: Illustrator: remove curves from multiple points I have some shapes i am working with in illustrator CS5 and I want to remove the curves from some of the points. Normally i would use the

@Voss6371140

In CS6 (and maybe in earlier versions), select the path you want to remove the curves from, click Object > Path > simplify and tick the "straight lines" - box. this should do it.

I translated the terms from the german version, so they might not be completely identical.

cheers!

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@Rivera951

The only way I know how to accomplish this is with a plug-in for Illustrator called "Vector Scribe" by Astute Graphics. Within "Vector Scribe" is a tool called "Path Scribe" and this allows you to retract the handles of all points you have selected at one time. Hope this helps.

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@Karen819

You could select the points you want with the Direct Select Tool and next the the word Convert select the icon that says "Convert selected anchor points to corners".

Depending on where the anchor points are, you can left click and drag to select multiple anchor points at once.

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