

For example, included in the Illustrator Tool Bar is an Eraser Tool which has a little submenu arrow:

Illustrator How to Cut a Shape Using the Knife ToolĪll the buttons on the tool bar that have a tiny arrow in the bottom right corner (pointing down and to the right) indicate that the button conceals more tools in a submenu, accessible when you hold the button down. However, the five methods explained on this page cut a shape in Illustrator in slightly different ways. As ever, there are lots of different ways to achieve lots of different things in Illustrator, and cutting a shape is one of them. This article has been written using Adobe Illustrator CS6, but the steps are the same no matter what version you're using.

