How to adjust a selection made with the Pen Tool

We are designing images for the new iPhone 5. I'm facing some difficulty with the pen tool I select. Just wondering whether it is possbile to make add areas those which are in subtract area. If I wrolgly click the area which I don't want, I need to spen lots of time refining my selection. Is there any shortcuts or easy way to switch between the path nodes to add
Thanks & regards
Noel
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Good day!
Each individual SubPathItem’s Shape Operation can be changed manually later on and their order can also be changed.
Could you please post a screenshot to illustrate your specific issue?
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Pfaffenbichler

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Correction: same issue -- pen tool drawing shows up only on the digital image on the screen. Not when printed. Well sounded like a good theory.
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Subject: Drawing with the Pen tools o photographi
Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 20:08:05 +0000
Curt, believe I found the answer:
Create a new blank page, the size of the photograph to be worked on. The blank page is what the pen tool responds to only.
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Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 21:00:54 -0600
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