Không có văn bản được gói bên trái hoặc bên phải của hình ảnh. ✦ Offset: Nhập giá trị bù đắp cho gói văn bản trên tất cả các bên của đối tượng. Để thêm gói văn bản cho một đối tượng (một bản vẽ hoặc hình ảnh), hãy làm theo các bước sau: | 254 Tips for Creating Shapes Create a shape from the center out by holding down the Alt Windows or Option Mac key while dragging. Hold down Alt Shift Windows or Option Shift Mac to pull a constrained shape out from the center. Figure 4-7 Use the Shift key to constrain a shape while you create it. When entering values in a shape dialog box you can click either the Width or Height text to match the other value. In Figure 4-8 we entered the value 4 in the Height text box and then clicked the word Width to make the values match. Figure 4-8 Match values easily. When creating a star or polygon shape by clicking and dragging if you keep the mouse button down you can then press the up- or down-arrow key to interactively add points or sides to your shape. Creating advanced shapes At times it may be wise to use advanced tools in Illustrator to create unique shapes. The Pathfinder panel is an incredible tool you can use to combine knock out eliminate one shape from another and even create shapes from other intersected shapes. You use the Pathfinder panel shown in Figure 4-9 to combine objects into new shapes. To use the Pathfinder panel choose Window Pathfinder. Tips for Creating Shapes 255 Figure 4-9 Combine objects into new shapes. Across the top row of the Pathfinder panel are the Shape modes which let you control the interaction between selected shapes. You can choose from the Shape modes listed in Table 4-2. Table 4-2 Shape Modes Button Mode What You Can Do with It Add to Shape Area Unite the selected shape into one. F Subtract from Shape Area Cut out the topmost shape from the underlying shape. Intersect Shape Areas Use the area of the topmost shape to clip the underlying shape as a mask would. ĨỂ Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas Use the area of the shape to invert the underlying shape turning filled regions into holes and vice versa. Book III Chapter 4 If you like the result from using Exclude Overlapping Shapes mode you can also create a similar effect by selecting .
