Adobe Illustrator CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

4. Drag the white shape on top of the gray circle, and make sure it’s centered.

Smart Guides help you align the circles. You can also select the gray circle and the white circle

and align them to each other using the Align options in the Properties panel on the right.

5. 
   

   Shift-click the gray circle to select it along with the white circle.

   
   


6. 
   

   Choose Object > Compound Path > Make, and leave the artwork selected.