Perspection Inc. - Adobe Illustrator CS6 on Demand

Steve Johnson
Perspection, Inc.

Que Publishing, 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA

Adobe Illustrator CS6 on Demand

Copyright 2012 by Perspection, Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file

ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4935-2
ISBN-10: 0-7897-4935-1

Printed and bound in the United States of America
First Printing: May 2012
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Publisher

Paul Boger

Associate Publisher

Greg Wiegand

Acquisitions Editor

Laura Norman

Managing Editor

Steve Johnson

Author

Steve Johnson

Technical Editor

Toni Bennett

Page Layout

Beth Teyler

James Teyler

Interior Designers

Steve Johnson

Marian Hartsough

Illustrations

JP Johnson

Indexer

Sharon Shock

Proofreader

Beth Teyler

Team Coordinator

Cindy Teeters

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Adobe Illustrator CS6 on Demand has been created by the professional trainers and writers at Perspection, Inc. to the standards youve come to expect from Que publishing. Together, we are pleased to present this training book.

Perspection, Inc. is a software training company committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively in order to communicate, make decisions, and solve problems. Perspection writes and produces software training books, and develops multimedia and web-based training. Since 1991, we have written more than 120 computer books, with several bestsellers to our credit, and sold over 5 million books.

This book incorporates Perspections training expertise to ensure that youll receive the maximum return on your time. Youll focus on the tasks and skills that increase productivity while working at your own pace and convenience.

We invite you to visit the Perspection web site at:

www.perspection.com

The task of creating any book requires the talents of many hard-working people pulling together to meet impossible deadlines and untold stresses. Wed like to thank the outstanding team responsible for making this book possible: the writer, Steve Johnson; the technical editor, Toni Bennett; the production editors, James Teyler and Beth Teyler; proofreader, Beth Teyler; and the indexer, Sharon Shock. Wed also like to thank JP Johnson for his contribution of Illustrator artwork.

At Que publishing, wed like to thank Greg Wiegand and Laura Norman for the opportunity to undertake this project, Cindy Teeters for administrative support, and Sandra Schroeder for your production expertise and support.

Perspection

Steve Johnson has written more than 70 books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Adobe InDesign CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Flash Professional CS5, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007, Microsoft Office 2008 for the Macintosh, and Apple Mac OS X Lion. In 1991, after working for Apple Computer and Microsoft, Steve founded Perspection, Inc., which writes and produces software training. When he is not staying up late writing, he enjoys coaching baseball, playing golf, gardening, and spending time with his wife, Holly, and three children, JP, Brett, and Hannah. Steve and his family live in Northern California, but can also be found visiting family all over the western United States.

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