Connected, these points represent a path, or line, and create shapes, much like cut paper. Illustrator is widely used in the visual communication profession. Aldus FreeHand, a similar program to Adobe Illustrator, works on the same principles. The Adobe Illustrator desktop is fairly similar to other drawing and page layout programs. In the case of Adobe Illustrator, the image area and the page size are two distinct areas.
Illustrator has several preview windows which can make drawing faster and easier.
In the Artwork Only view, all elements are viewed as lines, with no fills or colors visible.