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Illustrator CS2

Displaying the Center Point

Displaying the Center Point tutorial preview.

Here’s a simple example of when center points are automatically displayed and when you are required to tell Illustrator to display them:

  1. Create a square.
    The point displayed in the middle of the shape is the center point.
  2. Create a circle slightly overlapping the square.
    As you can see, a center point is also displayed for the circle.
  3. Select both shapes, open the Pathfinder Palette and Alt + click on the Add to shape area button.

    Now no center point is displayed!
  4. Hit Ctrl + F11 to open the Attributes Palette.
  5. Click on the Show Center button and puf the center point appears for this shape as well.

    Tools, Menus and Palettes · Mar 30, 2006 ·