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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
You can move selected symbols in symbol libraries into the Symbols palette simply by dragging, or by using the Add
To Symbols command from the Symbols palette menu. Additionally, a symbol is automatically added to the Symbols
palette whenever you use it in a document.
Do any of the following to change how symbols are listed in the Symbols palette:
• Select a view option from the palette menu: Thumbnail View to display thumbnails, Small List View to display a
list of namedsymbols with asmall thumbnail, or LargeListViewtodisplay alistofnamed symbolsalong with a
large thumbnail.
• Drag the symbol to a different position. When a black line appears in the desired position, release the mouse
button.
• Select Sort By Name from the palette menu to list the symbols in alphabetical order.
To place a symbol
1 Select a symbol in the Symbols palette or a symbol library.
2 Do one of the following:
• Click the Place Symbol Instance button in the Symbols palette to place the instance in the center of the
artboard.
• Drag the symbol to the artboard where you want it to appear.
• Choose Place Symbol Instance from the Symbols palette menu.
Note: A single symbol placed anywhere in your artwork (as opposed to existing only in the palette) is called an instance.
To duplicate a symbol on the artboard
1 Select the symbol instance.
2 Do one of the following:
• Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the symbol instance to another location on the artboard.
• Copy and paste the symbol instance.
To select all instances of a symbol in the document
❖ Select a symbol in the Symbols palette, and then choose Select All Instances from the palette menu.
Modifying symbol instances
You can move, scale, rotate, shear (or skew), or reflect symbol instances as you do other objects. You can also perform
any operation from the Transparency, Appearance, and Graphic Styles palettes and apply any effect from the Effect
menu. However, if you want to modify the individual components of a symbol instance, you must first expand it.
This breaks the link between the symbol and the symbol instance.
After you modify a symbol instance, you can redefine the original symbol in the Symbols palette. When you redefine
a symbol, all existing symbol instances take on the new definition.
To modify and redefine a symbol
1 Select an instance of the symbol.
2 Click the Break Link To Symbol button in the Symbols palette.
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