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Using context menus

In addition to the menus at the top of your screen, context-sensitive menus display commands relevant to the active tool, selection, or palette.

To display context-sensitive menus, position the pointer over the artwork or over an item in a palette list. Then click with the right mouse button (Windows) or press Ctrl and hold down the mouse button (Mac OS). (In Windows, you can also use context-sensitive Help or press F1 to get online Help. See “Using online Help” on page 52.)

Here you see the options for the pen tool, displayed in its context-sensitive menu. (You access these same options by selecting the Edit or Object menu.)