- Illustrator User Guide
- Get to know Illustrator
- Introduction to Illustrator
- Workspace
- Workspace basics
- Learn faster with the Illustrator Discover panel
- Create documents
- Toolbar
- Default keyboard shortcuts
- Customize keyboard shortcuts
- Introduction to artboards
- Manage artboards
- Customize the workspace
- Properties panel
- Set preferences
- Touch Workspace
- Microsoft Surface Dial support in Illustrator
- Undo edits and manage design history
- Rotate view
- Rulers, grids, and guides
- Accessibility in Illustrator
- Safe Mode
- View artwork
- Use the Touch Bar with Illustrator
- Files and templates
- Tools in Illustrator
- Tools at a glance
- Select tools
- Navigate tools
- Paint tools
- Text tools
- Draw tools
- Modify tools
- Quick actions
- Illustrator on the iPad
- Introduction to Illustrator on the iPad
- Workspace
- Documents
- Select and arrange objects
- Drawing
- Type
- Work with images
- Color
- Cloud documents
- Basics
- Troubleshooting
- Add and edit content
- Drawing
- Drawing basics
- Edit paths
- Draw pixel-perfect art
- Draw with the Pen, Curvature, or Pencil tool
- Draw simple lines and shapes
- Image Trace
- Simplify a path
- Define perspective grids
- Symbolism tools and symbol sets
- Adjust path segments
- Design a flower in 5 easy steps
- Perspective drawing
- Symbols
- Draw pixel-aligned paths for web workflows
- 3D objects and materials
- Color
- Painting
- Select and arrange objects
- Reshape objects
- Crop images
- Transform objects
- Combine objects
- Cut, divide, and trim objects
- Puppet Warp
- Scale, shear, and distort objects
- Blend objects
- Reshape using envelopes
- Reshape objects with effects
- Build new shapes with Shaper and Shape Builder tools
- Work with Live Corners
- Enhanced reshape workflows with touch support
- Edit clipping masks
- Live shapes
- Create shapes using the Shape Builder tool
- Global editing
- Type
- Add text and work with type objects
- Create bulleted and numbered lists
- Manage text area
- Fonts and typography
- Identify and use fonts from images and outlined text
- Format type
- Import and export text
- Format paragraphs
- Special characters
- Create type on a path
- Character and paragraph styles
- Tabs
- Find missing fonts (Typekit workflow)
- Arabic and Hebrew type
- Fonts | FAQ and troubleshooting tips
- Create 3D text effect
- Creative typography designs
- Scale and rotate type
- Line and character spacing
- Hyphenation and line breaks
- Spelling and language dictionaries
- Format Asian characters
- Composers for Asian scripts
- Create text designs with blend objects
- Create a text poster using Image Trace
- Create special effects
- Web graphics
- Drawing
- Import, export, and save
- Import
- Creative Cloud Libraries in Illustrator
- Save
- Export
- Printing
- Prepare for printing
- Printing
- Automate tasks
- Troubleshooting
Learn what's new in the latest release of Illustrator.
Illustrator on the desktop
May 2023 release (version 27.6)

Identify fonts from images and outlined text
Use Retype (Beta) to identify fonts from raster images and outlined text.

Improvements to the image trace experience
Image Trace can auto-detect the art type and apply the corresponding preset, remove a select color from the tracing result, and more.

Use search and filter to find layers and objects easily
In the Layers panel, type in a layer or object name or use filters to quickly locate them.

Export artwork as WebP images for use in websites and apps
Export artwork as WebP images that are smaller in size and faster to load.

Keep hyperlinks in exported PDF files intact
PDF files exported from Illustrator retain text and image hyperlinks.

Maintain the last used PDF preset as the default preset
Illustrator remembers the last preset used for saving PDF files.

Choose a color model for JPEG Export for Screens
Choose RGB, CMYK, or Grayscale as the color model when exporting JPEG for screens.

Identify the HEX code of HSB and CMYK colors for accuracy
Identify the HEX code of HSB and CMYK colors in the Color and Swatches panels to maintain color accuracy.
Illustrator on the iPad
October 2022 release (version 3.0)

Improve productivity with enhanced touch shortcuts
Lock your primary and secondary touch shortcuts and work with alternate actions of a selected tool conveniently.

Quickly save and rename the document
Save and rename your artwork anytime without having to exit your document.

Increase precision with snap-in gradients
Easily place gradient angles at every 45 degrees to achieve precise, controlled colors and shades.

Control the default style with the keyboard shortcut
Reset the Appearance settings of your artwork to the default style with the new keyboard shortcut.
Previous releases
Illustrator on the desktop
Illustrator on the iPad
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