InDesign CS Selection, Type, and Line Drawing Tools

The (Hidden) Erase Tool

Erasing a portion of a path creates two new paths

Image by J. Bear

The Erase Tool allows you to erase parts of paths which you no longer need. You cannot use this tool with text paths, i.e., paths on you which you typed using the Type on a Path Tool.

Here is how you use it:

1. Select a path with the Direct Selection Tool
2. Select the Erase Tool.
3. Drag your Erase tool, with your mouse button pressed, along the part of the path you want to erase (not across the path).
4. Release the mouse button and you are done.

• The Selection Tools
• Selecting Objects in a Group
• Selecting Objects Under Other Objects
• Selecting All or Some Objects
• The Pen Tool
• The Type Tool
• The Pencil Tool
• The (Hidden) Smooth Tool
• The (Hidden) Erase Tool
• The Line Tool