. The layer is editable when the Toggles Lock box is blank. 

Hide a layer in the Layers panel

• Click the eye icon to make a layer invisible. 
• When the box is blank that layer is no longer visible in your artwork.

Choose a <Shape>, <Group>, <Path>, or <Guide> in the Layers panel

Click the selection indicator to the right of the <Shape>, <Group>, <Path>, or <Guide> that you want to highlight and edit. 

Choose a command in the Menu bar

Choose View > Outline. This gives you an x-ray view of your artwork. 

Not all commands in the Menu Bar are recordable in the tutorial builder. You may have to add a numbered Canvas step.