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Adobe Illustrator Help Using Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects
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When you apply a style to a group or layer, every object on the group or layer takes on the
attributes of the style. For example, assume you have a style that consists of 50% opacity. If
you apply the style to a layer, all objects in or added to that layer will appear 50% opaque.
However, if you move an object out of the layer, the object’s appearance reverts to its
previous opacity. (See “
Changing the appearance of artwork using the Layers palette” on
page 223.)
Note: You can’t apply styles to type objects that use outline-protected fonts or bitmap
fonts.
To apply a style:
1 Select artwork on the artboard, or target an item in the Layers palette. (See “
Changing
the appearance of artwork using the Layers palette” on page 223.
Note: If you selected a type object, select Override Character Color from the Styles palette
menu to apply the style’s fill, stroke, and transparency attributes to the characters; or
deselect Override Character Color from the Styles palette menu to preserve the current
color of the characters.
2 Apply the style from the Styles palette:
• Click a style in the list.
• Drag the style onto an object on the artboard. The object does not have to be selected
first.
• Copy and apply a style using the eyedropper and paint bucket tools. Depending on
what you specify in the Paint Bucket/Eyedropper Options dialog box, you can copy and
paste the entire style or selected attributes.
Creating and modifying styles
A style can contain any combination of color, fill, stroke, pattern, effect (that is, any
command listed under the Effect menu), transparency, blend mode, gradient, transfor-
mation, and the like. Each style can contain multiple attributes. For example, you can have
three fills in a style, each with a different opacity and blend mode that defines how the
various colors interact. Similarly, you can have multiple strokes.
To create or modify a style:
1 Do one of the following:
• Select an object.
• Select a style in the Styles palette to use as a starting set of attributes.
• Start with no object or style selected.
2 Specify the appearance attributes you want, such as the fill or the stroke. You can use
the Appearance palette to help specify and order the appearance attributes. (See
“
Working with appearance attributes” on page 228.)
3 Do one of the following:
• Click the New Style button at the bottom of the Styles palette.
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