MACROMEDIA FreeHand MX, Use Manual

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To remove a style override from an object:
1
Select an object, paragraph, or text block with an overridden style.
2
In the Styles panel, select the object’s style to reapply the style.
To redefine a style:
1
Select Edit > Select > None or press Tab to deselect your artwork.
2
Select the style name in the Styles panel.
3
Change the desired attributes in the Object panel.
4
Do one of the following:
•
In the Object panel, select the graphic style in the Properties list (the topmost level in the list),
and click the Redefine button in the options section of the panel.
•
Click the Styles panel Options menu control and select Redefine. In the dialog box that
appears, select the style to redefine and click OK.
•
Drag the style’s preview swatch from the Object panel’s Properties list onto the style in the
Styles panel that you want to redefine. Then click Redefine in the dialog box that appears.
To redefine a style based on a selected object or text block:
1
Do one of the following:
•
Drag the object from the workspace onto the style you want to redefine in the Styles panel.
•
Drag the object’s preview swatch from the Object panel’s Properties list onto the style in the
Styles panel that you want to redefine.
2
Click Redefine in the dialog box that appears.
To redefine a style with another style:
1
In the Styles panel, drag the style with the desired attributes onto the style you want
to redefine.
2
Click Redefine in the dialog box that appears.
Basing one style on another
You can base one style on another. One parent style can have many different child styles based
on it; for instance, the children can all have the same fill but various stroke weights. Editing a
parent style changes any attributes that the child styles share. Attributes unique to each child
style do not change.
If you remove a child style from the Styles panel, any object or text that was based on that style
becomes based on the parent style, but the object or text retains all of its attributes.
To base one style on another:
1
Select Edit > Select > None or press Tab to deselect all objects.
2
In the Styles panel, select the style that you want to make a child style.
3
Click the Styles panel Options menu control and select Style Behavior.
4
From the Parent pop-up menu, select the style on which you want to base the child style, and
click OK.