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Add / Remove
To add a control point, double-click a line / curve.
To remove a control point, select it and press BACKSPACE.
Move
To move a control point, drag it (straight line), or drag its handle (curve).
Curvature
• To edit a curve's curvature at a control point, moveone of the point's handles.
• To edit the opposite curvature as well (to preserve smoothness), first click the control point, and then drag either handle. The opposite handle will move too.
• To toggle between a sharp (line) and a smooth (curve) control point,double-click it.
Selecting Multiple Control Points
You can edit more than one control point: drag a rectangle around the control points you want to select.
You can also click inside an outline to select all of that outline's control points.
To remove control points from the selection, hold Shift and drag a rectangle around the control points to deselect.
To delete all the selected control points, press BACKSPACE.
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To move them, drag one of them.
6.2.3 Joining Paths
The Join function (Object/Path/Join) closes a single open path, or can join all selected open paths and make one closed path from them.
Gaps between the open paths will be bridged by straight line segments.
Shortcut: Command + J
6.2.4 Converting to a Path
Convert to Path (Object menu/Path/Convert to Path) converts all selected objects to plain groups and paths. This is especially useful for text blocks.
6.2.5 Object Window: Path
Double-click the Direct Selection Tool to open the Object window(called “Path” in this case).
When a path is selected, you can define its Fill mode and Orientation in this window.
The Fill mode can be Non-Zero Winding Fill (see picture on theleft) or Odd-Even Fill (see picture on the right).
The Orientation (e.g. when adding points to an open path) canbe clockwise or counterclockwise.
