What you learned: 

Add a line of text 

• With the Type tool selected in the Tools panel, click to add new placeholder text to the document. This placeholder text is called point type. With the placeholder text selected by default, type to replace it.

• Select the Selection tool in the Tools panel. You will see a box around the text. This is called a text object. Drag a corner of the text object to change the size of the text inside.

• Drag the text to reposition it.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.1 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Add a paragraph of text

• With the Type tool selected, drag in the Document window to add new placeholder text to the document. This placeholder text is called area type. With the placeholder text selected by default, type to replace it. You can place (File > Place) text documents (RTF, Word, TXT, and so on) in a text object.

• Drag a corner of the text object to scale the text object and wrap the text within. Text that doesn’t fit in the text object is called overset text and is indicated by a red plus in the lower-right corner of the frame.

• Reposition the text object with the Selection tool.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.2 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Format text

• Select the Type tool and insert the cursor in text. Drag across the text to select it.

• In the Properties panel to the right of the document, change text formatting such as font family and font size.

• When selecting a font in the Font Family menu, click Find More to see a list of Adobe fonts. Find a font in the list and click Activate to sync that Adobe font with your computer. To see the synced fonts, click Show Activated Fonts.

• Change the color of text by selecting the text, clicking the fill color in the Properties panel to the right of the document, and choosing a color.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.3 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Place text along a path

• With the Type tool selected, press Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS) and click the edge of a path to add text.

• Drag across the text to select it. In the Properties panel to the right of the document, change text formatting options like fill color, font, and font size.

• Select the Selection tool and move the pointer off a corner of the text object and drag to rotate.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.4 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Re-shape text

• Select the Selection tool and click to select a text object.

• Choose Type > Create Outlines to convert the text to editable paths.

• Click the Ungroup button in the Properties panel to be able to move the letters independently.

• With the Selection tool, drag each letter separately.

• Select the Direct Selection tool and drag across part of a letter to select anchor points.

• Drag one of the selected anchor points to move all selected anchor points and re-shape a letter.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.5 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Change the order of content

• Artwork you create in Illustrator is stacked one object on top of another as you add them.

• Arrange commands, found by clicking the Arrange button in the Properties panel on the right, allow you to select artwork and change its order in the stack.

• Different arrange commands bring content in front of or behind other content.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.6 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

About layers

• Layers are like transparent folders for managing content. Find a document’s layers in the Layers panel (Window > Layers).

• Layers contain the images, text, or artwork that make up a layered file. 

• Layers are arranged in a stack in the Layers panel. In the document, content on the layers at the top of the Layers panel appears in front of content on layers that are lower in the panel.

• Layers allow you to move, edit, hide, lock, and work with content on one layer without affecting content on other layers.

• To hide a layer, click the eye icon in the Layers panel. Click again to make the layer visible.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.7 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Create and edit layers

• The Layers panel is usually located on the right side of the work area. If it’s not visible, choose Window > Layers to open it.

• Each new document starts with a single layer named Layer 1.

• To rename a layer, double-click the layer name in the Layers panel, change the name, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (macOS).

• To create a new layer, click the Create New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers panel.

• To select a layer, click the layer in the Layers panel.

• Drag a layer up or down in the Layers panel to change the order of layered objects in the document.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.8 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

What you learned: 

Create and edit layers

• The Layers panel is usually located on the right side of the work area. If it’s not visible, choose Window > Layers to open it.

• Each new document starts with a single layer named Layer 1.

• To rename a layer, double-click the layer name in the Layers panel, change the name, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (macOS).

• To create a new layer, click the Create New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers panel.

• To select a layer, click the layer in the Layers panel.

• Drag a layer up or down in the Layers panel to change the order of layered objects in the document.

• File>Save As your file with name: Last Name + Act 5.9 Done and file type: .ai 

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• File>Export>Export As a .png before moving on. 

• What you should do: 

To earn your points

1. Upload your Last Name + Act 5 Done.png files to the Act 5 quiz on Canvas.

2. Finish the quiz on Canvas.

   1. A DAY QUIZ LINK Act 5 quiz

   2. B DAY QUIZ LINK Act 5 quiz

• What you should do:

To earn your points

1. Complete the extra credit tutorial in Illustrator

2. Show your teacher the completed and saved files from the tutorial.

3. Modify or create on your own.