•   For an open path, after you place the last anchor point, press Enter (Mac) or Esc (Windows). You can also double-click to place the last anchor point. •   For a closed path, click the starting anchor point, and then press Enter (Mac) or Esc (Windows). You can also double- click the starting anchor point. Shaping and editing segments as you draw As you draw with the Curve tool, you can use modifier keys to con- strain and edit the path segments. To place an anchor point at a 45-degree interval relative to the previous one:  Press Shift as you set the second anchor point. To create a straight segment:  Press Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) as you click to set the segment’s endpoint. To remove the last segment:  Press Delete. You can continue to remove segments in the reverse order you created them, until you delete the entire object. To constrain a tangent line to 45-degree increments:  Press Shift as you drag the tangent line. Drawing auto curves The Auto Curve tool draws and edits curved paths. This tool makes it easy to draw smooth curves because it automatically curves path seg- ments as you simply click or drag the mouse. When you use the Auto Curve tool, you don’t have to position tan- gent lines that control the shape of curves. Instead, you simply click To draw the curve shown in gray, press and drag to set the first anchor point and tangent line. Press and drag to set the next anchor point and tangent line. The first segment (highlighted) grows as you draw out the tan- gent line. Press and drag to set the third anchor point; the second seg- ment (highlighted) grows as you drag the tangent line.
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