To turn a stroke in Adobe Illustrator into a shape that you can edit, you must change it into a compound path. A compound path makes the outline of the stroke editable. For example, if you have a ...

Outline view in Illustrator is where the outlines of shapes and vectors are shown instead of all their colors and other details.

Illustrator's outline view provides a simplified wireframe version that shows only the outlines of vector objects, type and bitmaps, and speeds up Illustrator's display of complicated drawings.

Learn how to make a black-and-white vector Silhouette in Adobe Illustrator using this easy-to-understand tutorial for beginners.