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In the Tools panel, double-click the Knife tool.

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Select options in the Knife Tool dialog box:

Select Freehand to make a freehand cut or Straight to make a straight cut. If you are using the Freehand operation, you can hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) as you drag to cut a straight line. Hold down Shift to constrain it.

Enter a value from 0 to 72 points in the Width text box, or set the width with the slider. A width of 0 gives a single, thin cut. Higher values make two cuts spaced according to the Width value.

Select Close Cut Paths to close the resulting paths and to display the stroke and fill of the original path. Deselect the option to keep the resulting paths open and to display only the stroke.

Note: If you have selected the Show Fill for New Open Paths preference, the resulting paths still display the original path’s fill, regardless of the Knife tool settings.

Select Tight Fit to make a cut that closely follows the path of your hand movements.

If the Smoother Editing general preference is deselected, new points resulting from a cut path may not be visible.

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Select one or more paths.

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Select one or more points on each path. The path will be split at each point you select.

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Select Modify > Split.