| A | B |
| Anchor Point | A point on a path that indicates a change of direction |
| Arc Tool | Creates curved lines |
| Area Type | The text fills in a closed path |
| Closed Path | Has the same beginning and ending point, it forms a complete shape that can be filled with color or text |
| Image Trace | Allows the conversion of raster images to editable vector artwork |
| Open Path | Does not end, they don’t connect back to the original anchor point |
| Pen Tool | Creates vector paths that can be converted into selections that in turn can be used to extract or mask groups of pixels |
| Point Type | Text begins right where you click and does not automatically wrap to the next line |
| Spiral Tool | Creates spiral lines |