Editing Adobe Illustrator (section)

==Tools==
A sidebar that appears at the left of the screen with a variety of tools to select, create, and manipulate objects or artworks in Illustrator. These tools can be selected as following: drawing, typing, painting, reshaping, slicing and cutting, symbolism, moving and zooming, and graph.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tool-galleries.html |title=Tool Galleries |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211102/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tool-galleries.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Some tools have a small triangle at the bottom right of the toolbox icon. A small triangle has the option to view or expand some hidden tools by holding down the mouse button on the triangle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tools.html |title=Tools |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211141/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tools.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some examples of basic tools in Illustrator are selection tools, paintbrush tools, pen tools, pencil tools e.g. '''Selection tools''' are used to the layout, adjust, and organize the artwork by selecting, positioning, and stacking objects accurately. Moreover, selection tools can group, lock or hide, and measure objects.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/selecting-objects.html#select_objects_with_the_selection_tool |title=Selection Tool Galleries |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502211225/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/selecting-objects.html#select_objects_with_the_selection_tool |url-status=live }}</ref> '''Paintbrush tools''' can be used to modify the appearance of the artwork. There are different types of brushes: calligraphic, scatter, art, pattern, and bristle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/brushes.html#draw_paths_and_apply_brush_strokes_simultaneously |title=Brushes Tools |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502140143/https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/brushes.html#draw_paths_and_apply_brush_strokes_simultaneously |url-status=live }}</ref> '''Pen tools''' create straight and curved lines for the artwork and they can add anchor points to paths and delete from paths. '''Pencil tools''' allow the user to draw and edit freehand lines.