Adobe Illustrator Vocabulary

A path that forms a shape, with no endpoint

• open path

• direct path

• closed path

• straight path

grouped within other objects

• nested object

• stacking object

• direct object

• key object

The arrangement of panels, bars, and windows in Illustrator

• artboard

• tool bar

• workspace

• work area

consists of shapes, curves, lines, and text which together make a picture

• bitmap image

• creative image

• photographic image

• vector image

The anchor points at each end of an open path

• direct points

• endpoints

• open points

• path points

The regions in an Illustrator document that can contain printable artwork, similar to pages in other programs or sheets of paper on a physical desk

• workspace

• artboard

• work area

• files

temporary snap-to guides that help you align objects to one another

• smart guides

• alignment guides

• key guides

• object guides

A path that has one or more straight or curved segments

• open path

• direct path

• closed path

• straight path

created by arranging a grid of differently colored pixels

• bitmap image

• creative image

• photographic image

• vector image

A horizontal or vertical line of text that begins where the pointer is clicked and does not wrap

• area type

• point type

• text area

• text point