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2. In the Tools panel, select the Line Segment tool, and then click the Default
Fill and Stroke button.

Line Segment
tool

Default Fill and
Stroke button

3. Click at the bottom of the vertical line in the snowflake image, and then
drag up to the top of the snowflake image. Release the mouse button while
the cursor feedback shows the line at 90°.
As you drag, the cursor feedback shows the length and — more importantly in this
case — the angle of the line you’re drawing. If you don’t see the cursor feedback, choose
View>Smart Guides to toggle on that option.

…and drag to here.

The 90° angle indicates Note:
Click here… that you are creating a
perfectly vertical line. You can also press Shift
to constrain a line to
increments of 45°.

4. With the Line Segment tool still active, click the cursor on the top of the left
flake branch in the template image; while holding down the mouse button,
drag down and right until you see the word “path” appear near the cursor,
then release the mouse button.
The word “path” is another function of Illustrator’s Smart Guides; when you drag near
an existing path, Illustrator identifies the path so you can place a point exactly on top of
the existing path.

Click here and hold down
the mouse button…

…drag to here, and then
release the mouse button.

The word “path” is a
function of Smart Guides.

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