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Adobe Illustrator Help Using Appearance Attributes, Styles, and Effects
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Unlinking styles
You can remove a style from an object, group, or layer by breaking the link to the style.
The object, group, or layer retains the same appearance attributes; however, these
attributes are no longer associated with a style.
To break the link between a style and a selection:
1 Select the object, group, or layer that has the style applied to it.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Break Link to Style from the Styles palette menu, or click the Break Link to Style
button in the palette.
• Change any appearance attribute of the selection (such as a fill, stroke, transparency,
or effect).
Deleting styles
Deleting a style removes it from the Styles palette. Any objects, groups, or layers that used
the style retain the same appearance attributes; however, these attributes are no longer
associated with a style.
To delete a style:
1 In the Styles palette, select a style you want to delete.
2 Delete the style:
• Choose Delete Style from the Styles palette menu.
• Click the Trash button in the palette.
• Drag the style onto the Trash button in the palette.
Using style libraries
You can import styles from other files into a palette associated with the current file using
the Style Libraries command. These libraries are stored in the Presets/Styles folder inside
the Adobe Illustrator application folder. You cannot add, delete, or edit styles in a library;
however, once you import a style, you can change its attributes using the Appearance
palette.
To import a style from a Style Library to the current Styles palette:
1 Make sure the Styles palette into which you want to import a style is open.
2 Choose Window > Style Libraries > Style Library name. To locate a Style Library not
stored in the default location, choose Window > Style Libraries > Other Library.
3 Select a style you want, and then do one of the following:
• Use the selected style in the current artwork (recommended for one or two styles at a
time). Once you use it in the artwork, the style is copied from the Styles Library to the
Styles palette.
• Drag the selected style to the current Styles palette (recommended for multiple styles
at a time).