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User Guide
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Edit and select the artwork.
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Do one of the following:
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Make sure the symbol you want to redefine is selected in the Symbols palette, and choose Redefine from the
Symbols palette menu.
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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the modified symbol on top of the old symbol in the Symbols
palette. The symbol is replaced in the Symbols palette and is updated in the current file.
To expand symbol instances
1
Select one or more symbol instances.
2
Do one of the following:
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Click the Break Link to Symbol button
in the Symbols palette, or choose Break Link to Symbol from the
palette menu.
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Choose Object > Expand.
Illustrator places the components of the symbol instance in a group.
See also
“Expand options” on page 285
To associate a new symbol with an instance
1
Select the symbol instance on the artboard.
2
Select a new symbol in the Symbols palette.
3
Do one of the following:
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Click the Replace Symbol button
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Choose Replace Symbol from the Symbols palette menu.
To create symbols
You can create symbols from most Illustrator objects, including paths, compound paths, text, raster images, mesh
objects, and groups of objects. However, you cannot use linked art to create a symbol, nor can you use some groups,
such as groups of graphs.
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Select the artwork you want to use as a symbol.
2
Do one of the following:
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Drag the artwork to the Symbols palette. Press Shift as you drag if you want the selected artwork to become an
instance of the newly created symbol.
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Click the New Symbol button
in the Symbols palette.
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Choose New Symbol from the palette menu.
To create symbol libraries
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Add the symbols you want to the Symbols palette, and delete any symbols you don’t want.
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