Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom In A Book Lesson 2 - Selecting and Aligning
exam review questions
(p.66) When changing colors or size and adding effects or attributes, you must first ________ the object to which you are applying the changes.
(p.66) The Selection tool in the Tools panel lets you select entire ________.
(p.66) The Selection tool looks like a ________ arrow.
(p.66) ________ guides are snap-to guides that help you align, edit, and transform objects or artboards.
(p.67) The ________ is used when making changes to objects, such as resizing or rotating them; it also indicates that an item is selected and ready to be modified.
(p.67) The color of the bounding box indicates which ________ the object is on.
(p.67) To select an item without a ________, you must click the stroke (border).
(p.67) Add other items to a selection by holding down the ________ key and clicking on them.
(p.67) Green lines called ________ guides are visible when smart guides are turned on.
(p.67) As you drag an object, a gray box, or ________ label, shows the object's distance from its original position.
(p.68) The Direct Selection tool looks like a ________ arrow.
(p.68) A selected point is ________.
solid
hollow
(p.68) A non-selected point is ________.
solid
hollow
(p.68) The gray measurement label that appears as you drag an anchor point has the values dX and dY. The dY value indicates the distance the pointer has moved along the y axis, which is the ________ direction.
horizontal
vertical
(p.68) Using the ________ key you can select multiple points to move them together.
(p.69) When dragging with the Selection tool, you must encompass an entire object to include it in a selection.
true
false
(p.70) You can use the ________ tool to select all objects in a document that have the same or similar color or pattern fill attributes.
(p.71) You can select objects based on fill color, stroke color, stroke weight, and more by selecting an object and clicking the arrow to the right of the Select ________ Objects button in the Control panel to show a menu where you can choose the attribute to select by.
(p.71) To add to a selection with the Magic Wand, hold down the ________ key and click another object.
(p.71) On a Mac, to remove an object from a selection with the Magic Wand, hold down the ________ key and click the object.
(p.72) Multiple objects can be ________ or distributed relative to each other, the artboard, or a key object.
(p.72) A ________ object is an object that you want other objects to align to.
(p.72) You specify a key object by selecting all the objects you want to align, including the key object, and then holding down Shift and clicking the key object again.
true
false
(p.72) When selected, the key object has a thick ________ outline.
(p.73) Distributing objects using the Align panel enables you to select multiple objects and distribute the spacing between those objects ________.
(p.74) You can also align content to the ________ rather than to other objects or a key object.
(p.74) When you want to align all content to the center of the artboard for a poster, for example, ________ the objects is an important step; otherwise all the individual objects in the poster will each be centered.
(p.75) You can combine objects into a ________ so that the objects are treated as a single unit. This way, you can move or transform a number of objects without affecting their attributes or relative positions.
(p.76) Double-clicking a group puts it into ________ mode so that you can easily select and edit specific objects or parts of objects without having to ungroup the objects.
(p.76) To exit isolation mode, ________ outside of the objects.
(p.76) Groups can also be ________; that is, they can be grouped within other objects or groups to form larger groups. You can think of them as groups within groups.
(p.78) As you create objects, Illustrator ________ them in order on the artboards, beginning with the first object created.
(p.79) When existing objects get in the way and make it difficult to select other objects, a common technique is to ________ selected artwork.
(p.80) To create a copy of an object or group of objects, hold down the Alt (Windows) or Option key (Mac) and ________ the selected object using the Selection tool.
(p.81) Make sure to release any modifier keys before releasing the mouse button.
true
false
(p.81) ________ objects is a great way to keep from selecting or editing content and can be used in conjunction with hiding objects.