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How to make a multi pointed star.

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David W Saunders

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Jul 29, 2002, 4:22:23 AM7/29/02
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I have tried everything.
Exactly how do I make a star with more points than 5?

I just can't seem to figure it out.

-David

David W Saunders

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Jul 29, 2002, 4:47:57 AM7/29/02
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FYI I am running Illustrator 10

Andrew Gray

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Jul 29, 2002, 5:01:25 AM7/29/02
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Use the up and down arrow while draging to create your star. Though I don't seem to have a lot of control with exactly the number of points....whoa to many...not enough....whoa!!!!

-Andy

Teri Pettit

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Jul 29, 2002, 5:46:52 AM7/29/02
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If you option click with the tool you get a dialog to enter the number of points, the inner diameter, and the outer diameter.

Andrew Gray

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Jul 29, 2002, 8:01:49 AM7/29/02
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Cool Teri, makes sense. Though I just had to click with the star tool. No other (option) button required. Aren't we in a illustrator for windows forum? ;-)

-A

Teri Pettit

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Jul 29, 2002, 11:55:27 AM7/29/02
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Sorry, that's what I get for posting at 2:46 in the morning. I'm mostly a Mac user but I check both these forums regularly.

Robert Blackwell

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Jul 29, 2002, 3:10:27 PM7/29/02
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If you control click when you are draggin the star shap, it will either make the star points wider or more narrow.

If you hold the tilde tilde key and drag you get something like this..

http://www.wowcentral.com/random/stars/ <http://www.wowcentral.com/random/stars/>

David W Saunders

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Jul 30, 2002, 4:56:28 AM7/30/02
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Thank you I got it. That extra click of the mouse button was killing me.

-David

Philip Lee Peterson

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Jul 30, 2002, 8:33:35 AM7/30/02
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Wow, tilde key, there's one I didn't know.

You can also start with a star, and punk it (well, pucker it now) to make a nice glint.

steven norcisa

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Jul 31, 2002, 8:43:04 AM7/31/02
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When drawing the star if you toggle the up arrow key as you draw it will add one star point for every time you click the up arrow key.

jamar...@gmail.com

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Apr 11, 2014, 10:24:42 PM4/11/14
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On Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:10:32 AM UTC-4, steven norcisa wrote:
> When drawing the star if you toggle the up arrow key as you draw it will add one star point for every time you click the up arrow key.

i used to be able to use the up and down keys to add more points but now its not allowing me to do that..any advice, I tired rebooting.. It just randomly stopped working..

Thanks!
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