Getting started

Before you begin, you'll need to restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator. Then you'll open the finished art file for this lesson to see what you'll create.

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To ensure that the tools and palettes function exactly as described in this lesson, delete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator 10.0 preferences file. See “Restoring default preferences” on page 4 in the Introduction.
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Start Adobe Illustrator.
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Choose File > Open, and open the L2end.ai file in the Lesson02 folder, located inside the Lessons folder within the AICIB folder on your hard drive.
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If you like, choose View > Zoom Out to make the finished artwork smaller, adjust the window size, and leave it on your screen as you work. (Use the hand ...

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