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Adobe Illustrator Help
Using Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects
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Modifying and removing appearance attributes
The Appearance palette makes it easy to modify appearance attributes. You can edit
effects, copy attributes to items, duplicate attributes, and remove attributes.
Note:
Changing the attributes of an item that has a style applied to it breaks the link
between the item and the style. (See
“Unlinking styles” on page 234
.)
To display the dialog box for an effect:
Double-click an effect name in the Appearance palette.
To copy attributes to an object:
1
If a thumbnail isn’t showing in the Appearance palette, choose Show Thumbnail from
the palette menu.
2
Drag the thumbnail onto an object on the artboard. The object does not have to be
selected first.
To duplicate an appearance attribute:
Select an attribute in the Appearance palette, and do one of the following:
•
Click the Duplicate Selected Item button in the palette, or choose Duplicate Item from
the palette menu.
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Drag the appearance attribute onto the Duplicate Selected Item button in the palette.
•
If the attribute is a fill or stroke, choose Add New Fill or Add New Stroke from the
Appearance palette menu.
To remove appearance attributes:
Do one of the following:
•
Select an attribute, and choose Remove Item from the palette menu.
•
Select an attribute, and click the Trash button in the palette.
•
Drag an attribute to the Trash button.
•
To remove all appearance attributes, including any fill or stroke, choose Clear
Appearance from the palette menu or click the Clear Appearance button in the
palette.
•
To remove all appearance attributes except a single fill and stroke, choose Reduce to
Basic Appearance from the palette menu or click the Reduce to Basic Appearance
button
in the palette.
Applying appearance attributes to new artwork
You can specify whether you want new objects to inherit appearance attributes or have
only basic attributes.
To specify how appearance attributes are applied to new objects:
Do one of the following:
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To apply only a single fill and stroke to new objects, click the New Art Has Basic
Appearance button
in the Appearance palette, or select New Art Has Basic
Appearance from the palette menu.