A translucent area with a blue border to the left will appear. To dock the Tools panel again, click and drag from the light gray area or the AI logo area at the top of the Tools panel to the left side of the application window (Windows) or screen (Mac OS). Click again to turn the Tools panel back into two columns.ħ. This will give you a one column Tools panel. With the Tools panel floating, click the double arrow in the upper left corner at the top of the Tools panel. When the Tools panel is free-floating, it can become one column. To move the Tools panel and float it in the workspace, click and drag it from the title bar above the Illustrator icon or the Illustrator icon into the workspace.Ħ. The Tools panel can also be removed from its position on the left side of the workspace. Since Flash CS3 handles Illustrator file import much better than the previous version, Adobe has tossed in a few more parameters for the Illustrator file to pass over to Flash. Click the same double arrow to expand to two columns again. Click the double arrow in the upper left corner of the Tools panel to contract to one column.
The Tools panel can be changed to either a one column or two column panel. This tears off the tools from the Tools panel so that you can access them at all times.Ĥ.
Click and hold the mouse button on a tool that has additional hidden tools.Select hidden tools using the following methods: Next you will focus on resizing and floating the Tools panel.ģ. Any tool in the Tools panel that displays a small black triangle at the bottom right corner contains additional tools that can be selected by clicking and holding down the tool. Drag down and to the right, and release the mouse button over one of the additional tools to select it. Position the cursor over the Direct Selection tool ( ) and hold down the mouse button-additional Selection tools appear. Notice that the name and shortcut are displayed.Ģ. Position the cursor over the Selection tool ( ) in the Tools panel. As you work through the lessons, you'll learn about each tool's specific function.ġ. The Adobe Illustrator CS3 Tools panel contains selection tools, drawing and painting tools, editing tools, viewing tools, and the Fill and Stroke boxes.