Hold down Shift to constrain movement to 45°, 90°, 135°, or 180°. Press CAPS LOCK to change tool pointer to crosshair. Increase/Decrease size of selected text by 2pts Release Guide (turns it into a regular path) I would like to flip this so the text is read from right to left but I cannot seem to find a way to do this. Hide/Show all panels except Tools and Control When I use the vertical area type tool in Illustrator CC 2019, it automatically places the text so it is read from left to right (see image attached). Switch between GPU and CPU preview (if available) Be sure to let go of the Spacebar while dragging so you again don't type more spaces. (This will show the Zoom tool.) Let go of Control so you see the Hand tool and immediately start dragging the mouse so you don't end up typing spaces. To get Hand Tool (while NOT editing Type) Move mesh point along path with Mesh toolĪdd mesh point with Mesh tool without changing colorĬonstrain orientation of polygons, stars, spiralsĪdd/subtract sides, points, spiral segmentsĬreate continuous duplicates along mouse movement Transform pattern without transforming object Samples intermediate color from gradient, picture, etc. To get Eyedropper tool while using Live Paint Bucket tool When finished drawing, hold Alt and release mouseĬonnect to an open (and selected) path with Pencil tool Move anchor point while drawing with Pen toolĬreate closed path with Pencil or Paintbrush tool To get Add Anchor Point tool while using Scissors tool Switch between Add Anchor Point and Delete Anchor Point tools To get Anchor Point tool while using Pen tool To cycle through tools behind column tool To switch between Selection and Direct Selection tools To access Selection or Direction Selection tool (whichever was used last) at any time