Tools overview

Type tools: Create and format type in standard or customized blocks or paths. (See About text frames.)
Drawing and painting tools: Draw and style simple and complex objects, including rectangles, ellipses, polygons, freeform shapes. (See Draw basic lines and shapes, Draw with the Pencil tool, and Drawing with the Pen tool.)
Selection tools: Select (activate) objects, points, or lines. (See Select objects.)
Transform tools: Reshape, reorient, and resize objects. (See Transform objects.)
Navigation, zoom, and measuring tools: Move around in, control the view of, and measure distances in a document. (See Zoom in and out and Rulers and measurement units.)
The Scissors tool: Splits paths and frames. (See Split a path using the Scissors tool.)
The Button tool: Creates buttons to serve as triggers for various actions in interactive documents. (See Create buttons.)

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