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Hi pumanic - try SAMS Teach yourself Illustrator in 24 Hours (do an online search for lowest prices) - they do a really good job of hand-holding, much more so than Adobe! Good luck and have fun - Illustrator is one of the greatest things ever created, and you will soon come to understand...

Hi again, Jim- I just noticed another of your posts, the one about the logos; I don't know what your financial situation is, but thought I should mention that the totaltraining dvd can be a bit spendy. If it's not in your budget, don't despair, because the SAMS will give you most of your bang...

Hello, Wetclay- absolutely - the two sources I used: 1) the SAMS Teach Yourself in 24 Hours series (book) , and 2) Total Training (www.totaltraining.com) (interactive DVD) Once I had some of the basics down, I was able to go back to the Adobe UserGuide as a reference, because by then it...

Hello Ablivion- as I understand it, I think you can only join an open endpoint to another open one; in other words, you can join the two open endpoints to each other, but not to a closed path (I'm assuming that's what your object is). I might be wrong, as I can't really picture what you're...

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Hi Pixelchik- I don't know what CorelDraw does, but maybe this will help: as you probably know, the rounded rectangle tool will start drawing with the same corner radius as the last rectangle you made, essentially duplicating it. Start drawing your shape; keep holding the mouse down, then...

Hi again- hey, I think this might be what you're looking for: the hot key combination which will add arrowheads for you is Control-Shift-E; go to your menu bar and pull down Effect, then Stylize and it will give you a whole array of heads to choose from. Hope this does the trick.

Hi- do you mean customized keyboard shortcuts? If not, then sorry, I don't know. But if yes, then you can pull up the keyboard shortcut menu (command+option+shift+K) and assign whatever keys you like (though I don't see one for adding arrowheads, so this really may not be what you're looking...

Hi fxm- I could be wrong, but...yes, I think it is too much to ask, because you're talking about a third dimension (a third endpoint in a plane that's either above or below the two newly-joined ones), whereas we are really working in only two. Can you describe your situation - why do you need...

Hello, Felix- yes - choose the open endpoints of your target lines with the direct selection tool (white arrow), then use the "join" function (command/control-j). You might want to take a look at a question posted a couple of days ago, titled "Let's all join paths (#@$%!)"

Mark- I think we're all flabbergasted by something at one time or another, so no need to apologize. (Believe me, I'm more than familiar with feelings which are best expressed by "!#$%&*#!") As far as Illustrator goes, I don't think you'll ever get a solid grip on it by reading only the User...

Hi Mark- I'm also in Illustrator 10, on a Mac. Yes, you can certainly get rid of fill: choose your filled object with the selection tool, then go over to the colors palette - make sure the fill (as opposed to stroke) square is chosen, then click on the square with the red diagonal slash, and...

Hi, DesRev- I've gotten that same message, at times when it made absolutely no sense... A couple of thoughts: have you tried to marquee your two open endpoints (either with the direct selection tool or the lasso?) before using the "join" command? This helps to make sure you really do have...

Hi Denis- I don't know if this will help, but have you tried using the Scissors Tool? With it, you can sever connections, and then delete the section (specify it using the Direct Selection Tool) that lies between the cut points. I'm not really clear on exactly what it is you're trying to do -...

Thank you, blueark, I will try the blend tool and see if that works for me.

Hi everyone - In the polar grid tool, is it possible to make irregularly-spaced concentric divisions? For example, when I tell it that I want, say, 26 divisions, they all come out equally-spaced from center to circumference; can I specifiy that I'd like the divisions between the inner 13 to be...

Hi, x4fx- I'm not sure if this will help (I'm very new to Illustrator myself), and I'm not familiar with the cross you're referring to, but as far as symmetry goes, here's a thought: first, divide your object in half across a line of symmetry; draw half the object, then copy it (command-C)...