The idea behind this book

The very first Killer Tips book was created based on the premise that the first thing everyone reads in any book is the sidebars. You know, the quick little tips that are typically accompanied by some icon to emphasize their importance. We're no different: We get a new book and flip through it, looking for the tips and then (maybe) will get around to reading the actual text in the chapter. This book is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the Photoshop Killer Tips book by making up a bunch of stuff and slapping a cover onto it that implies it might actually be useful. Of course we're kidding here only a handful of the tips were made up; the majority of the others work fine (the ones we tested anyway).

This Killer Tips book is a little different from the others in the series, as we revisited the question, "What makes a tip a killer tip?" and realized that it really depends on your experience with the software. To a beginner, a "killer" tip could be a simple shortcut that the more experienced Illustrator user has known for years. So, we created a "Basic Training" chapter with a whole series of what amount to "Killer Tips for Beginners." But throughout the pages, the underlying theme is the same as all the Killer Tips books speed. Get it done fast and do it accurately (and enjoy the new speed at which you can create your works of art).

Tip

This is a sidebar tip. Every great computer book has a few of them. But this book is nothing but them. A whole book of cool sidebar tips, without the sidebars.